Drazanda Tehsil

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Drazanda Tehsil
تحصیل درازندہ
درازنده تحصیل
Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan
سرحدی علاقہ ڈیره اسماعیل خان
دېره اسماعيل خان سرحدي سیمه
Tehsil
Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan in FATA.svg
Location of Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
CountryFlag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
RegionPK-NWFP.svg  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Dera Ismail Khan District
Headquarters Drazanda
Area
[1]
  Total2,008 km2 (775 sq mi)
Population
 (2017) [2]
  Total68,556
  Density34/km2 (88/sq mi)

Drazanda Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Dera Ismail Khan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The subdivision borders South Waziristan to the north, Dera Ghazi Khan and Musa Khel to the south and Zhob to the west.

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The capital is the town of Drazanda.

Prior to 2018, this administrative subdivision was known as Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision, and formerly also known as Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan. The region was named after Dera Ismail Khan District which lied to the east. [3]


Geography and climate

The geography of Drazanda Tehsil is mostly hilly as it lies near Sulaiman Range. The Sherani Area is totally under the eastern shadow of highest peak of Takht-e-sulaiman. The northern side is bounded by Gomal pass.

The climate of Drazanda Tehsil from December to February is cold, and from May to September is warm. Kulachi is the most historical tehsil of Dera Ismail Khan.

Demography

Historical population
YearPop.±%
197249,822    
198155,824+12.0%
199838,990−30.2%
201768,556+75.8%
[1] [2]

First languages of Drazanda Tehsil (2017 census) [4]

   Pashto (97.6%)
   Urdu (1.07%)
   Saraiki (0.61%)
   Balochi (0.23%)
   Sindhi (0.22%)
   Brahui (0.13%)
   Punjabi (0.02%)
   Kashmiri (0.02%)
  Others (0.26%)

The population according to the 2017 census is 68,500. [4] The first language of 97.6% of the population is Pashto. [4]

Education

According to the Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings2015, Drazanda Tehsil is ranked 127 out of 148 districts in terms of education. For facilities and infrastructure, the tehsil is ranked 95 out of 148. [5]

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