Dera Ismail Khan Division is an administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It is the southernmost division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. CNIC code of Dera Ismail Khan Division is 12.

Location Dera Ismail Khan Division borders Bannu Division (also Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) in the north, Dera Ghazi Khan Division and Sargodha Division (both Punjab) in the south-east and east respectively, Zhob Division (Balochistan) province in the south, and Afghanistan in the west.

History It was formed after the implementation of the One Unit Scheme in 1954, according to which the North-West Frontier Province was divided into Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar Divisions reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government. Until the 1990s, it also contained Bannu Division. After the passing of the 25th Amendment in 2018, the South Waziristan Tribal Agency was added to the division.

List of the Districts #DistrictHeadquarterArea (km²)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km²)

(2023)Lit. rate (2023)1Upper South WaziristanSpinkai2,815488,438173.531.96%2Lower South WaziristanWana3,805400,237105.231.96%3PaharpurPaharpur4TankTank2,900470,293162.240.67%5Dera Ismail KhanDera Ismail Khan9,3341,829,811196.146.58%

List of the Tehsils #TehsilArea (km²)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km²)

(2023)Lit. rate (2023)Districts1Daraban Tehsil1,540149,44797.0426.89%Dera Ismail Khan District2Drazanda Tehsil2,00882,38641.0328.67%3Dera Ismail Khan Tehsil1,167767,979658.0856.97%4Kulachi Tehsil1,229102,59583.4830.29%5Paroa Tehsil1,733320,937185.1935.56%6Paharpur Tehsil1,657406,467245.348.86%Paharpur District7Paniala Tehsil............8Birmil Tehsil923112,757122.1623.06%Lower South Waziristan District9Shakai Tehsil............10Toi Khulla Tehsil567102,835181.377.81%11Wana Tehsil2,315184,64579.7631.29%12Ladha Tehsil289108,344374.8947.95%Upper South Waziristan District13Makin Tehsil40466,042163.4748.71%14Sararogha Tehsil813145,118178.535.07%15Sarwakai Tehsil39858,804147.7537.67%16Shaktoi Tehsil17744,332250.4632.93%17Shawal Tehsil............18Tiarza Tehsil73465,79889.6427.31%19Jandola Tehsil1,22144,79436.6933.63%Tank District20Tank Tehsil1,679425,499253.4241.43%

Demographics

According to 2023 census, Dera Ismail Khan division had a population of 3,188,779 roughly equal to the country of Qatar or the US state of Iowa.

In the 1951 Census of Pakistan, 74.8% of population of Dera Ismail Division was reported to be speaker of Saraiki (labelled as Punjabi), forming a majority. The share of Pashto speakers was 22%.

+ Religious groups in Dera Ismail Khan Division (British North-West Frontier Province era)Religiousgroup1881189119011911192119311941 Islam 385,244 420,189 218,338 224,992 218,315 235,707 255,757 Hinduism 54,446 62,961 29,434 28,617 39,311 35,822 39,167 Sikhism 1,691 2,840 4,362 2,175 1,904 1,878 2,390 Christianity 253 204 230 336 1,237 657 810 Zoroastrianism 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 Jainism 2 0 15 0 0 0 1 Buddhism 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Judaism 0 0 0 0 0 1 Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total population 441,649 486,201 252,379 256,120 260,767 274,064 298,131

Constituencies

Provincial Assembly ConstituencyNational Assembly ConstituencyDistrictPK-109 Upper South WaziristanNA-42 South Waziristan Upper-cum-South Waziristan LowerUpper South WaziristanPK-110 Lower South WaziristanLower South WaziristanPK-108 TankNA-43 Tank-cum-Dera Ismail KhanTankPK-111 Dera Ismail Khan-IDera Ismail KhanPK-112 Dera Ismail Khan-IINA-44 Dera Ismail Khan-IPK-113 Dera Ismail Khan-IIIPK-114 Dera Ismail Khan-IVNA-45 Dera Ismail Khan-IIPK-115 Dera Ismail Khan-V

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