Drazanda Tehsil | |
Native Name: | Urdu: {{nq|تحصیل درازندہ Pushto; Pashto: {{script/Arabic|درازنده تحصیل |
Other Name: | Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan Urdu: {{nq|سرحدی علاقہ ڈیره اسماعیل خان Pushto; Pashto: {{script/Arabic|دېره اسماعيل خان سرحدي سیمه |
Settlement Type: | Tehsil |
Seat: | Drazanda |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Dera Ismail Khan District |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2008 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 68,556 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Drazanda Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Dera Ismail Khan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It borders South Waziristan to the north, Dera Ghazi Khan and Musa Khel to the south and Zhob to the west. The capital is the town of Drazanda.
Before 2018, this administrative subdivision was known as Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision, and before that as Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan. The region was named after Dera Ismail Khan District which lay to the east.[3]
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 population according to the 2017 census is . The first language of 97.6% of the population is Pashto.
According to the Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings 2015, 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.[4]