The divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Urdu: خیبرپختونخوا کےڈویژن ), are the first-order administrative bodies of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. The 7 divisions are further divided into districts ranging from two to nine per division. Divisions are governed by Commissioners while districts are governed by Deputy Commissioners.
List of divisions
In Pakistan, the division is the administrative unit which is higher than a district, but lower than a province. Divisions and are separated by color on the map.
| Division | Districts[1][2][3] | Population (2023)[1] | Area[1] | Population Density (2023)[1] | Literacy (2023)[1] | Map |
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| Bannu Division | 3,092,078 | 9,975 km2 (3,851 sq mi) | 309.98/km2 | 42.11% | 
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| Dera Ismail Khan Division | 3,188,779 | 18,854 km2 (7,280 sq mi) | 169.13/km2 | 41.73% | 
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| Hazara Division | 6,188,736 | 17,064 km2 (6,588 sq mi) | 362.68/km2 | 60.95% | 
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| Kohat Division | 3,752,436 | 12,377 km2 (4,779 sq mi) | 303.18/km2 | 50.89% | 
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| Malakand Division | 9,959,399 | 31,162 km2 (12,032 sq mi) | 319.6/km2 | 47.51% | 
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| Mardan Division | 4,639,498 | 3,175 km2 (1,226 sq mi) | 1461.26/km2 | 56.90% | 
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| Peshawar Division | 10,035,171 | 9,134 km2 (3,527 sq mi) | 1098.66/km2 | 51.32% | 
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List of divisions by population over the years
| Division | Population
2023[4] |
Population
2017 |
Population
1998 |
Population
1981 |
Population
1972 |
Population
1961 |
Population
1951 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bannu | 3,092,078 | 2,044,074 | 1,165,692 | ||||
| Dera Ismail Khan | 3,188,779 | 2,019,017 | 1,091,211 | ||||
| Hazara | 6,188,736 | 5,325,121 | 3,505,581 | ||||
| Kohat | 3,752,436 | 2,218,971 | 1,307,969 | ||||
| Malakand | 9,959,399 | 7,514,694 | 4,262,700 | ||||
| Mardan | 4,639,498 | 3,997,677 | 2,486,904 | ||||
| Peshawar | 10,035,171 | 7,403,817 | 3,923,588 |
See Also
- Panjkora Division new purposed
References
- ^ a b c d e https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_kp_province.pdf
- ^ "KP govt notifies new divisions following FATA merger". Pakistan Today. 20 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "KP Districts". kp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
