How many districts are there in KPK? – PakMcqs
A. 26
B. 29
C. 32
D. 36
Updated by: Farhan Ahsan
The province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) after Fata Merger consist of seven divisions. There are 36 districts in the Kpk province after the bifurcation of district South Waziristan into lower and upper as well as Chitral into lower and upper. The province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the third-largest province of Pakistan by population and the smallest province by area, is divided into 36 districts and seven divisions. recently South Waziristan split into two districts. which makes the total districts of kpk to 36.
The provincial cabinet on Tuesday approved dividing South Waziristan tribal district into Upper and Lower South Waziristan districts.
Updated on: 18 October 2022
| Bannu Division | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Headquarters | Area (km²) | Population (2017) | Density (people/km²) |
| Bannu | Bannu | 1,972 | 1,211,006 | 952 |
| Lakki Marwat | Lakki Marwat | 3,296 | 902,541 | 277 |
| North Waziristan | Miranshah | 4,707 | 543,254 | 115 |
| Dera Ismail Khan Division | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Headquarters | Area (km²) | Population (2017) | Density (people/km²) |
| Dera Ismail Khan | Dera Ismail Khan | 9,334 | 1,695,688 | 222 |
| South Waziristan Uppar | Spinkai Raghazai | 6,620 | 679,185 | 103 |
| South Waziristan Lower (New District) | Wana | 6,620 | 679,185 | 103 |
| Tank | Tank | 2,900 | 428,274 | 233 |
| Hazara Division | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Headquarters | Area (km²) | Population (2017) | Density (people/km²) |
| Abbottabad | Abbottabad | 1,967 | 1,332,912 | 785 |
| Battagram | Battagram | 1,301 | 476,612 | 366 |
| Haripur | Haripur | 1,725 | 1,003,031 | 581 |
| Kolai Pallas | – | – | 275,461 | – |
| Lower Kohistan | Pattan | – | 202,933 | – |
| Mansehra | Mansehra | 4,579 | 1,556,460 | 340 |
| Torghar | Judba | 497 | 171,395 | 345 |
| Upper Kohistan | Dasu | – | 306,774 | – |
| Kohat Division | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Headquarters | Area (km²) | Population (2017) | Density (people/km²) |
| Hangu | Hangu | 1,097 | 518,798 | 473 |
| Karak | Karak | 3,372 | 706,299 | 209 |
| Kohat | Kohat | 2,991 | 1,112,452 | 390 |
| Kurram | Parachinar | 3,380 | 619,553 | 201 |
| Orakzai District | Kalaya | 1,538 | 254,356 | 165 |
| Mardan Division | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Headquarters | Area (km²) | Population (2017) | Density (people/km²) |
| Mardan | Mardan | 1,632 | 2,373,061 | 1,454 |
| Swabi | Swabi | 1,543 | 1,624,616 | 1,053 |
| Malakand Division | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Headquarters | Area (km²) | Population (2017) | Density (people/km²) |
| Bajaur | Khar | 1,290 | 1,093,684 | 848 |
| Buner | Daggar | 1,865 | 897,319 | 481 |
| Lower Chitral District | Chitral | 6,458 | 278,122 | 43 |
| Upper Chitral District | Chitral | 8,392 | 169,240 | 20 |
| Malakand | Batkhela | 952 | 720,295 | 757 |
| Lower Dir | Timergara | 1,582 | 1,435,917 | 908 |
| Shangla | Alpuri | 1,586 | 757,810 | 478 |
| Swat | Saidu Sharif | 5,337 | 2,309,570 | 433 |
| Upper Dir | Dir | 3,699 | 946,421 | 256 |
| Peshawar Division | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Headquarters | Area (km²) | Population (2017) | Density (people/km²) |
| Charsadda | Charsadda | 996 | 1,616,198 | 1,623 |
| Khyber | Landi Kotal | 2,576 | 986,973 | 383 |
| Mohmand | Ghalanai | 2,296 | 466,984 | 203 |
| Nowshera | Nowshera | 1,748 | 1,518,540 | 869 |
| Peshawar | Peshawar | 1,518 | 4,333,770 | 3,396 |
below is the notification of KPK districts after Fata merger :
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