Bara Tehsil ( ur, ) is a subdivision located in

Khyber District Khyber District ( ps, خېبر ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Peshawar Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Until 2018, it was an agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas; with the merger of FATA with Khyber Pakh ...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

Geography

Adjacent administrative units

Nazyan District Nazyan (Pashto: نازيان) ( fa, ولسوالی نازیان) is a district in the south-east of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is 100% Pashtun Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pa ...

, Nangarhar Province,

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

(north) * Landi Kotal Tehsil (north) *

Jamrud Tehsil Jamrud Tehsil is a subdivision located in Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The population is 228,001 according to the 2017 census. See also * Jamrud * List of tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa In Pakistan, a tehsil is an administr ...

(northeast) *

Peshawar Tehsil Peshawar District ( ps, پېښور ولسوالۍ, hnd, , ur, ) is a district in Peshawar Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is located about 160 km west of the Pakistan's capital Islamabad. The district headquarter is ...

, Peshawar District,

(east) * Frontier Region Kohat (southeast) *

Lower Orakzai Tehsil Lower Orakzai Tehsil is a subdivision located in Orakzai District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The population is 107,397 according to the 2017 census. See also * Kalaya * List of tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa In Pakistan, a tehsil is an ad ...

, Orakzai Agency (south) *

Central Orakzai Tehsil Central Orakzai Tehsil is a subdivision located in Orakzai District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The population is 59,122 according to the 2017 census. See also * List of tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa In Pakistan, a tehsil is an administra ...

, Orakzai Agency (south) *

Upper Orakzai Tehsil Upper Orakzai Tehsil is a subdivision located in Orakzai District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The population is 63,872 according to the 2017 census. See also * List of tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa In Pakistan, a tehsil is an administrati ...

, Orakzai Agency (southwest) *

Central Kurram Tehsil Central Kurram Tehsil is a subdivision located in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The population is 229,356 according to the 2017 census. History Central Kurram was previously known as F.R. Kurram until it was renamed in 2004. ...

, Kurram Agency (west) *

Haska Meyna District Haska Meyna ( ps, هسکه مېنه), also called Deh Bala District, is a district in the south of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, bordering on Pakistan. Its population, which is 100% Pashtuns, was estimated at 50,595 in 2002, of whom 20,200 we ...

, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (northwest) *

Achin District Achin ( ps, اچين ولسوالۍ) is a district in southern Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, on the border with Pakistan. Its population is 100% Pashtun. Achin is home to the Shinwari tribe, one of the largest Pashtun tribes. It was a stro ...

, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (northwest)

Demographics

Bara Tehsil has a population of 444,403 and has 51,869 households according to the 2017 census.

Education

There are about 400 schools and colleges in Bara Tehsil. A total of 102 schools have been destroyed during a ten-year-long period of militancy in the region, and around 64,000 students have abandoned education.

Transportation

Bara Tehsil is linked to

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

by the Peshawar-Bara road. Peshawar-Bara road was closed from 2009 to 2013 in an operation to contain growing militancy.

References

Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Populated places in Khyber District {{Khyber-geo-stub