Bara Tehsil
Tehsil in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Bara Tehsil (Urdu: باڑہ) is a subdivision located in Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Bara
تحصیل باڑہ باړه تحصیل | |
|---|---|
Location of Bara Tehsil in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Region |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Khyber District |
| Headquarters | Bara |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Mufti Muhammad Kafeel (JUI(F)) |
| • Assistance Political Agent | Ismatullah Wazir |
| Population | |
• Total | 444,403 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Geography
Adjacent administrative units
- Nazyan District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (north)
- Landi Kotal Tehsil (north)
- Jamrud Tehsil (northeast)
- Peshawar Tehsil, Peshawar District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (east)
- Frontier Region Kohat (southeast)
- Lower Orakzai Tehsil, Orakzai Agency (south)
- Central Orakzai Tehsil, Orakzai Agency (south)
- Upper Orakzai Tehsil, Orakzai Agency (southwest)
- Central Kurram Tehsil, Kurram Agency (west)
- Haska Meyna District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (northwest)
- Achin District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (northwest)
Demographics
Bara Tehsil has a population of 444,403 and has 51,869 households according to the 2017 census.[3]
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.[5]
