Bara Tehsil

Bara

تحصیل باڑہ
باړه تحصیل‎
Bara تحصیل باڑہ; باړه تحصیل‎
Tehsil
	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 (2017)
• Total	444,403
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Bara Tehsil (Urdu: باڑہ) is a subdivision located in Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1972	242,315	—
1981	142,501	−41.2%
1998	286,184	+100.8%
2017	444,403	+55.3%
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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]

Transportation

Bara Tehsil is linked to Peshawar by the Peshawar-Bara road. Peshawar-Bara road was closed from 2009 to 2013 in an operation to contain growing militancy.^[6]

References

^ "Survey Of Damaged Houses Relaunched In Bara Tehsil". Pakistan Point. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
^ "Tribesmen hold peace seminar in Bara". The Frontier Post. Peshawar, Pakistan. 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP [PDF]" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2018-03-28.
^ "AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
^ Pirzada, Ashrafuddin (2015-02-23). "After a decade of militancy, schools reopening in Bara". News Lens Pakistan. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
^ "Peshawar-Bara road opened after four years of closure". Business Recorder. Karachi, Pakistan. 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2018-05-11.

33°55′N 71°28′E / 33.917°N 71.467°E / 33.917; 71.467

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[survey-1] "Survey Of Damaged Houses Relaunched In Bara Tehsil". Pakistan Point. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2018-05-11.

[peace-seminar-2] "Tribesmen hold peace seminar in Bara". The Frontier Post. Peshawar, Pakistan. 2018-01-24. Retrieved 2018-05-11.

[census-3] "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP [PDF]" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2018-03-28.

[hist-pop-4] "AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2018-05-11.

[edu-5] Pirzada, Ashrafuddin (2015-02-23). "After a decade of militancy, schools reopening in Bara". News Lens Pakistan. Retrieved 2018-05-11.

[road-6] "Peshawar-Bara road opened after four years of closure". Business Recorder. Karachi, Pakistan. 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2018-05-11.

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