Banda Daud Shash is Headquarter of BD Shah Tehsil a tehsil located in Karak District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The population of Tehsil is 177,744 according to the 2023 census.
Banda Daud shah is administratively divided into 14 village councils namely:
There are 52 mouza's in BD Shah.
There is 13 patwar halqa in this tehsil namely:
There are two qanungoi circles name:
BD Shah is rich in natural resources owing it to its geology. The resources include Oil & gas, rock salt, Gypsum and limestone. The Nashpa oil & gas field which is located in the Jatta Ismail khel region of BD Shah has a production of 11,683 barrels of oil per day and 89.17 MMscfd gas as of 2022. Adding to that , there was another discovery of a reservoir ( of 22 million cubic feet of gas and more than 2100 barrels of oil per day) in the Tal block in BD Shah. Bahadur khel, a region in BD Shah is known for rock salts reservoirs with a purity of about 95% NaCl along with impurities in shape of gypsum and limestone. BD shah is also rich in gypsum and limestone. The provincial government is planning to build a salt and gypsum city in Banda Daud Shah.
Literacy rate of BD shah is 46.1%. The major educational institutions includes: