Bara Tehsil

Bara Tehsil () 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

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

See also

• List of tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Bara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Bara Rifles

References