Dara Adam Khel Tehsil

Dara Adam Khel Tehsil
تحصیل درہ آدم خیل
دره ادم خېل تحصیل
Frontier Region Kohat
سرحدی علاقہ کوہاٹ
کوهاټ سرحدي سیمه
Tehsil
Location of the former Frontier Regions in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Location of the former Frontier Regions in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Country Pakistan
Region Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
SeatDarra Adam Khel
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total118,578

Dara Adam Khel Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Kohat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. This subdivision shares its boundary with Peshawar District to the north, Nowshera District to the east and Orakzai District to the west.[2]

The population in 1998 was 88,500 persons,[3]: 5  98.6% of whom had Pashto as their first language.[3]: 6 

The main towns in Kohat subdivision is Darra Adam Khel and Jawaki Adam Khel.

Prior to 2018, this administrative subdivision was known as Kohat Subdivision, and formerly also known as Frontier Region Kohat. The region was located adjacent to the Kohat District, and therefore derives its name from Kohat.

  1. ^ "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  2. ^ "Historical background and administrative profile of the FR Kohat". FATA Secretariat. Archived from the original on December 3, 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  3. ^ a b 1998 census report of Tribal Area Adjoining Kohat District. Census publication. Vol. 144. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2001.