Dera Ismail Khan District
Dera Ismail Khan District
ضلع ڈیره اسماعیل خان | |
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Dera Ismail Khan District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Division | Dera Ismail Khan |
| Established | 1849 |
| Founded by | British Raj |
| Headquarters | Dera Ismail Khan |
| Tehsils of Dera Ismail Khan District | 05
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| Government | |
| • Type | Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Abdul Nasir Khan |
| • Constituency | NA-44 Dera Ismail Khan-I |
| • National Assembly Member | Faisal Amin Khan Gandapur (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,334 km2 (3,604 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 165 m (541 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,822,916 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
| • Summer (DST) | DST is not observed |
| ZIP Code | 29111 |
| NWD (area) code | 966 |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-KP |
Dera Ismail Khan District (Urdu and Saraiki: ضلع ڈیره اسماعیل خان, Pashto: دېره اسماعيل خان ولسوالۍ), often abbreviated as D.I. Khan is a district in the Dera Ismail Khan division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The capital of the district is the town of Dera Ismail Khan. The district has an area of 9,334 km2 (3,604 sq mi) and a population of 1,822,916 as of the 2023 Census. After the Second Anglo-Sikh war in 1849 the district was annexed by the British as part of the Punjab and remained so until 1901 when the North West Frontier Province or NWFP (now renamed as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was created.