Drazanda Tehsil

Drazanda Tehsil
تحصیل درازندہ
درازنده تحصیل
Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan
سرحدی علاقہ ڈیره اسماعیل خان
دېره اسماعيل خان سرحدي سیمه
Tehsil
Location of Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Country Pakistan
Region Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictDera Ismail Khan District
HeadquartersDrazanda
Area
  Total
2,008 km2 (775 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
  Total
68,556
  Density34/km2 (88/sq mi)

Drazanda Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Dera Ismail Khan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It borders South Waziristan to the north, Dera Ghazi Khan and Musa Khel to the south and Zhob to the west. The capital is the town of Drazanda.

Before 2018, this administrative subdivision was known as Dera Ismail Khan Subdivision, and before that as Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan. The region was named after Dera Ismail Khan District which lies to the east.