Explanation

The province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) after Fata Merger consist of seven divisions. There are 36 districts in the Kpk province after the bifurcation of district South Waziristan into lower and upper as well as Chitral into lower and upper. The province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the third-largest province of Pakistan by population and the smallest province by area, is divided into 36 districts and seven divisions. recently South Waziristan split into two districts. which makes the total districts of kpk to 36. The provincial cabinet on Tuesday approved dividing South Waziristan tribal district into Upper and Lower South Waziristan districts. Updated on: 18 October 2022 Bannu Division District Headquarters Area (km²) Population (2017) Density (people/km²) Bannu Bannu 1,972 1,211,006 952 Lakki Marwat Lakki Marwat 3,296 902,541 277 North Waziristan Miranshah 4,707 543,254 115 Dera Ismail Khan Division District Headquarters Area (km²) Population (2017) Density (people/km²) Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan 9,334 1,695,688 222 South Waziristan Uppar Spinkai Raghazai 6,620 679,185 103 South Waziristan Lower (New District) Wana 6,620 679,185 103 Tank Tank 2,900 428,274 233 Hazara Division District Headquarters Area (km²) Population (2017) Density (people/km²) Abbottabad Abbottabad 1,967 1,332,912 785 Battagram Battagram 1,301 476,612 366 Haripur Haripur 1,725 1,003,031 581 Kolai Pallas – – 275,461 – Lower Kohistan Pattan – 202,933 – Mansehra Mansehra 4,579 1,556,460 340 Torghar Judba 497 171,395 345 Upper Kohistan Dasu – 306,774 – Kohat Division District Headquarters Area (km²) Population (2017) Density (people/km²) Hangu Hangu 1,097 518,798 473 Karak Karak 3,372 706,299 209 Kohat Kohat 2,991 1,112,452 390 Kurram Parachinar 3,380 619,553 201 Orakzai District Kalaya 1,538 254,356 165 Mardan Division District Headquarters Area (km²) Population (2017) Density (people/km²) Mardan Mardan 1,632 2,373,061 1,454 Swabi Swabi 1,543 1,624,616 1,053 Malakand Division District Headquarters Area (km²) Population (2017) Density (people/km²) Bajaur Khar 1,290 1,093,684 848 Buner Daggar 1,865 897,319 481 Lower Chitral District Chitral 6,458 278,122 43 Upper Chitral District Chitral 8,392 169,240 20 Malakand Batkhela 952 720,295 757 Lower Dir Timergara 1,582 1,435,917 908 Shangla Alpuri 1,586 757,810 478 Swat Saidu Sharif 5,337 2,309,570 433 Upper Dir Dir 3,699 946,421 256 Peshawar Division District Headquarters Area (km²) Population (2017) Density (people/km²) Charsadda Charsadda 996 1,616,198 1,623 Khyber Landi Kotal 2,576 986,973 383 Mohmand Ghalanai 2,296 466,984 203 Nowshera Nowshera 1,748 1,518,540 869 Peshawar Peshawar 1,518 4,333,770 3,396 below is the notification of KPK districts after Fata merger :