Bannu District

Bannu District: Quick Answers

Bannu District is one of the 38 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with its headquarters at Bannu. The 2023 census lists 6 administrative units in it: Bakka Khel, Bannu, Domel, Kakki, Meryan and Wazir. The 2023 census counted 1,357,890 people on 1,972 km², and 41.75% of residents aged 10 and over were literate.

Population

1,357,890 (2023 census)

Area

1,972 km² · 688.59 people per km²

Urban population

3.56%

Annual growth 2017–2023

1.94%

Average household size

7.4

Population in 2017

1,210,183

Sex ratio

108.33 males per 100 females

Literacy rate (age 10+)

41.75% · male 58.47% · female 23.84%

Largest urban localities (2023)

Bannu 41,015 · Bannu Cantonment 7,383

Main mother tongues

Pashto 99.09%

Census units (2023)

Bakka Khel (tehsil), Bannu (tehsil), Domel (tehsil), Kakki (tehsil), Meryan (tehsil), Wazir (sub-division)

Headquarters

Bannu

Province / territory

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Known for

Bannu is a southern KP city on the route toward Waziristan, historically an important trading and garrison town.

Culture

Locals speak a distinct southern dialect of Pashto, and the city's mandi (grain market) remains central to daily trade.

Education

The University of Science and Technology Bannu is the district's main higher-education institution.

Healthcare

Khalifa Gul Nawaz Teaching Hospital anchors the district's public healthcare.

Villages / local areas

Domel and Kakki villages.

Bannu District: 2023 census figures by tehsil / sub-division

Name	Type	Population	Area (km²)	Urban	Literacy (10+)
Bakka Khel	Tehsil	192,797	367	–	28.25%
Bannu	Tehsil	644,909	228	7.5%	49.46%
Domel	Tehsil	224,428	425	–	41.38%
Kakki	Tehsil	92,021	66	–	42.62%
Meryan	Tehsil	166,473	141	–	31.77%
Wazir	Sub-division	37,262	745	–	16.33%

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Census 2023, Table 1. Checked 2026-09-29.

Bannu is the old market town of the southern KP plain, on the road that goes on toward Lakki Marwat and the Waziristan districts. The city is small next to its villages. PBS 2023 counted only about 48,400 people as urban and 1.31 million as rural. That is why a Bannu page that only describes the bazaar is half a page.

District total: 1,357,890 people, 183,130 households, area about 1,972 km². Literacy 41.75 percent overall — 58.47 percent for men, 23.84 percent for women. Pashto is the language of the plain. The district website is bannu.kp.gov.pk.

Bannu: Three names that come first

1. Bannu city / Bannu tehsil — the tehsil itself holds 644,909 people. The municipal town inside it is much smaller. University of Science and Technology Bannu and Khalifa Gul Nawaz / DHQ teaching setup sit here.
2. Domel — 224,428 people in the tehsil. Large clustered villages, not a second city.
3. Baka Khel — 192,797 people. Lower literacy than Bannu tehsil in the 2023 table (about 28 percent).

Bannu: Six tehsils (PBS 2023)

• Bannu — 228 km², 644,909, literacy about 49.5 percent.
• Domel — 425 km², 224,428, literacy about 41.4 percent.
• Baka Khel — 367 km², 192,797, literacy about 28.3 percent.
• Miryan (Meryan) — 141 km², 166,473, literacy about 31.8 percent.
• Kakki — 66 km², 92,021, literacy about 42.6 percent. Smallest area, dense villages.
• Wazir — 745 km², 37,262, literacy about 16.3 percent. Former frontier-region belt; largest land, fewest people.

One public village directory counts about 393 rural localities across those tehsils (Bannu tehsil alone about 148). This page names the heavy settlements that already sit in that 2023 list. It does not reprint 393 rows.

Bannu tehsil — large villages on the 2023 list

Fatima Khel Kalan, Bazar Ahmed Khan, Amandi, Nezam Khan, Hasan Khel Isaki, Sukari Hasan Khel, Dharma Khel.

Domel

Bizan Khel, Aral Tarf Awal, Aral Tarf Doem, Umarzai Wazir, Asperka Tarf Awal, Khandar Khan Khel, Ziraki Pirba Khel, Asperka Tarf Doem, Idal Khel.

Kakki

Kakki Taraf Awal, Kakki Taraf Doim, Bharat, Khojari Khas, Khojari Babar.

Miryan and Baka Khel have their own village lists on the same pattern. Wazir tehsil is a long list of small settlements on a large map. Send a kally name if you live there.

Schools and the hospital in Bannu District

UST Bannu is the university name on the degree. Government colleges sit in the city. The teaching hospital cluster (Khalifa Gul Nawaz / DHQ) takes cases from Lakki and the nearer Waziristan road. Female literacy at 24 percent is the line that belongs on this page next to any list of colleges.

Sources: PBS 2023; KP District Bannu; published 2023 village rows for Bannu, Domel and Kakki tehsils. Last checked September 2026.