Tank Tehsil
Tank Tehsil
تحصیل ٹانک ټانک تحصیل | |
|---|---|
  Tank Tehsil Location in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa  Tank Tehsil Tank Tehsil (Pakistan) | |
| Coordinates: 32°13′N 70°23′E / 32.217°N 70.383°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Region |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Tank District |
| Area | |
• Tehsil | 1,679 km2 (648 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Tehsil | 425,499 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (660/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 49,172 (11.56%) |
| • Rural | 376,327 (88.44%) |
| Literacy (2023) | |
| • Literacy rate | 41.43% |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (PDT) |
Tank (Urdu: تحصِيل ټک) is a tehsil located in Tank District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Geography
[edit]Tank Tehsil has an area of 1,679 km2.[2]
Adjacent tehsils
[edit]- Frontier Region Tank, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (north)
- Lakki Marwat Tehsil, Lakki Marwat District (northeast)
- Kulachi Tehsil, Dera Ismail Khan District (south)
- Wana Tehsil, South Waziristan Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (southwest)
- Sararogha Tehsil, South Waziristan Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (northwest)
Demographics
[edit]Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 53,076 | — |
| 1961 | 80,359 | +4.24% |
| 1972 | 93,389 | +1.38% |
| 1981 | 141,062 | +4.69% |
| 1998 | 238,216 | +3.13% |
| 2017 | 391,885 | +2.65% |
| 2023 | 425,499 | +1.38% |
| Source: [2][1] | ||
Tank Tehsil has a population of 391,885 and has 43,071 households according to the 2017 census.[1] The population recorded in the 1998 census was 238,216.[2] According to 2023 census, the population was 425,499.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ a b c "AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- ^ "AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF).
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