Gumatti Tehsil
تحصیل گومتی
ګوماتي تحصیل‎
Frontier Region Bannu
سرحدی علاقہ بنوں
بنو سرحدي سیمه‎
Tehsil
Location of the Frontier Regions in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Location of the Frontier Regions in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Country Pakistan
Region Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total43,114

Gumatti Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Bannu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. This subdivision borders Karak District and Hangu District to the north, North Waziristan to the west, and Jabar Kili Tehsil (Formerly Lakki Marwat Subdivision) to the south.

Prior to 2018, this administrative subdivision was known as Bannu Subdivision, and formerly also known as Frontier Region Bannu (FR Bannu), as a subdivision in Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. The region was named after Bannu District, which lied to the east.[2] With the dissolution of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and its incorporation into Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Frontier Region Bannu was reorganizd as Gumatti Tehsil within Bannu District.

The total population, according to the 1998 census, was 19,600,[3]: 5  98.1% of which have Pashto as a first language, and the remaining 1.9% speak Punjabi.[3]: 6  Most of the population belong to the Wazir tribe of Pashtuns.

Education

Government Degree College, Kotka Habib Ullah is the only Degree College providing education to this region.

According to the Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings 2015, FR Bannu is ranked 67 out of 148 districts in terms of education. For facilities and infrastructure, the district is ranked 75 out of 148.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  2. ↑ "Historical background and administrative profile of the FR Kohat". FATA Secretariat. Archived from the original on December 3, 2009. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  3. 1 2 1998 census report of Tribal Area Adjoining Bannu District. Census publication. Vol. 150. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2001.
  4. ↑ "Individual district profile link, 2015". Alif Ailaan. Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2015-05-07.

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