Dera Ismail Khan

Dera Ismail Khan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — 1,829,811 people at the 2023 census.

Census, 1981 to 2023

Indicator	1981	1998	2017	2023
Population	494,432	852,995	1,625,088	1,829,811
Urban population		125,807	360,218	374,757
Yearly growth since the previous census		3.26%	3.44%	1.30%
Literacy rate (age 10+)		31.3%		46.6%
Female literacy rate		17.9%		33.7%
Average household size		7.60	7.96	6.70
Males per 100 females		111.1	106.4	110.2
Urban share		14.8%	22.2%	20.5%
People per km²		116	222	196
Area		7,326 km²	7,326 km²	9,334 km²

Schooling, connectivity and living conditions

Indicator	2014-15	2019-20	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 2019-20
Adult literacy (15+)	41.0%	38.0%	49.0%
Net primary enrolment	52.0%	54.0%	65.0%
Children out of school (5-16)		42.0%	32.0%
People using the internet		5.90%	14.3%
People owning a mobile phone		45.5%	43.4%
Households with a smartphone		14.0%	32.7%
Households with tap water	19.0%	14.4%	30.2%
Households with a flush toilet	55.0%	84.0%	84.0%
Households cooking with gas		17.2%	30.4%
Households lit by electricity		93.2%	86.1%
Children (12-23 months) vaccinated against measles		67.0%	79.0%
Households moderately or severely food-insecure		6.72%	14.4%

Businesses and farms

Business establishments (2023)	42,116
People working in them (2023)	156,896
Farms (2024)	151,422
Cultivated area (2024)	860,020 acres
Tractors (2024)	7,370
Tubewells and lift pumps (2024)	4,490
Cattle (2024)	1,131,012
Buffaloes (2024)	439,366
Goats (2024)	2,607,526

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. About the data · All districts