Darazinda Tehsil

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Demography: rewrite based on census link

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According to the 2017 census the total population of Darazinda Tehsil is {{sigfig|68,506 |3}}.<ref name="web.archive.org"/> The [[first language]] of 97.6% of the population is [[Pashto]], [[Urdu]] the national language of Pakistan is spoken by 1.07% of the population, other languages are Saraiki 0.61%, Balochi 0.23%, Sindhi 0.22%, Brahvi 0.13%, Punjabi and Kashmiri both 0.02% and Hindko which is less than 0.01. Punjabi is Pakistan's most widely spoken language, however in Darazinda it is not so prominent.<ref name="web.archive.org"/>
According to the 2017 census the total population of Darazinda Tehsil is {{sigfig|68,506 |3}}.<ref name="web.archive.org"/> The [[first language]] of 97.6% of the population is [[Pashto]] - Pashto is the main language of Khyber Pakhtunkwa province, the census recorded that out of a total population of 40,641,120 in Khyber Pakhtunkwa 32,919,592 (i.e. 81%) spoke Pashto as their first language, Darazinda at 97.6% is significantly above this. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240723204904/https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/kp/dcr/table_11.pdf TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023]</ref>

Out of the remaining 3.4%, [[Urdu]] the national language of Pakistan is spoken by 1.07% of the population as a first language, other languages are Saraiki 0.61%, Balochi 0.23%, Sindhi 0.22%, Brahvi 0.13%, Punjabi and Kashmiri both 0.02% and Hindko which is less than 0.01. Punjabi is Pakistan's most widely spoken language, however in Darazinda it is not so prominent - likewise Hindko which dominates eastern part of Khyber Pakhtunkwa doesn't have much of a presence in Darazinda.<ref name="web.archive.org"/>


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