Bara Tehsil

Bara Tehsil is a subdivision located in Khyber District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Adjacent administrative units

 * Nazyan District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (north)
 * Landi Kotal Tehsil (north)
 * Jamrud Tehsil (northeast)
 * Peshawar Tehsil, Peshawar District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (east)
 * Frontier Region Kohat (southeast)
 * Lower Orakzai Tehsil, Orakzai Agency (south)
 * Central Orakzai Tehsil, Orakzai Agency (south)
 * Upper Orakzai Tehsil, Orakzai Agency (southwest)
 * Central Kurram Tehsil, Kurram Agency (west)
 * Haska Meyna District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (northwest)
 * Achin District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (northwest)

Demographics
Bara Tehsil has a population of 444,403 and has 51,869 households according to the 2017 census.

Education
There are about 400 schools and colleges in Bara Tehsil. A total of 102 schools have been destroyed during a ten-year-long period of militancy in the region, and around 64,000 students have abandoned education.

Transportation
Bara Tehsil is linked to Peshawar by the Peshawar-Bara road. Peshawar-Bara road was closed from 2009 to 2013 in an operation to contain growing militancy.