Ethnicity and Tribes

The Dera Ismail Khan tehsil has in addition to the Pathan tribes of Koh-e-Surkh a large mixed population of Baloch and Jat tribes who had migrated here from south and trans-Indus area. Dera Ismail Khan city has a large number of families referred to in the earlier documents as Mootani-Pathans, these are Alizais, Sadozais, Khawjakzais, Khakwanis and Barakzais. After partition over 8000 migrants from India mostly of Rajput stock were settled in Dera Ismail Khan. Majority occupied the Hindu mohallas of Dera Ismail Khan city but some have gone over to Paharpur town.