Bannu Demography

The people of Bannu are known as Banisee or "Bani Sai". The main language of Bannu is Pashto. Nearly 85-90% of the population are ethnic Pashtuns. Syed Caste are also native in Bannu as Shajees. There are also members of the Awan tribe (called Ainki by the locals) and these make the second largest group in the district. The Pashtuns are at logger heads with the Awans as the later are the only group in the area who are not willing to accept the superiority of the pushtoons.

Bannu is called Bana and Bani Gul in the local Pashto language. The population consists of native-born called Banisee, [as in local language]. There are many people living in Bannu who are immigrants like Wazir, Khattak, Afridi, Marwat, Kashmiris. It is also to be noted that after the partition hundreds of familles migrated form Hindustan and settled in Bannu. They are called by the local people Panahgazeen or Mahajirs (immigrants). Mirzali Khel (basically Masid) migrated to Bannu from Afghanistan and settled in Mandan Area (Joji Kella, Sala Khan, Emaro, Badda, Zalam and Ghreyi Kella are some of the villages in Mandan Area).

Bannu district is divided into many geographical areas, which are then sub-divided into villages. Some of these areas are named as: