It was created on 25 February 2003 from the southern districts of Dairi Regency.

[1] The table also includes the locations of the district administrative centres, the number of administrative villages (all classed as rural desa) in each district and its post code.

[5] The number of houses of worship by type of places of worship in 2016 in Pakpak Bharat Regency is as follows: In Pakpak Bharat Regency, Christianity is the religion with the majority of the population, followed by adherents of the Islam religion which also has a large population.

There are a total of 189 places of worship (111 churches (98 Protestant and 13 Catholic)), and 78 mosques.

residents of Pakpak Bharat Regency who are Protestant Christians are members of the Church GKPPD.