Lower Dir District
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Lower Dir District
ضلع دیر زیریں ښکته دير ولسوالۍ | |
|---|---|
Timergara, the district headquarters | |
| Lower Dir District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Lower Dir District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Coordinates: 34°51′N 71°51′E / 34.850°N 71.850°E / 34.850; 71.850 | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Division | Malakand |
| Headquarters | Timergara |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Muhammad Fawad (BPS-20 PCS) |
| • District Police Officer | Ikramullah Khan (BPS-18 PSP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,583 km2 (611 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,650,183 |
| • Density | 1,042/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 47,855 (2.90%) |
| • Rural | 1,602,327 |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
|
| Time zone | PST |
| Number of Tehsils | 5 |
| Website | dirlower |
Lower Dir District (Pashto: ښکته دير ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع دیر زیریں) is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[3] Timergara is the district's headquarters and largest city.[3] The Lower Dir district was formed in 1996, when Dir District was divided into Upper Dir and Lower Dir districts.[3] On 22 January 2023, both Lower Dir and Upper Dir districts were further bifurcated to create a new Central Dir District.[4] Lower Dir is famous for its beautiful snow-capped mountains, valleys, and pleasant weather.[citation needed ] The primary industry in Lower Dir is tourism, which is now rapidly growing.[citation needed ]
Lower Dir district borders with Swat District to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Upper Dir to the north and Malakand and Bajaur District to the south.
History
[edit ]At the time of independence of Pakistan, Dir was a princely state ruled by Nawab Shah Jehan Khan. Dir was merged with Pakistan in 1969, declared a district in 1970, and split into Upper and Lower Dir in 1996.[3]
Education
[edit ]- The University of Malakand is a public university located in Chakdara.
- The University of Dir is a newly established university located in Timergara.
Demographics
[edit ]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 277,481 | — |
| 1981 | 404,844 | +4.29% |
| 1998 | 717,649 | +3.42% |
| 2017 | 1,436,082 | +3.72% |
| 2023 | 1,650,183 | +2.34% |
| Sources:[5] [1] | ||
As of the 2023 census, Lower Dir district has 202,836 households and a population of 1,650,183. The district has a sex ratio of 97.24 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 57.36%: 72.57% for males and 43.16% for females. 542,074 (32.88% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 47,860 (2.90%) live in urban areas.[1] 4,439 (0.27%) people in the district were from religious minorities, mainly Christians.[6] Pashto was the predominant language, spoken by 99.54% of the population.[7]
Administration
[edit ]National Assembly
[edit ]NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) and NA-7 (Lower Dir-II) are constituencies of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Lower Dir district. These areas were formerly part of NA-34 (Lower Dir) constituency from 1977 to 2018. The delimitation in 2018 split Lower Dir into two separate constituencies, NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) and NA-7 (Lower Dir-II).
NA-34 constituency (2002-2018)
[edit ]| Member of National Assembly | Party affiliation | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Qazi Hussain Ahmad | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | 2002 |
| Maulana Ahmad Ghafoor Ghawas | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | 2003 |
| Malak Azmat Khan | Pakistan Peoples Party | 2008 |
| Shahib Zada Muhammad Yaqub | Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan | 2013 |
Since 2018: NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) and NA-7 (Lower Dir-II)
[edit ]| Member of National Assembly | Party affiliation | Constituency | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehboob Shah | PTI | NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) | 2018 |
| Muhammad Bashir Khan | PTI | NA-7 (Lower Dir-II) | 2018 |
Provincial Assembly
[edit ]| Member of Provincial Assembly | Party affiliation | Constituency | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Azam Khan | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-13 (Lower Dir-I) | 2018 |
| Humayun Khan | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-14 (Lower Dir-II) | 2018 |
| Shafi ullah | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-15 (Lower Dir-III) | 2018 |
| Bahdur Khan | Awami National Party | PK-16 (Lower Dir-IV) | 2018 |
| Liaqat Ali Khan | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-17 (Lower Dir-V) | 2018 |
Tehsils
[edit ]| Tehsil | Area
(km2)[8] |
Pop.
(2023) |
Density
(ppl/km2) (2023) |
Literacy rate
(2023)[9] |
Union Councils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adenzai Tehsil | 372 | 378,915 | 1,018.59 | 62.19% | |
| Balambat Tehsil | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Khal Tehsil | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Lal Qilla Tehsil | 216 | 247,381 | 1,145.28 | 53.29% | |
| Munda Tehsil | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Samar Bagh Tehsil | 419 | 427,714 | 1,020.80 | 45.75% | |
| Timergara Tehsil | 576 | 596,173 | 1,035.02 | 64.06% |
Notable people
[edit ]- Nawabzada Shahabuddin Khan, Former Ruler of Lower Dir[10] [11]
- Siraj ul Haq, politician
- Muhammad Bashir Khan, politician
- Jehan Alam Khan, President / Head of World Yousafzai Jirga (WYJ)
- Naseem Shah, cricketer
- Zahid Khan, Ex-Senator
- Abaseen Yousafzai, Pashto poet
- Noorena Shams , squash player
Gallery
[edit ]-
Maidan Valley, Lower Dir
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Lajbouk, Lower Dir
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Chakdara, Lower Dir
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Kalpani Top, Lower Dir
See also
[edit ]- Constituency NA-6 (Lower Dir-I)
- Constituency NA-7 (Lower Dir-II)
- Education in Lower Dir District
- Upper Dir District
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023, KPK" (PDF).
- ^ a b c d "About District". Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Deputy Commissioner Dir Lower.
- ^ "KP gets another district". Dunya News. 2023年01月18日. Retrieved 2024年07月14日.
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics .
- ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics .
- ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, KPK" (PDF).
- ^ "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, KPK" (PDF).
- ^ "Tribe seeks ban on sale, purchase of shared land". www.thenews.com.pk.
- ^ High Court, Peshawar (17 November 2016). "Judgment Sheet In The Peshawar High Court - The Government Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa & Others Vs. Nawabzada Muhammad Shahabuddin Through Lrs & Others" (PDF). Retrieved 18 January 2024.
https://senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=804
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1276499-yousafzai-jirga-chief-vows-to-work-for-pakhtuns-unity
