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Upper Dir District

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Lower Dir District
ضلع دیر بالا
پورتنۍ دیر ولسوالۍ‎
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Top: Jahaz Banda in Kumrat valley
Bottom: Lowaro Top
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CountryFile:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
ProvinceFile:PK-NWFP.svg Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DivisionMalakand
Established1996
HeadquartersDir
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerNaveed Akbar (BPS-18 PAS)
 • District Police OfficerSyed Muhammad Bilal (BPS-18 PSP)
 • District Health OfficerDr. Ikhtiar Ali
Area
3,699 km2 (1,428 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
1,083,566
 • Density292.9/km2 (758.7/sq mi)
 • Urban
47,842
 • Rural
1,035,724
Literacy
[2]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    46.77%
  • Male:
    62.76%
  • Female:
    31.67%
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils6
Main language(s)Pashto ,[3]: 21  Gawri
Websitedirupper.kp.gov.pk

Upper Dir District (Pashto: پورتنۍ دیر ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع دیر بالا) is a district located in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The city of Dir is its district headquarter. Geographically, it is located in the northern part of Pakistan. It borders with the Chitral district on the north, Afghanistan on the northwest, the Swat district on the east, and the Lower Dir district on the south. It shares 40 to 50 kilometers border with Afghanistan.

History

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File:Kumrat valley, Upper Dir.jpg
Kalkot Kumrat valley, Kakad,{Doag Dair}°Upper Dir

Dir was home to various popular civilizations. It has been the place where the Aryans, the Buddhists, and the Mughals survived. It was also a home to the Gandhara civilization. It was invaded by Alexander The Great.

In the sixteenth century, it was invaded by the Yousafzai tribe of the Pashtuns.[citation needed]

In 1898, Yousafzai Pashtun Muhammad Sharif Khan was declared the Nawab of Dir. He was succeeded by his son Nawab Aurang Zeb Khan in 1904, who ruled until his death in 1925. Subsequently, his son Shah Jehan Khan succeeded him and ruled the state for almost 35 years.[citation needed] At the time of the independence of Pakistan, in 1947, Dir was still a princely state, separated from Pakistan. It was no later than 1969, when it was annexed with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[4] Till 1996, Dir was a unit combined district. But in 1996, the Dir District was divided into Upper and Lower Dir districts.

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1972 251,045—    
1981 362,565+4.17%
1998 575,858+2.76%
2017 947,401+2.65%
2023 1,083,566+2.26%
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As of the 2023 census, Upper Dir district has 149,536 households and a population of 1,083,566. The district has a sex ratio of 98.36 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 46.77%: 62.76% for males and 31.67% for females. 392,214 (36.24% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 47,842 (4.42%) live in urban areas.[1] 2,415 (0.22%) of the people in the district are from religious minorities, mainly Christians.[6]

Languages of Upper Dir district (2023)[7]
  1. Pashto (91.0%)
  2. Kohistani (5.11%)
  3. Others (3.87%)

Pashto is the predominant language, spoken by 91.02% of the population. Kohistani languages are spoken by 5.11% of the population, and 3.87% of the population speak 'Other' languages.[7]

Tribes

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The people groups of the district are various Pashtun tribes of Afghan origin among other clans that settled in the region. These include the following tribes[8]

Administration

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Upper Dir District has four Tehsils.[9]

Tehsil Area

(km2)[10]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km2)

(2023)

Literacy rate

(2023)[11]

Union Councils
Barawal Tehsil ... ... ... ...
Dir Tehsil 1,012 384,667 380.11 48.26%
Kalkot Tehsil ... ... ... ...
Sharingal Tehsil 1,140 210,356 184.52 37.15%

National Assembly

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This district is represented by one elected MNA (Member of National Assembly) in Pakistan National Assembly. Its constituency is NA-5 (Upper Dir).[12]

Member of National Assembly Party affiliation Year
Molana Asad Ullah Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal 2002
Najum-din Khan Pakistan Peoples Party 2008
Sahibzada Sebgat Ullah Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 2018
Jamil Haider PML-N 2013

Provincial Assembly

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In the provincial assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, there are three seats for the Upper Dir district. Its constituency is PK-11, PK-12 and PK-13.

Member of Provincial Assembly Party affiliation Constituency Year
Gul Ibrahim Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PK-11 Upper Dir -I 2024
Muhammad Yamin Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PK-12 Upper Dir -II 2024
Muhammad Anwar Khan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PK-13 Upper Dir -III 2024

Towns

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Except for the town of Dir and a number of rapidly growing towns along the main road, the population is rural, scattered in more than 1200 villages in the deep narrow valleys of the Panjkora and its tributaries.

Of these, notable villages are

Division of Dir

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File:Dir upper pakistan 3.JPG

Popular places[13]

Notable people

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  • Dr Zia Ul Haq (born 1980), university Vice Chancellor
  • Abdul Aziz (born 2005),

See also

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References

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