مٿيون دير ضلعو

Upper Dir District

ضلع دیر بالا
پورتنۍ دیر ولسوالۍ‎
Upper Dir District; ضلع دیر بالا; پورتنۍ دیر ولسوالۍ‎
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
	District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country	پاڪستان
Province	خيبرپختونخوا
Division	Malakand
Established	1996
Headquarters	Dir
حڪومت
• طرز	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Naveed Akbar (BPS-18 PAS)
• District Police Officer	Syed Muhammad Bilal (BPS-18 PSP)
• District Health Officer	Dr. Ikhtiar Ali
ايراضي	3,699 چورس ڪلوميٽر (1,428 چورس ميل)
آبادي (2023)
• ڪل	1083566
• ڪثافت	auto في چورس ڪلوميٽر
• شهري	47842
• ٻهراڙي	1,035,724
Literacy
• Literacy rate	Total:; 46.77%; Male:; 62.76%; Female:; 31.67%;
وقتي علائقو	UTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils	6
Main language(s)	Pashto, Gawri, Gujari
ويب سائيٽ	dirupper.kp.gov.pk

مٿيون دير ضلعو
Upper Dir District

ملڪ:	پاڪستان
صوبو:	خيبر پختونخوا
ضلعي گاديء جو ھنڌ:	دير
ايراضي:	3,699 چورس ڪلوميٽر
آبادي:	575,858
ٻولي:	پشتو
تعلقا:	6
يونين ڪائونسلون:	31

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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. The District shares a 40 kilometer to 50 kilometer-long border with Afghanistan.

History

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

In 1898, 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; Shah ruled the state for almost 35 years.^{[حوالو گهربل]} 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] Until 1996, Dir was a unit combined district. However, in 1996, the Dir District was divided into Upper and Lower Dir districts.

Demographics

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% 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%
Sources:^[5]

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]

Language

Languages of Upper Dir district (2023)^[6]

Pashto (91.02%)

Kohistani (5.11%)

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.^[6]

Religion

according to 2023 census of Pakistan, 2,415 (0.22%) of the people in the district are from religious minorities, mainly Christians.^[7]

Administration

Upper Dir District has four Tehsils.^[8]

Tehsil	Area (km²)^[9]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Literacy rate (2023)^[10]
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

This district is represented by one elected MNA (Member of National Assembly) in Pakistan National Assembly. Its constituency is NA-5 (Upper Dir).^[11]

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

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

Except for the town of Dir and a number of rapidly growing towns along the main road, the population is rural. The population of Dur is scattered across more than 1,200 villages in the deep narrow valleys of the Panjkora and its tributaries.

Of these, notable villages include:

Khas Dir
Panakot
Roghano Darra-Jelar
Usheri
Sundrawal
Hattan
Barawal Bandai
Qashqaray
Qulandai
Benr
Nusrat
Ben Shahi
Sunai
Surbat
Kair
Pataw (Patao)
Kalkot
Patrak
Sheringal
Doog Dara
Barawal
Chumra
Gandigar
Katan
Doryal
Toormang
Darorra
Ganori
Shalkani
Wari
Kakad
Chaper
Chukiatan

مشهور جايون

ٻيون مشهور جايون:^[12]

قاشقري
پنڪوٽ
وادي ڪمراٽ
ڪلاڪوٽ
شيرنگل
بي بي واور
ملڪ آباد
دڙو دره
عشري دره
شاهي ڪوٽ
ڊوريل ڪوزڪلي
نهاگ دره
باروال
گنوري
گانديگر
نورا
لواري ٽاپ
سيرتائي
ساني
ڊوريال
گلي باغ ڪارو
خپوسائي ڪارو
ڪاڪڙ
روغن جو دڙو
وار شهر
Qashqaray
Panakot
Kumrat Valley
Kalkot
Sheringal
Bibyawar, Malakabad
Doog Dara
Ushirai Dara
Shahi Koto
Doryal kozkaly
Nehag Dara
Barawal
Ganori
Gandigar
Nowra
Lowari Top
Seratai
sawni
Doryall
Guli Bagh Karo
Khaposai Karo
kakad
Roghano Darra
Wari City

قابل ذڪر ماڻهو

ڊاڪٽر ضياءُ الحق (پيدائش 1980)، يونيورسٽي جو وائيس چانسلر.

حوالا

وڪيميڊيا العام ۾ سان لاڳاپيل ميڊيا مٿيون دير ضلعو.

1 2 "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
↑ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023, KPK" (PDF).
↑ 1998 District Census report of Upper Dir. Census publication. جلد 104. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
↑ "About Malakand Division". The Commissioner Of Malakand, The Government Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. محفوظ ڪيل مان اصل نسخي کان 9 فيبروري 2019 تي محفوظ ڪيل. 8 آگسٽ 2023 تي حاصل ڪيل.
↑ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
1 2 "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
↑ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
↑ "District Dir Upper". Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. اصل نسخو مان 28 نومبر 2022 تي محفوظ ڪيل. 18 نومبر 2025 تي حاصل ڪيل.
↑ "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).
↑ "Election Commission of Pakistan". Election Commission of Pakistan. اصل نسخو مان 10 نومبر 2015 تي محفوظ ڪيل. 6 نومبر 2015 تي حاصل ڪيل.
↑ "Pakistan: North West Frontier Province District, Tehsil and Union code Reference Map - Upper Dir". Relief Web. 1 جُولاءِ 2009. 20 جنوري 2024 تي حاصل ڪيل.

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[2023_census-1] 1 2 "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

[2] "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023, KPK" (PDF).

[1998census-3] 1998 District Census report of Upper Dir. Census publication. جلد 104. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.

[4] "About Malakand Division". The Commissioner Of Malakand, The Government Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. محفوظ ڪيل مان اصل نسخي کان 9 فيبروري 2019 تي محفوظ ڪيل. 8 آگسٽ 2023 تي حاصل ڪيل.

[5] "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

[2023censuslanguage-6] 1 2 "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

[2023censusreligion-7] "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

[8] "District Dir Upper". Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. اصل نسخو مان 28 نومبر 2022 تي محفوظ ڪيل. 18 نومبر 2025 تي حاصل ڪيل.

[9] "Table 1: Area, Population by Sex, Sex Ratio, Population Density, Urban Population, Household Size and Annual Growth Rate, Census-2023, KPK" (PDF).

[10] "Literacy Rate, Enrolment and out of School Population by Sex and Rural/urban, Census-2023, KPK" (PDF).

[11] "Election Commission of Pakistan". Election Commission of Pakistan. اصل نسخو مان 10 نومبر 2015 تي محفوظ ڪيل. 6 نومبر 2015 تي حاصل ڪيل.

[12] "Pakistan: North West Frontier Province District, Tehsil and Union code Reference Map - Upper Dir". Relief Web. 1 جُولاءِ 2009. 20 جنوري 2024 تي حاصل ڪيل.

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