Central Dir District

Central Dir District ضلع دیر وسطی منځني دير ولسوالۍ‎
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Division	Malakand Division
Established	January, 23 2023
Founded by	PTI Government
Headquarters	Wari City (Permanent)
Area
• Total	1,483 km2 (573 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	595,227
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Literacy [1]
• Literacy rate	Total: 48.26% Male: 63.50% Female: 33.58%
Time zone	UTC+5 (PKT)
Calling code	0945

Central Dir District is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. On 23 January 2022, the Provincial Government carved out a new district Central Dir from the Upper Dir district territory. The area is largely composed of Malizai clan of Yousafzai.

Larjum and Wari are old tehsils, while Akhagram Karo, Nehag Dara and Sahib Abad were created along with the new district.

Administrative divisions

The district consists of five tehsils: ^{[2] [3]}

Tehsil	Area (km²) [4]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Literacy rate (2023) [5]	Union Councils
Lar Jam Tehsil	1,039	119,396	114.91	52.59%	...
Wari Tehsil	508	369,147	726.67	48.56%	...
Akhagram Karo	...	...	...	...	...
Nehag Dara	...	...	...	...	...
Sahib Abad	...	...	...	...	...

References

1. "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023, KPK" (PDF).
2. "وسطی دیرکو الگ ضلع بنانےکا اعلامیہ جاری".
3. "خیبرپختونخوا میں ایک اور ضلع تشکیل". 19 January 2023.
4. "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, KPK" (PDF).
5. "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, KPK" (PDF).