Malakand Division

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Malakand Division
ملاکنڈ ڈویژن
ملاکنډ څانګه
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Malakand Division (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Province PK-NWFP.svg Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Headquarters Mingora
Government
  TypeDivisional Administration
  CommissionerAbid Khan Wazir (PAS)
  Regional Police OfficerSher Akbar Khan (BPS-20 PSP)
Area
   Division
31,162 km2 (12,032 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
   Division
9,959,399
  Density320/km2 (830/sq mi)
   Urban
1,020,752 (10.25%)
   Rural
8,938,647
Language Speakers
[1]
  Speakers
Literacy
[2]
  Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (47.51 %)
  • Male:
    (61.59%)
  • Female:
    (33.38 %)
Website cmd.kp.gov.pk

Malakand Division is an administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Malakand is the second-largest division by population while Mingora, its capital, is the third largest city in the province. CNIC code of Malakand Division is 15. [3]

Contents

History

Until 1970, the area was known as the Malakand Agency. [4] In 1970, Malakand Division was formed from the princely states of Chitral, Dir and Swat (incorporated into West Pakistan in 1969) and an area around the Malakand Fort known as the Malakand Protected Area. The capital of Malakand Division is Saidu Sharif, with the largest city being Mingora. In late 2018, former Chitral District was bifurcated into Upper Chitral District, from Mastuj Tehsil, and Lower Chitral District, from Chitral Tehsil. [5]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951...    
1961...    
1972...    
19812,466,767    
19984,262,700+3.27%
20177,514,694+3.03%
20239,959,399+4.81%
Sources: [6]

According to 2023 census, Malakand division had a population of 9,959,399 [7] roughly equal to the country of Greece [8] or the US state of Michigan [9] or Chinese province of Hainan.

Ethnic groups

The major ethnic groups in the division are:

District in Malakand Division

Malakand Division is comprising 09 districts i.e. Swat, Shangla, Buner, Malakand, Dir Upper & Lower, Chitral Upper & Lower and Bajaur Tribal District with a total area of 32007Kms having population of 8.7 million. Formerly, the districts were princely states of Swat, Dir, Chitral and Malakand Protected Area (Malakand Agency). The States were merged in Pakistan by the Government of Pakistan in 1969 and were declared as Malakand Division. The area consists of snow-capped mountains, singing rivers, fruits laden orchards, flower decked slops and green meadows which attract tourists both at national as well as international level. It lies in the north of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa touching Karakuram Highway at Besham, Afghan border with Dir & Chitral and the strategic Wakhan strip is bordering Chitral. The mentioning of this area is found in the ancient Greek accounts & by other historians. It was a center of Aryan and later on rich Ghandhara civilizations before the Muslim rulers. Alexander the Great, king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia passed through this route to India in 327 B.C, attacking the biggest cities of the area, Massaga (Chakdara), Bazira (Barikot) & Ora (Odigram) and faced tough resistance. However, he could not survive for longer. This area also witnessed the invasion of Sakas (nomadic Iranian people), Kushans (syncretic empire) & white Huns (a race of largely nomadic peoples who were a part of the Hunnic tribes of Central Asia), this region also remained under the influence of Ashoka of Maurian dynasty. The flourishing of Buddhism had genesis in the reign of Ashoka as he adopted Buddhism in the later part of his life. The area then had more than 1400 monasteries and 18,000 monks in different parts and was a prominent center of Ghandhara civilization. [11]

List of the Districts

#DistrictHeadquarterArea

(km²) [12]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

1 Bajaur Khar 1,2901,287,960998.426.26%
2 Buner Daggar 1,8651,016,869545.143.75%
3 Lower Chitral Chitral 6,458320,40749.666.10%
4 Lower Dir Timergara 1,5831,650,1831,042.457.36%
5 Shangla Alpuri 1,586891,252562.033.74%
6 Malakand Batkhela 952826,250868.1N/A
7 Swat Saidu Sharif 5,3372,687,384503.648.13%
8 Upper Chitral Booni 8,392195,52823.373.83%
9 Upper Dir Dir 3,6991,083,566292.946.77%
10 Central Dir District Wari 1,483N/AN/AN/A

List of the Tehsils

#TehsilArea

(km²) [13]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

Districts
1 Bar Chamarkand Tehsil 133,574104.41 Bajaur District
2 Barang Tehsil 15990,082100.27
3 Khar Bajaur Tehsil 238301,778102.81
4 Mamund Tehsil 250358,190103.29
5 Nawagai Tehsil 21693,850103.2
6 Salarzai Tehsil 220316,767101.01
7 Utman Khel Tehsil 194123,719100.66
8 Chagharzai Tehsil218125,949577.75 Buner District
9 Daggar Tehsil 290192,776664.74
10 Gadezai Tehsil472197,466418.36
11 Gagra Tehsil 217179,087825.29
12 Khudu Khel Tehsil 343136,560398.13
13 Mandanr Tehsil 325185,031569.33
14 Chitral Tehsil 6,127211,37434.5 Lower Chitral District
15 Drosh Tehsil 331109,033329.4
16 Adenzai Tehsil 372378,9151,018.59 Lower Dir District
17 Balambat Tehsil
18 Khal Tehsil
19 Lal Qilla Tehsil 216247,3811,145.28
20 Munda Tehsil
21 Samar Bagh Tehsil 419427,7141,020.80
22 Timergara Tehsil 576596,1731,035.02
23 Sam Ranizai Tehsil 280353,2911,261.75 Malakand District
24 Swat Ranizai Tehsil 672472,959703.81
25 Thana Baizai Tehsil
26 Utman Khel Tehsil
27 Alpuri Tehsil 582366,772630.19 Shangla District
28 Bisham Tehsil 184121,279659.13
29 Chakesar Tehsil 335128,238382.8
30 Martung Tehsil 188103,205548.96
31 Makhuzai Tehsil
32 Shahpur Tehsil
33 Puran Tehsil 297171,758578.31
34 Babuzai Tehsil 297696,6972,345.78 Swat District
35 Barikot Tehsil 419220,148525.41
36 Behrain Tehsil 2,899270,62393.35
37 Charbagh Tehsil 161159,358989.8
38 Kabal Tehsil 485480,827991.4
39 Khwaza Khela Tehsil 392307,300783.93
40 Matta Tehsil 684552,431807.65
41 Buni Tehsil Upper Chitral District
42 Mulkhow Tehsil
43 Torkhow Tehsil
44 Mastuj Tehsil 8,392195,52823.3
45 Barawal Tehsil Upper Dir District
46 Dir Tehsil 1,012384,667380.11
47 Kalkot Tehsil
48 Lar Jam Tehsil 1,039119,396114.91
49 Sharingal Tehsil 1,140210,356184.52
50 Wari Tehsil 508369,147726.67

Constituencies

Provincial Assembly ConstituencyNational Assembly ConstituencyDistrict
PK-1 Upper Chitral NA-1 Upper Chitral-cum-Lower Chitral Upper Chitral
PK-2 Lower Chitral Lower Chitral
PK-3 Swat-I NA-2 Swat-I Swat
PK-4 Swat-II
PK-5 Swat-III
PK-6 Swat-IV NA-3 Swat-II
PK-7 Swat-V
PK-8 Swat-VI NA-4 Swat-III
PK-9 Swat-VII
PK-10 Swat-VIII
PK-11 Upper Dir-I NA-5 Upper Dir Upper Dir
PK-12 Upper Dir-II
PK-13 Upper Dir-III
PK-14 Lower Dir-I NA-6 Lower Dir-I Lower Dir
PK-15 Lower Dir-II
PK-16 Lower Dir-III
PK-17 Lower Dir-IV NA-7 Lower Dir-II
PK-18 Lower Dir-V
PK-19 Bajaur-I NA-8 Bajaur Bajaur
PK-20 Bajaur-II
PK-21 Bajaur-III
PK-22 Bajaur-IV
PK-23 Malakand-I NA-9 Malakand Malakand
PK-24 Malakand-II
PK-25 Buner-I NA-10 Buner Buner
PK-26 Buner-II
PK-27 Buner-III
PK-28 Shangla-I NA-11 Shangla Shangla
PK-29 Shangla-II
PK-30 Shangla-III

References

  1. "TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
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  3. Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Profile of Pakistan's Tribal Areas
  5. "Chitral bifurcated into two districts". Chitral bifurcated into two districts - Chitral Today. Chitral Today. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  6. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  7. "Area, population by sex, sex ratio, population density, urban population, household size and annual growth rate, census-2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-24.
  8. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Latvia 2,204,708, July 2011 est.
  9. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 2011-09-30. New Mexico - 2,059,179
  10. Inam-ur-Rahim; Viaro, Alain Mario (2002). Swat: An Afghan Society in Pakistan : Urbanisation and Change in Tribal Environment. City Press. p. 139. ISBN   978-969-8380-55-7. Gujars also organised themselves, particularly in Malakand Division, under their own independent ethnic political group (Gujar Qaumi Tehrik).
  11. "About Malakand Division". cmd.kp.gov.pk. Retrieved 2025-01-18.
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