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Badwan
Badwan ( ps, باڈوان)( ur, باڈوان) is a Union Council, situated on the bank of River Swat at an altitude of . It is a part of Adenzai Tehsil of Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. It contains many small villages including Badwan Upper, Badwan Lower, Badwan Khambo, Shamlai, Baghkandi, Ramyal, Othar, Safrona, Gadar, Barorri, Leko, Ghwando, Torogato, Swato Banda, Ghazo etc. Its population is approximately 25,000. In the past Badwan was a part of a union council known as Khadagzai Abazai which comprised Badwan, Brangola and Khadagzai. But now Badwan is a separate union council. Nazims / Naib-Nazims Education There is a boy's high secondary school, a girl's high school and around 45 Primary schools for boys and girls. Haq Public School, Pak Cambridge School and Standard Public School are private educational institutions in the area. Some families prefer to send their children to the private schools as they may offer better education. Others prefer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawa
Shawa is a village in Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Location The village is 5 km (3 miles) away from Chakdara city, which is located near Winston Churchill, Churchill fortification, Piquet on the banks of the Swat River. Demographics Its population is about 10,000, primarily Pashtun people (Pathans) speaking the Pashto language. Shawa village consists of different , like Darbar, Bur Palau, Manz Palau, Koz Palau, Shamlai, Koza Sha, Sero and Kaga Wala, Khwajal, Tendogag. The village consists of subtribes of Yousufzayi including the Muhammad Kayl, Bao Kayl, Haji Khyl Mulayan, Katan Kyal, Umar Khail, Buda Khail, Srakamare, Radat Khail, Fazal Khail, Gali Khail, Panda Khail, Maingan, Teelyan, Qausaryan mulayan, Tajak, Parachgan and Nayan. Economy The main occupation is farming and animal husbandry, evolving towards the business and transport sectors. Afternoons are recreational activities in Kwar of Shaw located at the east side of the village. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chakdara
Chakdara (چکدرہ) is a city in Lower Dir District. It's the 2nd largest city after Timergara. It serves as the educational center of Malakand Division and the Gateway of Lower Dir District . It is located north of Malakand near the confluence of the Swat River with the Panjkora River, in a commanding position near the entrance to Swat District and at the entrance to Lower Dir District. It is about 130 km from Peshawar and 40km from Mingora.The Swat Expressway collect Malakand Division in Chakdara interchange at Pul saoukie. History Chakdara has been an important center for the last 3500 years and is littered with remains of the Gandhara grave culture, Buddhist sites, and Hindu Shahi forts. The ancient route from Afghanistan via Nawa Pass and Katkala Pass/Zwalm pul (Bridge) Swat River crosses at Chakdara. The Mughals built a fort here in 1586, occupied in 1895 by the British, who built the present fort in 1896 and were forced to defend it during the Siege of Malakand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kityari
Kityari is a small village located in Tehsil Adenzai of District Dir Lower, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The village is surrounded by Landaishah (West), Serai (East), Shaban (North East), Khanpur (North West) and Tazagram (South) on main road from Chakdara to Asbanr. The village is 12 km away from Chakdara city, which is located near Churchill Piquet on the banks of the Swat River. The population of Kityari is about 5000 and consists of primarily Pashtun people speaking the Pashto language Etymology There are multiple theories about the source of the village name. According to one, "Kityari" is derived from a bird name "kitar rai"; an alternate theory suggests that Kityari is derived from Urdu word "kaitebari". Due to people occupation(Farming). Kityari is located near SWAT region, which is also called the Switzerland of Pakistan. It is a calm and quiet village or a small town located in the middle of high mountains. Geography Allah Almighty has blessed Kityari with springs which is the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Swat
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adenzai Tehsil
Adenzai is a tehsil located in Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan, which includes the town of Chakdara. It is listed among: # Adenzai Tehsil # Balambat Tehsil # Khall Tehsil # Lal Qilla Tehsil # Munda Tehsil # Samar Bagh Tehsil # Timergara Tehsil Lower Dir District Tehsils have 37 Union Councils. The population is 797,852 according to the 1998 census report. The projected population of Dir Lower was 1,037,091 in 2005 with the same growth between the 1981 and 1998 census i.e. 3.42% per annum. See also * Lower Dir District Lower Dir District ( ps, لر / کوز دير ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Timergara city is the district headquarter and largest city. The district was formed in 1996, when Dir District was di ... References External linksKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa Government website section on Lower Dir [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Dir District
Lower Dir District ( ps, لر / کوز دير ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Timergara city is the district headquarter and largest city. The district was formed in 1996, when Dir District was divided into Upper Dir and Lower Dir. The district borders Swat District on its East, Afghanistan on its West, Upper Dir and Chitral on its North and North-West respectively and Malakand and Bajaur Agency on its South.The people of lower dir is yousafzai pathan. And other are Ali khan khail History At the time of independence of Pakistan, Dir was a princely state ruled by Nawab Shah Jehan Khan. It was merged with Pakistan in 1969 and later declared a district in 1970.nowsday Dir lower have most user of social media in province KPK. Demographics At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 1,436,082, of which 709,829 were males and 726,203 females. Rural population was 1,395,768 (97.19%) while the urban population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the smallest province of Pakistan by land area and the Demographics of Pakistan, third-largest province by population after Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab and Sindh. It shares land borders with the Pakistani provinces of Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan to the south, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab to the south-east and province of Gilgit-Baltistan to the north and north-east, as well as Islamabad Capital Territory to the east, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Autonomous Territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to the north-east. It shares an Durand Line, international border with Afghanistan to the west. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is known as a tourist hot spot for adventurers and explorers and has a varied landsca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badwa
Badwa is one of the names given to male spiritual leaders among the Bhil tribes of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The religious sphere of Bhils is represented by variety of spirits, ghosts, gods, goddess, and deities. The Deovera (place of pray) is a popular religious centre and commands full respect and recognition (Mann, 1982). The Deovra are erected in the names of lineage, hamlets or village as a whole. In general, a Bhil Deovera contains images of Devi, Mata, Bhomia, Dharam Raj, Robari Baba etc., such religious spots are specially taken care of by the popular religious man known as Bhopa The Bhopa people are the priest-singers of the folk deities in the state of Rajasthan, India. They perform in front of a scroll, known as (''par'' in the Rajasthani language) that depicts the episodes of the narrative of the folk deity and func ... (Nagda, 1992). The chief of a Deovera is called Pat Bhopa or Badwa. He is fully competent to invoke deity. A Bhopa is used to search ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timergara
Timergara ( ps, تيمرګره, ur, ) is a city and also the district headquarters of Lower Dir District in Pakistan. Timergara City is located on the east bank of the Panjkora River. It lies at an altitude of . The town is the site of excavated graves of Indo-Aryans, dating from 1500 to 600 BC. On the west side of the Panjkora River is the excavated site of Balambat. The site has been occupied continuously since the time of the Indo-Aryans in 1500 BC. Discoveries included houses dating from 500 BC and fire altars, showing that the people followed early Vedic Hinduism which revolved around fire worshipping. The areas early political history is defined by the control of the Hindu Shahis, artifacts and ruins from the period is found throughout the region. At the 1998 Census, the town had a population of 43,774. Most of the main city lies on the bank of the river Panjkora, which separates Balambat from the main city. Universities in Timergara Dir Lower * University of Dir * Vir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouch, Lower Dir
Ouch (, ps, اوچ) is a town in Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The town has seen extensive expansion and enjoys good communication as it is located on the main N45 Dir Road, about north of Chakdara. The region is about away from Peshawar and away from Saidu Sharif and is mainly known for its shoemakers and goldsmiths. Educational institutions * Degree College Gulabad Ouch (for boys) * Degree College (for girls) * Govt. Higher Secondary School Ouch * Govt. High School Ouch * Govt. Higher Secondary School Khair Abad Ouch * Govt. Higher Secondary School Kotigram Ouch * Govt. High School Maina Battan Ouch * Govt. Girls Middle School Warsak, Ouch * Govt. Boys Middle School, Warsak, Ouch PRIVATE SCHOOLS * Progressive Model school. * Alhuda schools and College. * Islamya Model School. * Vision Model school. * Adenzai Model school. * Alnasir Public School. * Almeezan Public school. * Alnajam School. * Cordoba school. *Angel House School. *Oxford Garamer school Bat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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