Aligrama is one of the historical towns of Swat District in

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province of

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. The population is about ten thousand of Aligrama. Most of the people are well educated and serve in high posts of the government.

Location

Aligrama is situated in the mountains a couple of miles from

Kanju Kanju is a village situated on the bank of the River Swat in Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Location It is 3 kilometres away from Mingora, the main city of Swat District, and about 5 kilometres from Saidu Sharif, the district's capit ...

and Saidu Sharif. Aligrama is surrounded by mountain, and at the front is swat river. The river is touching the ghorkand area of Aligrama, and at the back mountain covered the area of manzari tangay, and tutbanie. Hazara is at the right side of Aligrama. Srroo baari is the end of Aligrama with Hazara. Aligrama has a middle school for boys which is located at the end of Aligrama with Hazara village. A primary school for girls is located between (khatanu) and (lali shaheed). The original tribes of Aligrama are (Khattak's, Rama Khail, Niamath Khail, and Syed's(Mian)), but in recent years this village has been established by people from other villages. The village has a police station (reconstructed) which was destroyed by taliban in the past terrorism conflict. Most of the people of Aligrama live their lives on farming or working outside of the country to full fill their needs. A site of

Gandhara grave culture The Gandhara grave culture, also called Swat culture, or Swat Protohistoric Graveyards Complex, emerged ''c.'' 1400 BCE and lasted until 800 BCE, as recent fieldwork, along with subsequent analyses, have shown there are no burials with these ...

was discovered here by Italian archaeologists and has been dated to c. 1000 BCE.

Demographics

The people of Aligrama belong to the Yousafzai tribe of Pakhtuns

Pashtuns Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...

Agriculture

The major source of earning is agriculture and fruit farming. A considerable number of people own small and large businesses in various places of

Education

The people of Aligrama are well educated and serving in different fields of life. There are a number of public and private schools for both boys and girls. Populated places in Swat District Indo-Aryan archaeological sites {{Swat-geo-stub