Torkhow is a town and

Tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

in the

Lower Chitral District Lower Chitral District (; ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is mainly populated by the ethnic Kho people. Demographics As of the 2023 census, Lower Chitral district has 46,028 household ...

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. Located 108 km from the main city of

Chitral Chitral () is a city situated on the Kunar River, Chitral River in northern area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It serves as the capital of the Lower Chitral District, and was previously the capital of Chitral District, and before ...

, it borders the

Wakhan Wakhan, or "the Wakhan" (also spelt Vakhan; Persian and , ''Vâxân'' and ''Wāxān'' respectively; , ''Vaxon''), is a rugged, mountainous part of the Pamir, Hindu Kush and Karakoram regions of Afghanistan. Wakhan District is a district in ...

valley of

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. Shagram is the administrative centre of the valley. The area is home to a Higher Secondary school and Rural Health Centre. Torkhow is also significant as the origin of the

Khowar language Khowar (, ''Khōwār'', ), also known by its common exonym Chitrali, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Dardic group, primarily spoken by the Kho (Chitrali) people, native to the Chitral region and surrounding areas of Pakistan. Khowar is th ...

, which is spoken in

. Most of the villages are situated on the right bank of Torkhow River, with the exception of Washich village, which lies on the left bank.Deh ba Deh: Rayeen, where a leviathan (qalamdar) is “imprisoned”
/ref> Villages in Torkhow: * 1. Istaru * 2. Werkhup * 3. Rayeen * 4. Merlp * 5. Sherjuli * 6. Shagram * 7. Khot * 8. Washich * 9. Ujnu * 10. Rech * 11. Buzund * 12. Zanglasht * 13. Shotkhar

References

Populated places in Lower Chitral District {{LowerChitral-geo-stub