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Lower Dir District ضلع دیر زیریں ښکته دير ولسوالۍ‎
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Timergara, the district headquarters
Lower Dir District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Coordinates: 34°51′N 71°51′E / 34.850°N 71.850°E / 34.850; 71.850
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Division	Malakand
Headquarters	Timergara
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Muhammad Fawad (BPS-20 PCS)
• District Police Officer	Ikramullah Khan (BPS-18 PSP)
Area
• Total	1,583 km (611 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,650,183
• Density	1,000/km (2,700/sq mi)
• Urban	47,855 (2.90%)
• Rural	1,602,327
Time zone	PST
Number of Tehsils	5
Website	dirlower.kp.gov.pk

Lower Dir District (Pashto: ښکته دير ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع دیر زیریں) is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Timergara is the district's headquarters and largest city. The Lower Dir district was formed in 1996, when Dir District was divided into Upper Dir and Lower Dir districts. On 22 January 2023, both Lower Dir and Upper Dir districts were further bifurcated to create a new Central Dir District. Lower Dir is famous for its beautiful snow-capped mountains, valleys, and pleasant weather. The primary industry in Lower Dir is tourism, which is now rapidly growing.

Lower Dir district borders with Swat District to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Upper Dir to the north and Malakand and Bajaur District to the south.

History

At the time of independence of Pakistan, Dir was a princely state ruled by Nawab Shah Jehan Khan. Dir was merged with Pakistan in 1969, declared a district in 1970, and split into Upper and Lower Dir in 1996.

Education

• The University of Malakand is a public university located in Chakdara.
• The University of Dir is a newly established university located in Timergara.

Demographics

As of the 2023 census, Lower Dir district has 202,836 households and a population of 1,650,183. The district has a sex ratio of 97.24 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 57.36%: 72.57% for males and 43.16% for females. 542,074 (32.88% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 47,860 (2.90%) live in urban areas. 4,439 (0.27%) people in the district were from religious minorities, mainly Christians. Pashto was the predominant language, spoken by 99.54% of the population.

Administration

National Assembly

NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) and NA-7 (Lower Dir-II) are constituencies of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Lower Dir district. These areas were formerly part of NA-34 (Lower Dir) constituency from 1977 to 2018. The delimitation in 2018 split Lower Dir into two separate constituencies, NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) and NA-7 (Lower Dir-II).

NA-34 constituency (2002-2018)

Since 2018: NA-6 (Lower Dir-I) and NA-7 (Lower Dir-II)

Provincial Assembly

Sudivisions

1. Adenzai Tehsil
2. Balambat Tehsil
3. Khall Tehsil
4. Lal Qilla Tehsil
5. Munda Tehsil
6. Samar Bagh Tehsil
7. Timergara Tehsil

Notable people

• Nawabzada Shahabuddin Khan, Former Ruler of Lower Dir
• Siraj ul Haq, politician
• Muhammad Bashir Khan, politician
• Naseem Shah, cricketer
• Zahid Khan, Ex-Senator
• Abaseen Yousafzai, Pashto poet

Gallery

• Maidan Valley, Lower Dir
• Lajbouk, Lower Dir
• Chakdara, Lower Dir
• Kalpani Top, Lower Dir

See also

• Constituency NA-6 (Lower Dir-I)
• Constituency NA-7 (Lower Dir-II)
• Education in Lower Dir District
• Upper Dir District

References

1. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
2. ^ "About District". Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Deputy Commissioner Dir Lower.
3. "KP gets another district". Dunya News. 2023-01-18. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
4. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
5. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
6. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
7. "Tribe seeks ban on sale, purchase of shared land". www.thenews.com.pk.
8. High Court, Peshawar (17 November 2016). "Judgment Sheet In The Peshawar High Court - The Government Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa & Others Vs. Nawabzada Muhammad Shahabuddin Through Lrs & Others" (PDF). Retrieved 18 January 2024.

https://senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=804

External links

• Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Government website section on Lower Dir
• Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa news website section on Lower Dir

v t e Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Provincial capital: Peshawar
Bannu	Bannu Lakki Marwat North Waziristan
Dera Ismail Khan	Dera Ismail Khan Tank Lower South Waziristan Upper South Waziristan
Hazara	Abbottabad Allai Battagram Haripur Kolai-Palas Upper Kohistan Lower Kohistan Mansehra Torghar
Kohat	Hangu Karak Kohat Kurram Orakzai
Malakand	Bajaur Buner Central Dir Lower Chitral Lower Dir Malakand Shangla Swat Upper Dir Upper Chitral
Mardan	Mardan Swabi
Peshawar	Charsadda Nowshera Peshawar Khyber Mohmand
Former	Chitral South Waziristan

v t e Administrative divisions of Lower Dir District
Tehsils	Union Councils
Adenzai	Asbanr Badwan Khanpur Kotigram Khadagzai Ouch
Balambat	Balambat Hayaserai Koto Lajbook Munjai Rabat
Lal Qilla	Bishgram Gall Maidan Kotkai Lal Qila Zaimdara Tazagram
Munda	Khazana Miakili Munda Gosam Toormang-1 Toormang-2
Samar Bagh	Daranga Kambat Mayar Maskini Samar Bagh Sadbar Kali
Timergara	Bagh Dush Khel Bandagai Chakdara Khungai Noora Khel Timergara Ziarat Talash

• Lower Dir District
• Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa