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Lower Chitral District موڑی ݯھیترارو ضلع‎ ضلع چترال زیریں
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Top: Chitral city with Tirich Mir in the background Bottom: Chitral Gol National Park
Lower Chitral District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Division	Malakand
Established	2018
Headquarters	Chitral
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Muhammad Ali Khan (BPS-20 PCS)
• District Police Officer	Iftikhar Shah (PSP)
• District Health Officer	Doctor Fayaz Roomi
Area
• Total	6,458 km (2,493 sq mi)
Population
• Total	320,407
• Density	50/km (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils	2
Website	lowerchitral.kp.gov.pk

Lower Chitral District (Khowar: موڑی ݯھیترارو ضلع; Urdu: ضلع چترال زیریں) 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 households and a population of 320,407. The district has a sex ratio of 104.31 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 66.10%: 76.81% for males and 54.77% for females. 87,378 (27.46% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 57,157 (17.84%) live in urban areas.

Languages of Lower Chitral District (2023)

87.76% of the population spoke languages classifed as 'Others', namely Khowar (or Chitrali), the dominant language of Chitral as a whole. Pashto is spoken in the southeast of the district by 9.36% of the population, while Kalasha is spoken by 1.59% of the population. There are some speakers of the Madaklasht dialect, a Persian dialect which is considered a mix of Dari and Tajik.

Religion

Religion	1998		2017		2023
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	182,169	98.54%	274,426	98.60%	313,101	98.39%
Kalash	2,602	1.41%	3,725	1.34%	4,617	1.45%
Christianity	50	0.03%	165	0.06%	509	0.16%
Hinduism	2	0.00%	9	0.00%	4	0.00%
Ahmadi	51	0.03%	3	0.00%	2	0.00%
Total	184,874	100.00%	278,328	100.00%	318,234	100.00%

Administrative Divisions

1. Chitral Tehsil
2. Drosh Tehsil
3. Lotkhow Tehsil

National Assembly

The district along with Upper Chitral District is represented by one elected MNA (Member of National Assembly) in Pakistan National Assembly. Its constituency is NA-1.

Provincial Assembly

The district is represented by one elected MPA (Member of Provincial Assembly) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. Its constituency is PK-2.

References

1. https://chitralpolice.gov.pk/
2. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
3. "Upper Chitral gets status of separate district". dawn.com. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
4. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
5. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
6. "Madaklasht village of Ismaili Muslims sets an example of communal tolerance, harmony". 9 June 2014.
7. "1998 District Census Report of Chitral". Retrieved 30 March 2023.
8. "Pakistan Census 2017 District-Wise Tables: Lower Chitral District". Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
9. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

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

• Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Lower Chitral District