Malakand Division is an administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Malakand is the second-largest division by population while Mingora, its capital, is the third largest city in the province. CNIC code of Malakand Division is 15.Divisions/Districts of Pakistan
History Until 1970, the area was known as the Malakand Agency.Profile of Pakistan's Tribal Areas In 1970, Malakand Division was formed from the princely states of Chitral, Dir and Swat (incorporated into West Pakistan in 1969) and an area around the Malakand Fort known as the Malakand Protected Area. The capital of Malakand Division is Saidu Sharif, with the largest city being Mingora. In late 2018, former Chitral District was bifurcated into Upper Chitral District, from Mastuj Tehsil, and Lower Chitral District, from Chitral Tehsil. Demographics
According to 2023 census, Malakand division had a population of 9,959,399 roughly equal to the country of Greece or the US state of Michigan or Chinese province of Hainan. Ethnic groups The major ethnic groups in the division are: Chitrali Gujjar Kohistani Pashtun
District in Malakand Division Malakand Division is comprising 09 districts i.e. Swat, Shangla, Buner, Malakand, Dir Upper & Lower, Chitral Upper & Lower and Bajaur Tribal District with a total area of 32007Kms having population of 8.7 million. Formerly, the districts were princely states of Swat, Dir, Chitral and Malakand Protected Area (Malakand Agency). The States were merged in Pakistan by the Government of Pakistan in 1969 and were declared as Malakand Division. The area consists of snow-capped mountains, singing rivers, fruits laden orchards, flower decked slops and green meadows which attract tourists both at national as well as international level. It lies in the north of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa touching Karakuram Highway at Besham, Afghan border with Dir & Chitral and the strategic Wakhan strip is bordering Chitral. The mentioning of this area is found in the ancient Greek accounts & by other historians. It was a center of Aryan and later on rich Ghandhara civilizations before the Muslim rulers. Alexander the Great, king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia passed through this route to India in 327 B.C, attacking the biggest cities of the area, Massaga (Chakdara), Bazira (Barikot) & Ora (Odigram) and faced tough resistance. However, he could not survive for longer. This area also witnessed the invasion of Sakas (nomadic Iranian people), Kushans (syncretic empire) & white Huns (a race of largely nomadic peoples who were a part of the Hunnic tribes of Central Asia), this region also remained under the influence of Ashoka of Maurian dynasty. The flourishing of Buddhism had genesis in the reign of Ashoka as he adopted Buddhism in the later part of his life. The area then had more than 1400 monasteries and 18,000 monks in different parts and was a prominent center of Ghandhara civilization.
List of the Districts #DistrictHeadquarterArea (km²)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km²)
(2023)Lit. rate (2023)1BajaurKhar1,2901,287,960998.426.26%2BunerDaggar1,8651,016,869545.143.75%3Lower ChitralChitral6,458320,40749.666.10%4Lower DirTimergara1,5831,650,1831,042.457.36%5ShanglaAlpuri1,586891,252562.033.74%6MalakandBatkhela952826,250868.1N/A7SwatSaidu Sharif5,3372,687,384503.648.13%8Upper ChitralBooni8,392195,52823.373.83%9Upper DirDir3,6991,083,566292.946.77%10Central Dir DistrictWari1,483488,543329.4N/A
List of the Tehsils #TehsilArea (km²)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km²)
(2023)Lit. rate (2023)Districts1Bar Chamarkand Tehsil133,574104.41Bajaur District2Barang Tehsil15990,082100.273Khar Bajaur Tehsil238301,778102.814Mamund Tehsil250358,190103.295Nawagai Tehsil21693,850103.26Salarzai Tehsil220316,767101.017Utman Khel Tehsil194123,719100.668Chagharzai Tehsil218125,949577.75Buner District9Daggar Tehsil290192,776664.7410Gadezai Tehsil472197,466418.3611Gagra Tehsil217179,087825.2912Khudu Khel Tehsil343136,560398.1313Mandanr Tehsil325185,031569.3314Chitral Tehsil6,127211,37434.5Lower Chitral District15Drosh Tehsil331109,033329.416Adenzai Tehsil372378,9151,018.59Lower Dir District17Balambat Tehsil18Khal Tehsil19Lal Qilla Tehsil216247,3811,145.2820Munda Tehsil21Samar Bagh Tehsil419427,7141,020.8022Timergara Tehsil576596,1731,035.0223Sam Ranizai Tehsil280353,2911,261.75Malakand District24Swat Ranizai Tehsil672472,959703.8125Thana Baizai Tehsil26Utman Khel Tehsil27Alpuri Tehsil582366,772630.19Shangla District28Bisham Tehsil184121,279659.1329Chakesar Tehsil335128,238382.830Martung Tehsil188103,205548.9631Makhuzai Tehsil32Shahpur Tehsil33Puran Tehsil297171,758578.3134Babuzai Tehsil297696,6972,345.78Swat District35Barikot Tehsil419220,148525.4136Behrain Tehsil2,899270,62393.3537Charbagh Tehsil161159,358989.838Kabal Tehsil485480,827991.439Khwaza Khela Tehsil392307,300783.9340Matta Tehsil684552,431807.6541Buni TehsilUpper Chitral District42Mulkhow Tehsil43Torkhow Tehsil44Mastuj Tehsil8,392195,52823.345Barawal TehsilUpper Dir District46Dir Tehsil1,012384,667380.1147Kalkot Tehsil48Lar Jam Tehsil1,039119,396114.9149Sharingal Tehsil1,140210,356184.5250Wari Tehsil508369,147726.67
Constituencies
Provincial Assembly ConstituencyNational Assembly ConstituencyDistrictPK-1 Upper ChitralNA-1 Upper Chitral-cum-Lower ChitralUpper ChitralPK-2 Lower ChitralLower ChitralPK-3 Swat-INA-2 Swat-ISwatPK-4 Swat-IIPK-5 Swat-IIIPK-6 Swat-IVNA-3 Swat-IIPK-7 Swat-VPK-8 Swat-VINA-4 Swat-IIIPK-9 Swat-VIIPK-10 Swat-VIIIPK-11 Upper Dir-INA-5 Upper DirUpper DirPK-12 Upper Dir-IIPK-13 Upper Dir-IIIPK-14 Lower Dir-INA-6 Lower Dir-ILower DirPK-15 Lower Dir-IIPK-16 Lower Dir-IIIPK-17 Lower Dir-IVNA-7 Lower Dir-IIPK-18 Lower Dir-VPK-19 Bajaur-INA-8 BajaurBajaurPK-20 Bajaur-IIPK-21 Bajaur-IIIPK-22 Bajaur-IVPK-23 Malakand-INA-9 MalakandMalakandPK-24 Malakand-IIPK-25 Buner-INA-10 BunerBunerPK-26 Buner-IIPK-27 Buner-IIIPK-28 Shangla-INA-11 ShanglaShanglaPK-29 Shangla-IIPK-30 Shangla-III
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