Lower dir

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District Lower Dir
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Seat : Timergara
Coordinates : 34 ° 51 '  N , 71 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 34 ° 51 '0 "  N , 71 ° 51' 0"  E
Area : 1 582  km²
 
Residents : 1,435,917 (2017)
Population density : 908 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, position of Lower Dir district highlighted

The Lower Dir District is an administrative district in Pakistan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of Timergara .

The district has an area of ​​1582 km² and according to the 2017 census 1,435,917 inhabitants. The population density is 908 inhabitants / km².

geography

The district is located in the north of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

history

The district was created in 1992 when the Dir district was split into Upper Dir and Lower Dir.

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 3.71% annually. About 3% of the population live in urban areas and about 97% in rural areas. 710,335 men, 725,576 women and 6 transgender people live in 155,338 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 97.9 men per 100 women and thus a rare surplus of women for Pakistan.

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 58% (women: 36%, men: 79%) and thus above the average for the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of 53%.

year population
1972 277.481
1981 404.844
1998 717,649
2017 1,435,917

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017. August 29, 2017, accessed May 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Pakistani Districts wise Population Census 2017. Accessed May 30, 2019 .
  3. ^ Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (2016). Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2014-15. Government of Pakistan, accessed June 29, 2019 .