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Upper Chitral District
Union Council in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Upper Chitral District is an administrative district in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Kho people are the dominant ethnic group in the district, forming 99.84% of the total population.

Chitral River flows across the length of the district. Upper Chitral District along with Lower Chitral District were part of the erstwhile Chitral District which was the largest district in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, covering an area of 14,850 km2. Previously, it formed part of the Chitral princely state that encompassed the region until its incorporation into the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan in 14 August 1947. The erstwhile Chitral District was bifurcated into Upper Chitral and Lower Chitral Districts in November 2018.

The town of Buni is the headquarters of the Chitral Upper District. It shares a border with Gilgit-Baltistan to the east, with Badakshan province of Afghanistan to the north and with the Upper Dir District to the southwest and with Swat District to the southeast. A narrow strip of Wakhan Corridor separates Chitral from Tajikistan in the north.

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Climate

Chitral has a warm steppe climate influenced by the Hindu Kush mountain range. Summers are pleasantly warm without ever getting too hot. Winters are extremely cold; longer periods with subzero temperatures are not uncommon. Precipitation figures here are higher than in other regions in Pakistan.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1961 58,213—    
1972 71,383+1.87%
1981 86,919+2.21%
1998 133,815+2.57%
2017 169,297+1.25%
2023 195,528+2.43%
Sources:4

As of the 2023 census, Upper Chitral district has 26,365 households and a population of 195,528. The district has a sex ratio of 105.75 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 73.83%: 84.87% for males and 62.11% for females. 44,351 (22.73% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. The entire population lives in rural areas.5

In the 2023 census, 782 (0.40% of the surveyed population) people were from religious minorities, half Christians and half 'Other' religions.6

99.84% of the population spoke languages recorded as 'Other' on the census. The main language is Khowar, sometimes called Chitrali, spoken by the Dardic Kho. Wakhi is spoken in the northern regions along the Afghan border.7

Administrative Divisions

Tehsil8Area

(km²)9

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Literacy rate

(2023)10

Union Councils
Buni Tehsil............
Mulkoh Tehsil............
Torkoh Tehsil............
Mastuj Tehsil8,392195,52823.373.83%

National Assembly

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

Member of National AssemblyParty AffiliationYear
Abdul Akbar KhanMuttahida Majlis e-Amal2018

Provincial Assembly

The district along with Lower Chitral District is represented by one elected MPA in the provincial assembly who represent the following constituencies:PK-1

See also

References

  1. "Upper Chitral gets status of separate district". dawn.com. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2020. https://www.dawn.com/news/1446854

  2. "Upper Chitral gets the status of separate district". 21 November 2018. https://www.dawn.com/news/1446854

  3. "Upper Chitral gets status of separate district". dawn.com. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2020. https://www.dawn.com/news/1446854

  4. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/1998/administrative_units.pdf

  5. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/kp/dcr/table_1.pdf

  6. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/kp/dcr/table_9.pdf

  7. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/kp/dcr/table_11.pdf

  8. Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names http://www.ecp.gov.pk/content/District.html

  9. "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/kp/dcr/table_1.pdf

  10. "TABLE 12 : LITERACY RATE AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION AGE (5-16) BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF). https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/kp/dcr/table_12.pdf