Bajaur District

Bajaur District (Urdu: باجوڑ) is a district of the Malakand Division in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It used to be part of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) until this was merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It was the smallest of the agencies (districts) in FATA, it has a hilly terrain. According to the 1998 census, 595,227 people lived there. It borders Afghanistan's Kunar Province.

Subdivisions

Bajaur District is currently subdivided into seven tehsils (sub-districts), details from the 2023 census which show area[1] and the literacy rate[2] are in the table below:[3]

Tehsil Area (km²) Population Literacy Location
Bar Chamarkand 13 3,574 23.81% Western tip
Barang 159 90,082 23.39% Southeast
Khar Bajaur 238 301,778 33.28% Central and south-central
Mamund 250 358,190 24.48% Northwest
Nawagai 216 93,850 27.39% West
Salarzai 220 316,767 19.90% North-central
Utman Khel 194 123,719 31.50% East

References

  1. "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, KPK" (PDF).
  2. "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, KPK" (PDF).
  3. "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP" (PDF). pbscensus.gov. 2018-03-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-26. Retrieved 2020-10-15.