3-593: 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 . 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
6-618: The Madaklasht dialect , a Persian dialect which is considered a mix of Dari and Tajik . 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 . The district is represented by one elected MPA (Member of Provincial Assembly) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly . Its constituency
9-437: 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
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