Buner District
Buner District
ضلع بونیر بونېر ولسوالۍ | |
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UTC+5 (PST) | |
Postal code of Daggar | 19290 |
Area code | 0939 |
Number of Tehsils | 6 |
Number of Union Councils | 27[5] |
Website | buner |
Buner District (
Buner's elevation starts at 1200 ft in the South in Totalai and reaches a maximum height of 9,550 ft at the Dosara Peak in the North. The majority of the hills that encircle the Buner District are covered in pine trees. Barandu, Chamla, and Budal are the three principal rivers; the former flows through the center of the district. The majority of people reside in rural areas, where agriculture is their primary source of income. The region's principal crops include sugarcane, tobacco, wheat, and maize.[7]
The marble reserves of Buner make up 68% of the total marble reserves of Pakistan. A total of 450 factories and 316 marble mines currently operate in Buner District, contributing Rs470m in royalty.[8]
History
The Buner Valley lies between
During the 1580s, a significant uprising against the Mughal Empire took place among Yusufzai people.[10] In late 1585, Mughal Emperor Akbar sent military forces under Zain Khan Koka and Birbal to crush the rebellion. In February 1586, near the Karakar Pass, about 8,000 Mughal soldiers, including Birbal, were killed by the Yusufzai lashkar, led by Kalu Khan. This was the greatest disaster faced by the Mughal Army during Akbar's reign.[11]
Throughout the 19th century, the inhabitants of Buner stood up twice against the British Raj.[12]
In April 2009, the
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1951 | 109,147 | — |
1961 | 123,217 | +1.22% |
1972 | 187,984 | +3.91% |
1981 | 265,517 | +3.91% |
1998 | 506,048 | +3.87% |
2017 | 895,460 | +3.05% |
Sources:[16] |
At the time of the 2017 census, the district had 92,990 households and a population of 895,460. Of these, 445,872 were male and 449,555 were female. The entire population was rural. Buner had a sex ratio of 1008 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 46.84% - 65.10% for males and 29.40% for females. 32.18% of the population were under 10 years of age. 1,402 (0.16%) people in the district were from religious minorities, mainly Sikhs.[4]
At the time of the 2017 census, 97.56% of the population spoke Pashto and 0.95% Hindko as their first language.[4]
Administration
Buner Tehsils
Buner District is currently subdivided into 6 Tehsils.
- Pashto: ډاګر تحصیل)
- Pashto: چغرزي تحصیل)
- Pashto: چملا تحصیل)
- Pashto: خدو خېل تحصیل)
- Pashto: ګګرا تحصیل)
- Pashto: {{script/Arabic|ګدېزي سلارزئي تحصیل )
National assembly
This district is represented by one elected MNA (Member of National Assembly) in
Election | Member | Party |
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2002 | Sher Akbar Khan | PPP (S) |
2008 | Istiqbal Khan | ANP |
2013 | Sher Akbar Khan | JI
|
2018 | Sher Akbar Khan | PTI |
2024 Barrister Gohar Ali. IND
Provincial assembly
The district has three constituencies in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[18] and one in the National Assembly of Pakistan.
Member of Provincial Assembly | Party Affiliation | Constituency | Year |
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Riaz Khan | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-20 Buner-I | 2024 |
Syed Fakhr e Jehan | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-21 Buner-II | 2024 |
Abdul Kabir Khan | PTI | PK-22 Buner-III | 2024 |
Educational establishments
- University of Buner
- Government College Daggar, Buner
- Government Girls Degree College Daggar
- Government Degree College Jowar, Buner
- Government Girls degree college bazargai
- Government Degree college Ghadizai
Largest villages
- Torwarsak is the most populated town in Buner which had population of about 35,165 in 2018.[19]
- Totalai is the second most populated town with population of about 24,562 in 2018.[19]
- Rega is the third most populated town with population of about 23,726 in 2018.[19]
- Ellai is the fourth most populated town with population of about 23,678 in 2018.[19]
- Afghan Refugees camp had a population of about 22,380 in 2023[citation needed]
See also
References
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- ^ "Uncertainty rules Pakistan's Buner district" Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, Radio Nertherlands Worldwide
- ^ List of District Returning Officers Election Commission of Pakistan 11 December 2023 Retrieved 10 January 2024
- ^ a b c "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Village/Neighbourhood Council". lgkp.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
- ^ 1998 District Census report of Buner. Census publication. Vol. 98. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
- ^ "Buner". Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Official Web.
- ^ "High time for govt to protect Buner's marble industry from collapse". Samaa TV. October 16, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Buner". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 798. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 19– Imperial Gazetteer of India". Digital South Asia Library. p. 152. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ISBN 9780521566032.
- ^ Chisholm 1911.
- ^ "Taliban Exert Influence In Pakistan". NPR.org.
- ^ Pakistani forces seize main town of Buner district from Taliban
- ^ "90% Buner Cleared: May 27, 2009". Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Election Commission of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 2013-02-24.
- ^ Constituencies and MPAs – Website of the Provincial Assembly of the NWFP Archived April 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d Babbar, Rafiullah (26 May 2018). "Buner District Population of Cities, Towns and Villages 2017-2018".