Lakki Marwat District
Lakki Marwat
ضلع لکی مروت لکي مروت ولسوالۍ | |
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Number of Tehsils | 3 |
Website | lakkimarwat |
Lakki Marwat (
Geography
The district is located in the southern part of Khyber Paktunkhwa. It borders Karak and Bannu districts to the north, Tank district to the west, Dera Ismail Khan district to the south, and Mianwali district of Punjab to the east.
The district is a combination of mountains and sandy plains. The mountainous areas are along the boundaries of the district especially in the east, southeast, southwest and northwest. In the southeast, the Marwat range separates Lakki Marwat from the
Climate
The region has all the characteristics of a desert due to its sand dunes, scorching heat and dry weather. Summers are hot, while winters are moderately cool. The summer season begins from early May and continues till late September. June and July are the hottest months with a maximum temperature range of 42 to 45 degree Celsius and a minimum temperature range of about 29 to 35 degree Celsius. Periodic sand storms rage through the area during May and June due to the prevalent low humidity. The hot wind, locally known as Lu blows across the district in these months. The cool wave starts in October. Late November, December, January and February and early March are the winter months. Though the daytime temperature in winter is not that low, however there is always a sharp decrease in nights. The mean maximum and minimum temperatures during this period are 20 and 4 degree Celsius respectively. Rainfall is rare and sporadic and generally rains occur in July and August.
Administration
Lakki Marwat district is subdivided into five Tehsils:
- Lakki Marwat Tehsil[2]
- Sari Naurang Tehsil[2]
- Ghazni Khel Tehsil
- Pashto: بېټني تحصیل)
- Formerly Pashto: لکي مروت سرحدي سیمه)
- Formerly
The district has three municipal committees.[3] There are 157 mauzas (the smallest revenue unit).[3]
Provincial Assembly
Member of Provincial Assembly | Party Affiliation | Constituency | Year | |
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Munawar Khan | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | Lakki Marwat-I |
2018 | |
Hisham Inamullah Khan | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | Lakki Marwat-II |
2018 | |
Anwar Hayat Khan | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | Lakki Marwat-III |
2018 |
Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census, the district had 100,831 households and a population of 876,182.[2] It had a sex ratio of 981 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 44.13% - 66.84% for males and 21.80% for females. 89,252 (9.89%) lived in urban areas. 34.07% of the population were under 10 years of age. 206 (0.02%) people in the district were from religious minorities. Pashto was the predominant language, spoken by 98.70% of the population.
Transport
Lakki Marwat was connected with Mari Indus through a narrow gauge railway line during the Raj. The city, a tehsil of Bannu then, was a railway junction. One line went to Bannu, its district, and the other to Tank. The extent of railways network has ever since defined the limits of the settled area bordering the tribal area to its west. The railway track has since been uprooted and the area now is connected through a network of roads. A detailed account of the rise and fall of this particular railway junction was published in the Daily Dawn [1].
Notable people
- theologian
Neighboring areas
See also
References
- ^ "Widening of key Lakki road okayed". Dawn newspaper. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d "District Wise Population - Lakki Marwat District (Census - 2017)". Citypopulation.de website. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ a b 1998 District Census Report of Lakki Marwat, Population Census Organisation, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, 2000 Pg 23