Upper South Waziristan District

Upper South Waziristan District (; ) is a district located in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The Upper South Waziristan District was established on 13 April 2022 when the South Waziristan District was bifurcated into Lower South Waziristan and Upper South Waziristan. Spinkai ragzai region was declared as its capital.

Demographics

Population At the time of the 2017 census, the area that would become the Upper South Waziristan district had 50,745 households and a population of 367,364, entirely rural. Upper South Waziristan had a sex ratio of 908 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 38.65% - 57.01% for males and 18.58% for females. 129,568 (37.61%) were under 10 years of age. 110 (0.03%) were from religious minorities. Pashto was the predominant language, spoken by 95.48% of the population. 3.21% of the population spoke 'Other' languages, most likely Ormuri.

Administration The district is divided into the following tehsils:

TehsilName (Urdu) (Pashto)Area (km²)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km²)

(2023)Literacy rate (2023)Union CouncilsLadha Tehsil()()289108,344374.8947.95%Makin Tehsil()()40466,042163.4748.71%Sararogha Tehsil813145,118178.535.07%Sarwakai Tehsil()()39858,804147.7537.67%Shaktoi Tehsil17744,332250.4632.93%Shawal Tehsil............Tiarza Tehsil()()73465,79889.6427.31%

Geography Lower South Waziristan District

Upper South Waziristan District

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