Osakai

Osakai
Osakai
Village
	Osakai
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	Coordinates: 34°43′N 71°58′E / 34.71°N 71.97°E
Pakistan	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Lower Dir
Tehsil	Adenzai
Population (2017 Census of Pakistan)
• Total	7,187
Time zone	PST

Osakai is a village in Lower Dir District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Osakai is divided into Osakai Bala and Osakai Payeen. It comes under Union Council Kotigram and under Adenzai Tehsil.^[1]^[2]

Osakai as a whole consists of Karimabad, Dagai, Ghwandai, Qazi Abad and Lowarha. Osakai has some historical places (e.g., Kafar Kot, nowadays known as Muslim Kot, Sroo Manroo (Red Fort), Shah Goo and also many picnic spots (e.g., Osakai waterfall, Khan Baba, Bar Charhay, and small water dams). Due to availability of almost all basic facilities many peoples from Lower Dir and Upper Dir and some other districts have started migration to this village. Large numbers of migrated families now reside in Kas and Muslim Kot. Osakai also has a quarry where stone slabs for graves are extracted. They can also be used for sewage systems.^{[citation needed]}

Tribes in Osakai include Sarkani Khail, Roghani, Uthman Khail, Tajak, Degaan, Shinwari, Sadaat, Wardag, and Babakhail.^{[citation needed]}

Demography

Combined population of Osakai Bala (population: 3769) and Osakai Payeen (population: 3418) per 2017 Census of Pakistan is 7187.^[1]

Occupations

The population of Osakai are doing business in Punjab, KPK and Sindh provinces and some people are working in Saudi Arabia.^{[citation needed]} Small ratio of the population are farmers and labors.

Public services and utilities

Osakai has a hospital unit, a government high school for girls and also a government high school for boys.

Gallery

Osakai
Osakai mountain
Road to Osakai Mountains

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Population And Household Detail Blockwise - Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (see page 12 of 67 for Osakai)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
^ "Huge forest fire rages in Dir on fourth day (including Osakai area)". Dawn newspaper. 1 June 2024. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

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[PBS-1] "Population And Household Detail Blockwise - Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (see page 12 of 67 for Osakai)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

[2] "Huge forest fire rages in Dir on fourth day (including Osakai area)". Dawn newspaper. 1 June 2024. Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

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