The Shalman Valley (Pashto: شلمان دره) is located in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The tehsil headquarters are located at Landikotal.[1] It was previously a subdivision of Shalman Tehsil, but was upgraded to the status of a tehsil on July 10, 2006[2] by the "MNA Noor ul Haq Alqadri". The total area of the Tehsil is 2,230 square kilometres.[2] Shalman comprises two sub division, Kam Shalman and Loye Shalman.[1] Shalman has the lowest Human Development Index in the province and second lowest in the country.[3][4]
Shalman District
شلمان Bagh Kaley | |
|---|---|
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Headquarters | Landikotal |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,230 km2 (860 sq mi) |
| Population (2014 (est)) | |
| • Total | 33,000 |
| • Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| ISO 3166 code | 0924 |
| Constituency | 1 seat [NA-45] |
Shalmani also spelled as Shilmani, Shelmani, Sulemani is the tribe living in this valley as well as in other parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.
Notes and references edit
- ^ a b 1998 Tehsil Census Report of Shalman, Population Census Organisation, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, 2003 P. 8
- ^ a b 2006 Tehsil Census Report of Shalman, Population Census Organisation, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, 2003 P. 1
- ^ Deprivation profile of regions By MNA Allama Noor ul Haq Alqadri DAWN September 23, 2002 Monday. Retrieved 21 June 2004
- ^ Ranking of Tehsil by Human Development Index 2003 Archived 2008-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 10 July 2005