Alladand

Dheri Alladand are two administrative units, known as Union council, of Malakand District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

View of Alladand Valley, 2013
Dheri Alladand
Union Council
Country Pakistan
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictMalakand
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

District Malakand has 2 Tehsils i.e. Swat Ranizai and Sam Ranizai. Each Tehsil comprises certain numbers of Union councils. There are 28 union councils in district Malakand and it's part of Swat Ranizai Tehsil.

Dehri Alladand is situated in the mid of malakand and is one of the well known towns on Pashtun lands. It is considered the oldest home Yousufzai Tribe when they migrated from Afghanistan and settle in Dheri Alladand. The chief of Yousufzai tribe and founder of free Pakhtunkhwa state, Malik Ahmad Khan made it capital of the new state. The eminent Pashtun leader Malik Ahmad Khan is buried in Dheri Alladand. People of Dheri Alladand are entirely from Pashtun and are from Yousufzai tribe. They are known for education and almost 99% people are educated. The land of this town is very fertile and is irrigated by River Swat. It shares a major part of supply of fruits and vegetables from Malakand District to whole Pakistan. People mostly are economically from upper middle class because they are mostly designated on civil service jobs, however, they are attached to agriculture as side business.

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