Saleem Khan
| Saleem Khan Khel | |
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| Union Council | |
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 Saleem Khan Khel
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| Coordinates: 34°10′N 72°28′E / 34.17°N 72.47°ECoordinates: 34°10′N 72°28′E / 34.17°N 72.47°E | |
| Country |
 Pakistan
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| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Swabi |
| Government | |
| • Nazim | Malik Gulzar Khan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19.43 km2 (7.50 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 28,000 |
| • Estimate (2017) | above 40,000 |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
Saleem Khan or Salim Khan or Saleem Khan Khel is a town and Union Council of Swabi District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The village is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the south of Buner District at an altitude of 348 metres (1,142 ft)..
Village is divided into two major chams/Groups Behazad Kheil and Mir Ahmed Kheil. Every chams/Groups has different clans/tribes. Behzad kheil cham includes Behzad Kheil, Ghurghashti (Khan Kheil), Sudo kheil, Dewaan Kheil etc. While Mir Ahmed Kheil cham includes Shah Khan Kheil, Kamral, Yara Kheil and Kandar Kheil.
Ghurghashti orignally known as Khan Kheil (غرغښتي) is a great , honorable and respectable tribe of saleem khan village. Historically Ghurghasht (غرغښت) is the third son of Qais Abdur Rashid, legendary founding father of pakhtoon nation who lived in the times of HAZRAT KHALID BIN WALLED (RA).
Gharghashti (غرغښتي) means pashtun legendary.
Approximately above 40,000 (according to unofficial of 2017 national census) people live in the village. The population of Saleem Khan is increasing rapidly.
Inhabitants mostly depend on agriculture, which is the major source of livelihood. Crops grown include wheat, maize, sugar cane, peas, and especially tobacco. About 50% of the youth work overseas, especially in the United Arab Emirates, and the town is dependent on remittances from these overseas Pakistanis.
Outskirts of the village Kaglaich, abo banda, janak ,major banda, abbazo, Palodand, Karra, Khadi Mera, Chapai, Bakar, and Petai. It has two electoral wards: main village (Saleem Khan Khas) and Palodand. Famous Stefa canal crosses outskirts of the village. Canal goes underground for almost three kilometers.
Saleem Khan is surrounded by other villages, including Maneri (south), Gohati (west), Dagai (East) Totalai (north) and Naro (southwest).
Literacy rate in Saleem Khan village is 80-85% at primary base, 60-65% at secondary base and at tertiary and quaternary base [colleges and universities] these values are very low because of overseas countries, where every year huge number of young people go for wages. Thirteen primary schools for boys, nine primary schools for girls, one high school for boys, one higher secondary school for boys and one high school for girls are located here. There are five private schools working here for spreading education (this data is according to elementary and secondary education district swabi). Six big Islamic maddrasas and many small maddrasas are located here. Achievement of these maddrasas is a huge number of Hufazi kiram and Ulema e kiram is produced every year.
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