Timergara

Timergara is the district headquarters of Lower Dir District in Pakistan. Timergara City is located on the east bank of the Panjkora River. It lies at an altitude of 823 metres (2,700 ft). The town is the site of excavated graves of Aryans, dating from 1500 to 600 BC. On the west side of the Panjkora River is the excavated site of Balambat. The site has been occupied continuously since the time of the Aryans in 1500 BC. Discoveries included houses dating from 500 BC and fire altars, showing that the people were fire worshippers. At the 1998 Census the town had a population of 43,774. Most of the main city lies on the bank of the river Panjkora, which separates Balambat from the main city.

Virtual University of Pakistan Timergara Campus

Abdul Wali Khan University Timergara Campus

The total gross enrollment ratio is 73.83% excluding Kachi and 79.59% including Kachi class. Student teacher ratio is 43 students per teacher and there are 41 boys per male teacher and 46 girls per female teacher.

According to the recent Universal Primary Education (UPE) survey, the total number of children in the age group 5-7 years is 104,498 in which 56,937 are boys and 47,561 are girls. Due to the limited access, the number of out-of-school children among the age group (5-7 years) are 25,169. Almost 24% children of the total (age group 5–7 years) are out of school, in which 19% are boys and 30% are girls. These figures also include the dropout students both boys and girls.

The area has a weak agriculture infrastructure with no industry. The economy is completely based on the money sent back to the area by people (mainly males) living in the Middle East.

The people of Timergara are mainly Pashtun. The main tribes are Ibrahim Khel [یوسف زئ- ) and Mandal (Utmankheil). Toar Baba (Abdur Rahim Khan), Timergara Babajee, Mian Baba and Jaloo Baba were the prominent religious figures of this area. During Nawab Dir (ShahJahan), Hazrat Ali was appointed as Tehsildar in Timergara . He led the brave Pashtoon of Timergara and overall dir, to Jehad-Kashmir three times and returned with success. He was bestowed with many awards, and after his death his son Ghulam Ali took charge as Tehsildar. Author Suleman Shahid discussed it very briefly in his recent book Ghumnam Riasat. Abdur Rahim Khan migrated from Mandal (Bajawar Agency) in the late seventeenth century and settled in Timergara. He was known as Toar Baba for his piousness. Abdur Rahim Khan and Akhund Ilyas (d. 1676) were disciple of Shaikh Adam Binori. The Mandal (clan of Utmankheil) in Timergara or mostly called ShaiKhan are the descendants of Baba Abdur Rahim Khan.

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