Saleem Khan or Saleem Khan Khel is a town and Union Council of

Swabi District Swabi District ( ps, سوابۍ ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in the Mardan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It lies between the Indus and Kabul Rivers. Before becoming a district in 1988, it was a tehsil within ...

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. The village is to the south of

Buner District Buner District ( ps, بونیر ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Before becoming a district in 1991, it was a tehsil within Swat District. History The Buner Valley lie ...

at an altitude of .

Demographics

The area is divided into three major chams(boroughs) of including ‘Behzad-Khel Cham’ - ‘Mir-Ahmed-Khel Cham’ and (Bagarh Cham - باگڑھ) all with various sub-sects living in i.e. the first one, to the north includes Behzadkhel, Deewankhel and Khankhel etc. while the second to the south hosts Mirahmadkhel, Shah-Khan-khel, Yarakhel, Kandarkhel and Kamral. The place settled by the Khankhels is called Gharghashti and is believed by many to be the historical epicentre of the Gharghashti() confederacy. Bagarh is basically (Akhunkhel) long time ago the tribe shift from a village Bagra so they known as Bagarh - باگڑھ More than 40,000 people live in Saleem Khan (according to an unofficial of 2017 national census). The population of the village is increasing rapidly.

Geography

The Stefa canal crosses outskirts of the village. The canal goes underground for almost three kilometers.

Economy

Inhabitants mostly depend on agriculture. Mining, cattle farms, poultry farm, Crops grown include wheat, maize, sugar cane, peas and tobacco. About 50% of the youth work overseas, especially in the

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, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the town is dependent on

remittance A remittance is a non-commercial transfer of money by a foreign worker, a member of a diaspora community, or a citizen with familial ties abroad, for household income in their home country or homeland. Money sent home by migrants competes wit ...

s from these overseas workers.

Surroundings

Outskirts of the village include Namar khata, Kaglaich, Sore Ghar, Khadar Abad, Abo Banda, Janak, Major Banda, Abbazo, Palodand, Karra, Khadi Mera, Umar Khel, Dewan Khel, Bagarh - باگڑھ - Aurangabad, Fazalabad, Reshtinai, Bakar,Nursary Abad, Saleem Khan is surrounded by other villages, including Maneri (south), Gohati (west), Dagai (East) Totalai (north) and Naro (southwest).

Politics

It has three electoral wards: Village Council: 1.VC-Center, 2. VC-West and 3. VC-East

Education

The literacy rate is 80-85% at primary school age, 60-65% at secondary school age and at college age these values are very low because every year young people leave the country to work. Thirteen primary schools for boys and nine primary schools for girls, one high, one middle school for boys & one higher secondary school for boys and one high school and two middle schools for girls are located there. Five private schools work there.According to elementary and secondary education district swabi Six large and many small Islamic

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are there, producing many Hufazi kiram and Ulema e kiram.The first qualified Engg of the village after independence was Engg Nawar Khan who did his BE(Electrical) in 1971 from UET,Peshawar. See also: *

*''Slam khan'' is a compound word of the Pashto, Germanic and Vedic languages. ''Slam khan'' is a locative noun with absolute topographical and functional meaning. it's never been a ''Saleem khan''. With the reference of toponym, Slam Khan is the adjectival form of the specific place-name. *

References

External links

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Government website section on Lower DirUnited NationsHAJJ website Uploads
{{Swabi-Union-Councils Populated places in Swabi District Union councils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Union Councils of Swabi District