As of the
2023 census, Lower Chitral district has 46,028 households and a population of 320,407. The district has a sex ratio of 104.31 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 66.10%: 76.81% for males and 54.77% for females. 87,378 (27.46% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 57,157 (17.84%) live in urban areas. 87.76% of the population speaks languages classified as 'Others', namely
Khowar (or Chitrali), the dominant language of Chitral as a whole.
Pashto is spoken in the southeast of the district by 9.36% of the population, while
Kalasha is spoken by 1.59% of the population. There are some speakers of the
Madaklasht dialect, a
Persian dialect which is considered a mix of
Dari and
Tajik.
Ethnic groups The main ethnic groups in the district are: •
Kho people •
Gujjar •
Kalash Religion == Administrative Divisions ==