Demographics
The main language of the district is Pashto. Inhabitants of the district generally live in stone built houses with flat mud roofs, while nomads live in improvised tenements. Unemployment (people who look for work & laid off) is 46.99%. Growth rate is 2.6%. Infant Mortality rate is 73 infants/1000 live birth. Geographically the Shiranis are divided into two groups---those residing to the east of the Suleiman range being known as the Largha Shiranis, falls under the administrative control of DIK, while those residing to the west of that range are called the Bargha Shirans, comes under the jurisdiction of Sherani District. This division was effected by British raj following the Khiderzai Expedition in 1890. Physical configuration of the country makes the separation so complete that the two tribal divisions act independently of each other.
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