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Teric
Country Pakistan
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictChitral
Population
 (1998)
 • Total
4,201
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Teric or Terich or Tirich is a village and an administrative unit, known as a Union Council, of Chitral District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, Union Council code 40770.[1] It is the nearest populated place to the Tirich Mir mountain.

Demography

The inhabitants of the village are Dards, Indo-Aryan people believed to have originally migrated to Tirich from Central Asia. The ethnic groups represented include Khowari, Burusho, Khoshey, Tajiki, Shina, Wakhi and a small number of Persians.

The population is 4,201, consisting of 39% male and 61% female.[citation needed]

Educational institutions

  • Terichmir Model School
  • Terichmir Model College
  • Boys Model Public school

See also

References