Shawa

Shawa is a village in Lower Dir District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, on the road between Chakdara and Asbanr. The village is 5 km (3 miles) away from Chakdara city, which is located near Churchill Piquet on the banks of the Swat River. Its population is about 10,000 and consists of primarily Pashtun people (Pathans) speaking the Pashto language. Shawa village consists of different mohalas, like Darbar, Bur Palau, Manz Palau, Koz Palau, Shamlai, Koza Sha, Sero and Kaga Wala, khwajal, tendogag. the village consist of some sub tribe of yousufzayi like the Muhammad kayl, Bao kayl,Haji khyl mulayan, Katan kyal, Umar khail,Buda khail, fazal khail, Gali khail,panda khail, maingan,teelyan,Qausaryan.Mulayan,tajak,parachgan,nayan

Daily life

public of that village is mostly concerned with forming and animal husbandry but now the trends are changing from the forming side and that are shipted to the business and transport sectors. the time after afternoon mostly spend by the villagers in recreational activities in kwar of shaw located at the east side of the village. nowadays mostly people are engage in oil business in cities like Karachi Lahore Peshawar etc. the old people of shawa are spend their time at bazaar and mostly in the Azizullah shop at bazaar located at near darbar masjid.