Baroon

Baroon is a village in Lower Dir district of Pakistan, situated at a distance of about 11 km from Timergara, on the way from Timergara to Upper Dir, opposite to the main road, separated from the main road by Panjkora river. The village contains many beautiful fields in which different crops are sown like rice, wheat, maize, different vegetables, however the massive flooding in 2010 and 2022 badly affected the fields. Although most of the fruits gardens were swept away by the severe flood, still some fruits like Persimmon and Orange can be seen at some spots in the village.

Location

Baroon is a beautiful village situated on the northern bank of river Panjkora, opposite to Rani village. This village is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the district headquarter Timergara.

History

The major tribes are Shinwari (شینواری) and Mekhail(Yousafzai).Shinwari are Malaks and the ruler family of Baroon. Malak fahm Jan shinwari chief of Nawab Dir army founded the village Baroon. Later village was ruled by his son Malak Hamid ULLAH Jan also known as Ahmad Jan and his grandson Malak Sardar khan shinwari and his great grandson Malak sarfaraz khan shinwari known as Dir Malak.he is also chief of Dir army and Subidaar of Nawab of Dir at Dir khass. There are durrani(Qazi), afridi, parachkaan(paracha), molyaan(tarkalani),ingaran (iron Smith),nayan are also settled in this village. There have been many scholars in the Durrani family and one of them was the Qazi of Nawab Dir, due to which all this family came to be called Qazi. For more references you may see the book 1906 Millitry report on Dir swat and bajaur Comfiled in the intelligence branch division of the chief of the staff india printed at government monotype office Shimla India in 1906

Population

The exact population of Baroon is not known, however the village consists of more than 800 houses.

Climate

Like other parts of the district DIR LOWER, the village observe four seasons in a year i.e., Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn. The seasons of spring and autumn are quite shorter as compared to long Summer and Winter. Due to climate change and global warming, the duration of winter has been reduced to two months, i.e., December and January but still the weather is much better as compared to city timergara.

Education

There is 4 Government education institutes and 2 islamic madrasa and one Private education institute name as IEMS school. One Government Girls Middle school and one Government boys Middle school and One Government primary school for boys and one Government primary school for Girls. Fatima BiBi M/O Wasim khan shinwari was first female teacher of village and founder of Girls Primary school Baroon. there are 2 PHD scholars and 3 mufti in village.

Sports

The most famous games played here are football, volleyball and cricket. Each year, in The Month of Ramadan a night sports gala is arranged in which cricket and football are played

Health facilities

Currently, there is no notable health facility available in the village only few numbers of medical stores are available i-e Khayam Medical Store Alkhalil homeopathic store. In case of emergency or minor disease state, nearest health hospital is DHQ hospital, Timergara.

Villages nearby

In the west, Munjai and Pindikas, In the east are Sacha Maira and Khal, In the South east is Rabat and South west is Rani, which is adjacent to the village Danwah on the main Timergara-Dir road.