Badwan
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Badwan Union Council is situated on the bank of River Swat. It is a part of Tehsil Adenzai, District Dir Lower, Province NWFP in Pakistan. It contains many small villages including Badwan Upper, Badwan Lower, Darbar, Leko, Ghwando, Torogato, Swato Banda, Ghazo etc. Its population is approximately 25,000.
Education
There is a boy's high school, a girl's high school and around 45 Primary schools for boys and girls. Haq Public School is the only private educational educational institution in the area. Some families prefer to send their children to it. Others prefer to send their children to Jamal English Education Academy, Chakdara Public School, and University Public School(UOM) etc situated in Chakdara. All of these schools provide pick and drop services to students. Most of the students study until Matriculation and stop because of lack of access and high cost of going to near by towns. A small number of male students go to Gulabad Degree College for Boys and University of Malakand, Chakdara. A very small number of female students go to FEF girls college, Chakdara. Currently, there is the only one female student who is doing her Bachelor of Sociology from University of Malakand.
Income Sources
Agriculture is main source of income of most of the people. Many people are also working as govt employees mostly in education sector. Most of the females are house wives though some are working in the education and health departments. Young people go to other cities like Pendi, Karachi, Muzaffarabad etc to find jobs. Some people are also working abroad in different countries like Saudi Arabia, Dubai, South Korea, Malaysia etc.