Kho people

The Kho (/k/, Khowar: کھو) or Chitrali people, are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the Chitral District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the Gupis-Yasin and Ghizer districts in Gilgit-Baltistan of Pakistan. They speak an Indo-Aryan language called Khowar.

Kho
کھو
Chitrali men along with Mehtar Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir, the current head of the Katoor Dynasty
Total population
c.800,000 (2021)
Regions with significant populations
Chitral and Gilgit Baltistan
Languages
Khowar
Religion
Predominantly Hanafi Sunni Islam
Minority Ismaili Shia Islam
Related ethnic groups
Other Indo-Aryan peoples
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