Dhodial (also known as Dhudial) is a town and union council located near

Baffa Baffa ( ur, Pashto :بفه ) is a town, a union council and capital of Tehsil Baffa Pakhal of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It lies about 15 km north of the district capital, Mansehra. History Baffa ...

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Mansehra Mansehra is a city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and the headquarters of Mansehra District. It is the 71st largest city of Pakistan and 7th largest city in the province. The name of the city (written in Hindko, Urdu and Goj ...

and

Shinkiari Shinkiari ( ps, شینکیارۍ; Hindko/Urdu: شنکیاری) is a Union Council of Mansehra District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is a major tea city with many tea gardens. The police station was established before the Pa ...

Mansehra District Mansehra District is a district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It was established as a district in 1976, prior to which it was a tehsil within the former Hazara District. Two former subdivisions of Mansehra were ...

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province of

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. Dhodial is a fertile region known for its vegetables and tobacco. Dhodial is also well known for its

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conservation project. The town was badly affected by the

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Location

Dhodial is north of Mansehra in Hazara area at an altitude of 3,267 feet.Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Location of Dhodial
/ref> The river Siren flows alongside the town.

Health care

This area is known for the treatment of mentally ill patients. The Government of Pakistan established a National Psychiatric Health unit, called the "Government Mental & General Hospital" in Dhodial in the early 1960s. Its purpose was to treat patients with

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and to function as a general hospital. It had facilities for the treatment of mentally disabled patients, including physical and mental grooming. Mohammad Irfan was the initial medical superintendent and

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. The government's other plans included the

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and National Pheasantry. This hospital became tuberculosis

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Dadar in 2002 and

Hazara University The Hazara University (HU) is a public university located in Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Recognized university Hazara University is recognized as a higher education institution by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. Overvi ...

was formed in it.

Education

The University of Hazara is situated near Dhodial and provides education to students throughout

and the

Hazara Region Hazara (Hindko: هزاره, Urdu: ) is a region in northeastern Pakistan, falling administratively within Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is dominated mainly by the Hindko-speaking Hindkowan people, who are the native ethni ...

Politics

The prominent political group is the

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which is led by

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. The Swatis,Turk, Awan, and Hashmi tribes that are in the majority coalition are also politically strong and influential. As people are getting educated, political situation is improving and parties like PTI are emerging. Other political parties are the PML N Jamiat Ullamay e Islam, Jammat Islami Pakistan. Dhodial has three village councils: Village Council Malkal, Arghoshal and Girwal. The largest is VC Malkal.

Conservation

The people of Dhodial practice conservation and captive breeding of various species of pheasants.

Dhodial Pheasantry Dhodial Pheasantry (or Dhodial Pheasant Center) is a pheasantry and breeding center for several species of pheasants situated in Mansehra District, Pakistan. It has been set up for the purposes of research, conservation, tourism, and education. Th ...

, Asia's largest pheasantry, is located near the village.

References

Union councils of Mansehra District Populated places in Mansehra District {{Mansehra-geo-stub