Hangrai is a village and union council (an administrative subdivision) of

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 ...

in the

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

province of

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. It is located in the lower

Kaghan Valley The Kaghan Valley ( ur, ) is an alpine valley located in the Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The valley covers a distance of across northern Pakistan, rising from its lowest elevation of to its highest point at the Babusar ...

and lies to the north of

Balakot Balakot (; ur, ; ) is a town in Mansehra District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The town was destroyed during the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, but was later rebuilt with the assistance of the Government of Pakistan and Saudi P ...

city in an area that was affected by the

2005 Kashmir earthquake The 2005 Kashmir earthquake occurred at on 8 October in Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir. It was centred near the city of Muzaffarabad, and also affected nearby Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and some areas of Indian-administered Jammu and ...

.EARTHQUAKE AFFECTED AREA OVERVIEW - United Nations Joint Logistics Centre
Gujjars are the main tribe living in this UC with a considerable percentage of Swatis, Mughals and Syeds. The literacy rate is very low. It is the most affected UC in 2005 earthquake. Many of the local people are farmers and herdsmen, though a lot of the people are working in middle east countries. Hangrai is known for its

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. Local attractions and places include Magra, Jhamra, Shadal, Laamri and Naddi.Naddi bungalow a forest rest house is built by the British India situated in the middle of dense forest of Hangrai. The first ever taxonomist viz Danish Ali, who first time explore the flora of Union council Hangrai (Ali et al. 2019)

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