Mandagucha is a village located in

Siran Valley Bogarmang Valley is a little-known valley situated in Mansehra District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Like the neighboring areas, this valley also suffered greatly from the earthquake which hit the region on October 8, 2005. Etymology of the ...

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 ...

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

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. The village is on the route to one of the highest hilltops of the

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series in Pakistan,

Musa ka Musalla Musa ka Musalla ( ) is a peak standing at an altitude of about at the junction of Siran and Kaghan Valleys in Himalayas. It is situated north of the city of Abbottabad in Balakot Tehsil of Mansehra District. Etymology The name Musa ka Musall ...

(13,500 feet above sea level), and has a cool climate. Mandaguchha is the last station that is reachable by car or public transport. Mandagucha is a tribal community of agriculturalists.MandaGucha Map
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Demographics

It has a population of around 20000 individuals. The major clans and casts are Gujjars, Syeds, Sawatis, Awans and Qureshis (Kotwals),Toda. Gujars are in majority but mostly live as tenants and do not hold land. Qureshi's and Syeds are the other two castes. Most of the lands belong to Sawatis. Gujjar are a numerical minority.

History

The two influential Sawati families were Peer Khan family and Sultan Khan family. The village saw one of the most fierce conflicts between Gujjars and Sawatis in the late 1980s. This conflict was an outcome of years-long suppression of Gujjar clans by the land owner Sawatis. A Left-inclined Kisan Mahaz (Farmer Front) motivated the Gujjers to stand against oppressive landlords. The conflict resulted in many liberties for the tenant classes, like freedom from free labor, etc.

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