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 split off into separate districts: Battagram in 1993, and Torghar District (formerly known as Kala Dhaka) in 2011.

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 1,555,742, of which 771,976 were males and 783,509 females. Rural population was 1,410,844 (90.69%) while the urban population was 144,898 (9.31%). The literacy rate was 62.56% - the male literacy rate was 75.25% while the female literacy rate was 50.41%. 427 people in the district were from religious minorities.

At the time of the 2017 census, 66.48% of the population spoke Hindko and 17.02% Pashto as their first language. 14.26% of the population spoke a language recorded as 'Others' on the census.

Many of these, especially in the upper Kaghan Valley, are speakers of Kohistani dialects. There are also speakers of the widely dispersed Gujari language, particularly in the Kaghan Valley. The local variety is intermediate between the eastern dialects of Gujari (spoken in Azad Kashmir) and the western group (from Chitral, Swat and Gilgit). There is also a small community in the village of Dana in Oghi Tehsil who speak the endangered Mankiyali language. Many people can write and speak English.

Constituencies

The district is represented in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly by elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies:

* Constituency PK-30 (Mansehra-I)
* Constituency PK-31 (Manshera-II)
*PK 32
*PK 33
*PK 34

The district is represented in the National Assembly of Pakistan by two elected MNAs who represent the following constituencies:

* NA-13 (Mansehra-I)
* NA-14 (Mansehra Torghar)

Administrative divisions

Mansehra District consists of six tehsils, with Tanawal Tehsil separated from the other five in December 2022.
* Balakot
* Mansehra
* Oghi
* Baffa Pakhal
* Darband
* Tanawal

The Kala Dhaka tehsil was separated as Torghar District in 2011.

Mansehra

Mansehra Tehsil union councils:

Provincial Assembly

Notable people

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** Mahan Singh Mirpuri (famous Sikh Khalsa Army General, Mansehra derives its name from him)
** Abdul Hakeem Khan Swati(Governor KPK)
** Muhammad Farid Khan Tanoli ( Nawab of Amb state)
** Waji-Uz-Zaman Khan( Chief of Swati )
** Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha
** Abrar Ahmed Swati (Pakistani Cricketer)
** Ahmed Hussain Shah
** Azam Khan Swati (Senator and Federal Minister of Pakistan)
** Babar Saleem Swati (MPA)
** Reham Khan Swati (BBC Journalist)
** Bashir Jehangiri Swati ( Chief Justice of Pakistan)
** Chaudhry Aslam Khan
** Laiq Muhammad Swati (MPA)
** Ghulam Ghaus Hazarvi
** Ghulam Ur Rehman
** Haroon Khan Badshah
** Ibrar Hussain
** Jamal J. Elias
** Maliha Ali Asghar Khan
** Mian Zia ur Rehman
** Muhammad Raza Khan
** Muhammad Safdar Awan
** Muhammad Sajjad Awan
** Muneeb-ur-Rehman
** Qari Fayyaz-ur-Rehman Alvi
** Saleh Muhammad Khan Swati (MNA)
** Sardar Muhammad Yousuf
** Sardar Shahjahan Yousuf
** Sardar Zahoor Ahmad
** Khan Khudadad Khan Swati( Ex-Minister of health West Pakistan)

See also

* Mansehra Shiva Temple
* Mansehra Tehsil

References

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{{Coord missing, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa