Bandi Shungli, or Shungli Bandi ( Gojri: ), is a village and union council of

Oghi Tehsil Oghi is a tehsil in Mansehra District, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Its territory largely coincides with the Agror Valley, and its headquarters is the town of Oghi. There tehsils is made up of the following union councils: ...

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 north-east of the

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, ...

province of

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Demographics

The main languages of the region are

Hindko Hindko (, romanized: , ) is a cover term for a diverse group of Lahnda dialects spoken by several million people of various ethnic backgrounds in several areas in northwestern Pakistan, primarily in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pun ...

and Gojri, followed by

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. In the village of Danna the endangered

Mankiyali language Mankiyali is an endangered Indo-Aryan language of the Dardic sub branch spoken in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan. It is spoken by a small community sometimes referred to as the Trawara in the secluded village of Danna (or Dana) located in ...

is spoken. There is one government Higher Secondary School for boys and one middle school for boys and girls. Nearly all population is of the

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sect.

Settlements

Major villages consists of Shungli, Gali, Patean, Sunj, Kaladakha, Harian, Temarthaarha, Utli Bai, Tarli Bai, Keela, Galdar, Chontra, Chatha, Porian, Danna, Shoshni, Chemrasi, Nawan Sher, Arghina, Basengarh, Jubberh, Naka, Foghorah, Pubbal, Neel Battla Bala, Malkana, Chakal, bandi, dhok. Takiya the most prominent and significant icon of Bandi Shungli.

References

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