Tikri is a town and a valley located in
Batagram Tehsil
Battagram Tehsil is an administrative subdivision ( Tehsil) of the Battagram District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It serves as the Tehsil headquarters and covers a total area of 300 square miles (780 km2). Battagram Teh ...
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Batagram District
Battagram ( ps, بټګرام ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Abaseen Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The headquarter is Battagram, which is about 75-km from Mansehra.
Overview and history
The district of Battagram ...
in 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, ...
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Pakistan
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. It is located at 34°37'20N 73°1'10E and lies to the south of the district capital
Batagram.
Location of Tikri - Falling Rain Genomics
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Tikri is a well-known valley of the Batagram district of KPK province. It is approx. 15 kilometers far from the district headquarters. The main population comprises a Pashtun Tribes of Swatis who are reported to have migrated to this area in 1703 from Swat and wrested this area from the clutches of Sultanate of Hazara Turks.
Three main tribes of Mamiali Swatis dwell in this area namely; 'Malkal', 'Ashlor' and 'Naror' are residing in tikri vicinity.
References
Populated places in Battagram District
Valleys of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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