Mansehra_district
Mansehra District
District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Mansehra District (Urdu, Hindko: ضلع مانسہرہ) is a district in the Hazara Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan. Mansehra city serves as the headquarters of the district.
Mansehra District
ضلع مانسہرہ مانسهره ولسوالۍ | |
|---|---|
Mansehra District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Division | Hazara |
| Region | Pakhli |
| Headquarters | Mansehra |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Bilal Shahid Rao (BPS-18 PAS) |
| • District Police Officer | Zahoor Babar Afridi (BPS-19 PSP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,579 km2 (1,768 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,555,742 |
| • Density | 340/km2 (880/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Area code | 0997 |
| Number of union councils | 59 |
| Number of Tehsils | 5[2] |
| Website | mansehra |
Mansehra was established as an independent district in 1976. It was previously a tehsil within the broader Hazara District.[3] In 1993, a former subdivision of Mansehra, Battagram, was separated as an independent district.[4] Similarly, in 2011, another subdivision of Mansehra, Kala Dhaka, was separated which is now known as Torghar District.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 260,631 | — |
| 1961 | 373,975 | +3.68% |
| 1972 | 552,842 | +3.62% |
| 1981 | 686,308 | +2.43% |
| 1998 | 978,157 | +2.11% |
| 2017 | 1,555,742 | +2.47% |
| 2023 | 1,797,177 | +2.43% |
| Sources:[5] | ||
At the time of District the 2017 census, the district had 235,230 households and a population of 1,555,742. Mansehra had a sex ratio of 1015 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 62.56% - 75.25% for males and 50.41% for females. 144,898 (9.31%) lived in urban areas. 28.73% of the population were under 10 years of age. 427 (0.03%) people in the district were from religious minorities.[1]
Languages of Mansehra district (2017)
Similarly, 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, mainly Kohistani languages.
Many of these, especially in the upper Kaghan Valley, are speakers of the Kohistani dialects. There are also speakers of the widely dispersed Gujari language, particularly in the Kaghan Valley.[6] The local variety is intermediate between the eastern dialects of Gujari (spoken in Azad Kashmir) and the western group (from Chitral, Swat and Gilgit).[7] There is also a small community in the village of Dana in Oghi Tehsil who speak the endangered Mankiyali language.[8] Many people can write and speak English.[citation needed]
The district is represented in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly by elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies:[9]
Constituency and current member :
- PK-36 (Mansehra-I) , Munir Lughmani Swati
- PK-37 (Manshera-II) , Babar Saleem Swati
- PK 38 (Mansehra III) , Zahid Chanzeb Swati
- PK 39 (Mansehra IV), Ikram Ghazi Tanoli
- PK 40 (Mansehra V) , Sardar Shah Jahan
The district is represented in the National Assembly of Pakistan by two elected MNAs who represent the following constituencies:
Mansehra District consists of six tehsils, with Tanawal Tehsil separated from the other five in December 2022.[10]
- Balakot (Urdu: تحصیل بالاکوٹ; Pashto: بالاکوټ تحصیل)
- Mansehra (Urdu: تحصیل مانسہرہ; Pashto: مانسهره تحصیل)
- Oghi (Urdu: تحصیل اوگی; Pashto: اوګي تحصیل)
- Baffa Pakhal (Urdu: تحصیل بفہ پکھل; Pashto: بفه پکلي تحصیل)[11]
- Darband (Urdu: تحصیل دربند; Pashto: دربند تحصیل)[12]
- Tanawal
The Kala Dhaka tehsil was separated as Torghar District in 2011.
Provincial Assembly
| Member of Provincial Assembly | Party Affiliation | Constituency | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munir Lughmani Swati | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-36 Mansehra-I | 2024 |
| Babar Saleem Khan Swati | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-37 Mansehra-II | 2024 |
| Zahid Chanzeb Swati | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-38 Mansehra-III | 2024 |
| Ikram Ghazi Khan Tanoli | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-39 Mansehra-IV | 2024 |
| Sardar Shah Jahan Yousaf | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | PK-40 Mansehra-V | 2024 |
- Khan Haji Faqeera Khan Swati — MLA of Indian National Congress from Mansehra II in 1937 Indian provincial elections, royal "Khan of Malakpur Village", maternal grandfather of Azam Swati, leader of Khudai Khidmatgar Movement in Hazara
- Jageerdar Zaman Khan Swati family
- Khan Khudadad Khan Swati, Freedom Fighter of Pakistan Independence Movement, member of All India Muslim league, former Minister of Health West Pakistan and Ex- Chief of Siran Valley.
- Khan Abbas Khan Swati — elected MLA of Mansehra I 1937-1942, "Chief and Khan Of Sum Elai Mang", Son of Jageerdar Muhammad Hussain Khan Swati, Founder of Hazara Democratic party (In alliance with Indian National Congress, Industries Minister of British India)
- Mahan Singh Mirpuri (famous Sikh Khalsa Army General, Mansehra derives its name from him)
- Abdul Hakeem Khan Swati (Governor KP)
- Muhammad Farid Khan Tanoli (Nawab of Amb state)
- Waji-Uz-Zaman Khan (Chief of Agror )
- Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha
- Wajid Hamayun Khan (Politician)
- 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
- "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- "Kolai-Palas made district, Baffa-Pakhal tehsil". 26 August 2017.
- Hallberg & O'Leary 1992, p. 96.
- Hallberg & O'Leary 1992, pp. 112–13, 135The particular variety studied was from the village of Mittikot, six kilometres west of Balakot.
- "Tanawal notified as sixth tehsil of Mansehra". Dawn. 26 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- "Kolai-Palas made district, Baffa-Pakhal tehsil". 26 August 2017.
- "Kolai-Palas made district, Baffa-Pakhal tehsil". 26 August 2017.
- 1998 District census report of Batagram. Census publication. Vol. 18. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.
- 1981 District census report of Mansehra. District Census Report. Vol. 23. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1983.
- 1998 District census report of Mansehra. Census publication. Vol. 62. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
- Anjum, Uzma; Rehman, Khawaja (2015). "A First Look at Mankiyali Language: An Endangered Language". Journal of Asian Civilizations. 38 (1): 177–90. ProQuest 1816873650.
- Hallberg, Calinda E.; O'Leary, Clare F. (1992). "Dialect Variation and Multilingualism among Gujars of Pakistan". In O'Leary, Clare F.; Rensch, Calvin R.; Hallberg, Calinda E. (eds.). Hindko and Gujari. Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan. Islamabad: National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University and Summer Institute of Linguistics. pp. 91–196. ISBN 969-8023-13-5.
