Mansehra District
Mansehra District | |
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Country | Pakistan |
Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Headquarters | Mansehra |
Government | |
• Chief Commissioner | N/A |
• Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
Area | |
• Total | 4,579 km2 (1,768 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 1,556,460 |
• Density | 340/km2 (880/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Area code(s) | 0997 |
Number of union councils | 59 |
Number of tehsils | 5[2] |
Mansehra District (Pashto: مانسہرہ ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضِلع مانسہرہ) is a district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is main gateway to upper valleys of Kaghan, Naran and also to Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir.
It was established as a district in 1976, prior to which it was a tehsil within the former Hazara District.[3] Two former subdivisions of Mansehra were split off into separate districts: Battagram in 1993,[4] and Torghar District (formerly known as Kala Dhaka) in 2011.
Demographics[]
According to 2017 census total population of the Mansehra district was 1,556,460.[5] The total population for the Mansehra, Balakot and Oghi tehsil counted in the 1998 census was 978,200.[6]
The predominant language is Northern Hindko, which according to the 1981 census data for the Mansehra Tehsil was the language of communication within 72% of households. Pashto had a share of 14%.[7] There are also speakers of the widely dispersed Gujari language, particularly in the Kaghan Valley.[8] The local variety is intermediate between the eastern dialects of Gujari (spoken in Azad Kashmir) and the western group (from Chitral, Swat and Gilgit).[9] There is also a small community in the village of Dana in Oghi Tehsil who speak the endangered Mankiyali language.[10] Many people can write and speak Pakistani English.
Constituencies[]
The district is represented in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly by elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies:[11]
- 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:
Administrative divisions[]
Mansehra District consists of Officially five tehsils.[12][circular reference]
The Kala Dhaka tehsil was separated as Torghar District in 2011.
Mansehra[]
Mansehra Tehsil union councils:
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Provincial Assembly[]
Member of Provincial Assembly | Party Affiliation | Constituency | Year |
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Syed Ahmed Hussain Shah | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-30 Mansehra-I | 2018 |
Babar Saleem Swati | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-30 Mansehra-II | 2018 |
Muhammad Naeem | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | PK-30 Mansehra-III | 2018 |
Nawabzada Farid Salahuddin | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-30 Mansehra-IV | 2018 |
Sardar Muhammad Yousaf Zaman | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | PK-30 Mansehra-V | 2018 |
Notable people[]
- Senator Azam Khan Swati, federal Minister for Railways
- Mahan Singh Mirpuri, famous Sikh Khalsa Army General, Mansehra derives its name from him.
- Muhammad Raza Khan, former Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court
- Muhammad Safdar Awan, Central leader of PLM(N)
- Muneeb-ur-Rehman, former Chairman Ruet-e-Hilal Committee
- Sardar Muhammad Yousuf, former Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk.
- ^ https://www.dawn.com/news/1353998
- ^ Census report of Mansehra 1998, p. 1.
- ^ Census report of Batagram 1998, p. 18.
- ^ http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/DISTRICT_WISE_CENSUS_RESULTS_CENSUS_2017.pdf
- ^ Census report of Mansehra 1998, p. 96.
- ^ Census report of Mansehra 1981, p. 73.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Anjum & Rehman 2015.
- ^ › reports
- ^ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tehsils_of_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa#Mansehra%20District
- ^ https://www.dawn.com/news/1353998
- ^ https://www.dawn.com/news/1353998
Bibliography[]
- 1998 District census report of Batagram. Census publication. 18. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.
- 1981 District census report of Mansehra. District Census Report. 23. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1983.
- 1998 District census report of Mansehra. Census publication. 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.
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