Mansehra District (Urdu, ) is a district in the Hazara Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan. The city of Mansehra serves as the headquarters of the district.
Mansehra was established as an independent district in 1976. It was previously a tehsil within the broader Hazara District. In 1993, a former subdivision of Mansehra, Battagram, was separated as an independent district. Similarly, in 2011, another subdivision of Mansehra, Kala Dhaka, was separated which is now known as Torghar District.
Demographics Population
As of the 2023 census, Mansehra district has 294,052 households and a population of 1,797,177. The district has a sex ratio of 103.08 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 63.79%: 75.33% for males and 52.02% for females. 478,985 (26.76% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 154,834 (8.62%) live in urban areas.
Ethnic groups Gujar is the largest ethnic group of the Mansehra district, forming a simple majority. Other main ethnic groups of Mansehra include Kohistani, Tanoli, Awan, Syed, and Swati. A few other minor ethnic groups also inhabit Mansehra, including Dhund, Mughal, Qureshi, Akhun Khel, Turk, and Pashtun tribes (Mandokhel, Yousafzai, Utmanzai, Nusratkhel, Hassanzai).
Languages
Main languages Four main languages, Hindko, Pashto, Kohistani, and Urdu spoken in the district. At the time of the 2023 census, 66.22% of the population spoke Hindko, 17.97% Pashto, 2.51% Kohistani and 1.16% Urdu as their first language.
Other languages Other minor languages are spoken by 12.14%. These languages include Gujari, Mankiyali and a few others. 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. The local variety is intermediate between the eastern dialects of Gujari (spoken in Azad Kashmir) and the western group (spoken in Chitral, Swat and Gilgit). There is also a small community in the village of Dana in Oghi Tehsil who speak the endangered Mankiyali language.
Religions + Religion in contemporary Mansehra DistrictReligiousgroup194120172023 Islam 293,23197.79% 1,555,31599.97%1,785,07199.75% Hinduism 5,4311.81%28~0%39~0% Sikhism 1,1740.39%31~0% Christianity 220.01%1630.01%3,9860.22%Other0~0%2360.02%4970.03% Total Population299,858100% 1,555,742100%1,789,624100%
Constituencies The district is represented in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly by elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies:
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: NA-14 (Mansehra-I) NA-15 (Mansehra Torghar), Shahzada Gustasip Khan Swati
Administrative divisions
Mansehra District consists of six tehsils, with Tanawal Tehsil separated from the other five in December 2022. The area comprising present-day Mansehra District historically consisted of two regions: Pakhal, known as the country of the Swati tribe, and Tanawal, the territory of the Tanoli tribe. TehsilName (Urdu)Area (km2)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km2)
(2023)Literacy rate (2023)Union CouncilsBaffa Pakhal()640460,090718.8960.85%Bala Kot Tehsil()2,376310,339130.6167.50%Darband()10251,702506.8850.47%Mansehra Tehsil()700723,3251,033.3268.70%Oghi Tehsil()307251,721819.9452.85%Tanawal Tehsil()............ The Kala Dhaka tehsil was separated as Torghar District in 2011.
Politics Member of Provincial Assembly Party affiliation Constituency Year Munir Lughmani Swati Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PK-36 Mansehra-I2024 Babar Saleem Khan SwatiPakistan Tehreek-e-InsafPK-37 Mansehra-II 2024 Zahid Chanzeb SwatiPakistan Tehreek-e-InsafPK-38 Mansehra-III 2024 Ikram Ghazi Khan Tanoli Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PK-39 Mansehra-IV2024 Sardar Shah Jahan YousafPakistan Muslim League (N)PK-40 Mansehra-V2024
Notable people
See also Mansehra Shiva Temple Mansehra Airport
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