Manglawar (also spelled Manglor) (; ) is an administrative unit, known as Union council of Tehsil Babuzai, of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and former capital of Kingdom of Swat. It is located at 34°48'30.7"N 72°25'50.0"E with an average altitude of 987 meters (3,238.19 feet).
Administrative division
Manglawar is divided into sub-parts for better administrative hold. Manglawar is divided on the basis of two systems: 1967-based: This division is based upon West Pakistan Land Revenue Act, 1967 (W.P. Act No. XVII of 1967). According to this division Manglawar is Union Council which also includes Union Council Aka Maruf Khel i-e: (Bishbanr, Kass, Banjot & Sar Sardaray) Goratai, Taligram etc. This system is still used in most of Patwar and Land revenue systems.
KPK Local Government-based: This division is based upon the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government System and Act 2013 which was recommended on 31 October 2013, and was practically applied in Local Bodies Election May 2015 by Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf officials, as they are ruling at the time. According to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013.Khber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013.pdf Khber-Pakhtunkhwa-Local-Government-Act-2013.pdf District Swat has 67 wards, of which the total number of village councils is 170, and neighborhood councils is 44.
According to this system Manglawar is a ward which is further divided into two village councils: Manglawar East Manglawar West
Manglawar East Manglawar East, also known as Manglawar No.1 or Aka Maruf, is a Village Council. It is situated on East side of Manglawar. Manglawar East is inhabited by Akamaroof Pashtuns which is a sub tribe or clan of Babuzai. Manglawar East, Akamaroof consist of Gudyan Khel, Haqdad Khel, Mazid Khel, Malakanan, Miangan, Mulan and other racial groups. Manglawar East consists of small Mohallas (Mohallas; A bunch of Houses in one place):
Shingrai () Salanda () Said Abad () Azimabad () Murad Abad () Gul Mayera () Azgharai () Enzartangai () Dewangai () Batra () Shakhorai () Tekai () Mohalla Haqdad Khel () Kuz Mazid Khel () Mazid Khel Bala () Mohalla BakhtMand Khan () Mohalla Gudyan Khel () Mohalla Madi Khel () Mohalla Saidan ()
Manglawar comes in Manglawar Ward No.39 East-1. The following are details on electoral point of view (LG Election 2015): Number of registered voters is 9175. Of which male is 5055 and female is 4125. Charge No: 308 Circle No: 07 Block No: 01, 04, 05, 06 & 08 Block Code: 003080701, 003080704, 003080705, 003080706, 003080708 The number of allotted seats for General Councilor is: 9.
Manglawar West Manglawar West also known as Manglawar No.2 or Bami Khel is a Village Council. It is situated on West side of Manglawar. Manglawar West is inhabited by Bami Khel Pashtuns which is a sub tribe of Babuzai. Manglawar West also known as Bami Khel consisted of Esa Khel,Musa Khel, Burhan Khel, Mir Khel, Usman Khel, Langar Khel, Bibal Khel, Fateh Khan Khel, Dawlat Khel,Miangan, Mulan and other peoples.
Manglawar West consists of small mohallas (a bunch of houses in one place):
1. Mohalla Esa Khel (Pashto: محله عيسي خيل)
2. Ali Khan Khel ()
3. Fateh Khan Khel ()
4. Bibal Khel ()
5. Rahat Abad (Gharib Abad) ()
6. Kara ()
7. Kalkata ()
8. Zanagram ()
9. Miangan ()
10. Garai Kalay ()
11. Manglawar Pul ()
12. Malak Nagar ()
13. Dawlat Khel ()
14. Tawheed Abad ()
15. Shaheed Abad ()
16. Gulshan Colony Maira ()
17. Cheel ()
18. Mohalla Bakht Pur Khan ()
19. Bhatai ()
20. Shakaray ()
21. Shaldara (
Local Bodies Election 2015
Local Bodies Elections were held on May 29, 2015. Manglawar East and West have their own chairman and vice chairman.
Manglawar is a whole ward having its own local government, consisting of District Councilor and Tehsil Councilor.LG candidates vow to bridge gap between people, govt depts, Dawn, Published: 25 May 2015 According to Election Commission of Pakistan the following are the Cabinet for five years:
S.No Designation Name 1 District Councilor Ward Manglawar Sarwar Khan 2Tehsil Councilor Ward Manglawar Buneray Khan 3Chairman VC Manglawar East Hanifa Gul 4Vice Chairman VC Manglawar East Arshad Ali 5Chairman VC Manglawar West Iftikhar Khan 6 Vice Chairman VC Manglawar West Barkat Ali
Before this Nazim (chairman) and Naib Nazim (Vice Chairman) in 2002 were Malak Bakhtmand Khan (Late) and Haji Bakhtiar Khan (Late).
Population In 2017-18 the population of Manglawar was estimated at 37,147.
Education
Educational institutes
Government sector Total number of government boys' schools in Manglawar are: 47 Details of which are given below:
S.NoCategory of schoolsNumber 1Govt primary schools (GPS)39 2Govt high schools (GHS)3 3Govt maktab schools (GMS) 1 4Govt maktab primary schools (GMPS) 4 Total number of government boys' schools47
Sports Residents of Manglawar take a keen interest in sports. Local games include Parpatonay, Amprakakay, Tekaan (Belwori), Gwatai, Shengrii (Qoramban), Qat, Ludo, Ghal bacha, Peetogaram, Da Simano Elay, Chendakh, Parai, and Neenzaki. They also play football, cricket and badminton.
Manglawar Ground Manglawar has its own ground on the West side of Manglawar near Sangota and Excelsior College Swat, opposite to Pakistan State Oil Fuel Station, and beside Miangul Abdul Haq Jahanzeb Kidney Hospital. In the playground, the youth of Manglawar plays after dawn time. The approximate Length of Manglawar Playground is 195 meters and width is 70 meters (9 Kanal, 17 Marley). There are football posts and goalposts. You can also play Cricket.
Football teams Manglawar currently has a number of football teams, which take part in Village-based and Inter District. They are: Manglawar Eleven Football Club Prince Football club Manglawar Eleven star Manglawar Al sayed Salanda
Manglawar had very famous teams in past like Tofan Eleven and Brazil Eleven. Manglawar have some legends of footballers named Rahmat Ali ChaCha, Rahim Ali, Duraj Khan and Rokhan.
Manglawar also had junior teams, including United Manglawar Young Man Manglor Eagle star FC Young 11 Manglor Shaghai FC Manglawar Intezar FC
Cricket teams Cricket teams are as follows: Manglawar Eleven Cricket Club Manglawar Titans Skylark Manglawar Hunter Cricket Club Manglawar Manglawar Gladiator cricket club Manglawar Lions
Addresses
Post office Manglawar Swat has BO (Branch Office)Post Office in Manglawar Swat, Retrieved 28 Nov, 2015 which works under GPO Saidu Sharif. Manglawar Swat geoview.info
Postal Code Postal Code of Manglawar shaldar is 19201. While postal code of Saidu Sharif GPO is 19200.Post Codes of GPO's - Pakistan Post
ZIP Code ZIP code of Swat (Station: Saidu Sharif) is 19200. So Manglawar also has ZIP code 19200.Pakistan ZIP Codes , Retrieved 28 Nov, 2015
Fame Manglawar is famous for many things. Some of them are: Manglawar is famous for, as it is having the second biggest rock carved Buddha Statue (formally called as Budh Ghat) at Jahan Abad (Janabad) in Central Asia after Buddha of Bamiyan.Janabad Seated Buddha, Courtesy SwatValley.net, Retrieved 28 Nov, 2015Conservation: Defaced Buddha sculpture gets facelift, Tribune, Published: June 26, 2012Buddha attacked by Taliban gets facelift in Pakistan, Dawn, Published: June 25, 2012Italian Archeologist Luca Olivieri returns to Swat for the preservation of Buddhist Statues destroyed by Taliban, Pakistan-Explorer, Published: June 30, 2012. Dwa Saro, the second highest mountain in Swat of approximately 10,000 feet from Sea level.Muhammad Parvesh Shaheen, Wadi Swat(2009), P: 21, Maktab-e-Jamal Malka Swat, Queen of Swat, Shahida Bibi (Wife of Sultan Awais Swati ) who was also the Sister of Malak Ahmad Baba (Founder of Yusufzai in Swat) was from here, also now she is buried in Dherai Manglawar.Malika-e Swat, 1st Edition, 1983, Roshan Khan Sultan Awais Swati (Sultan’was) the last emperor of Kingdom of SwatBhardwaj Kritika, Malala: The Crusader of Fearless Freedom was from Manglawar, the remains of the castle are still observable. He was from Swati tribe whose descendants are now living in Mansehra. Sultan Pakhal Swati founded Kingdom of Swat with capital as Manglawar. It is said that Mubaraka Yusufzai, the wife of Babur, was from Manglawar. Manglawar, the ancient capital of Kingdom of Swat/ Pakhal Sarkar (UdyanaAllah Bakhs Yusufi, Yousafzai (Karachi: Mohammadan Educational Society, 1960). or Swastu).The Early History of India from 600 B. C. to the Muhammadan Conquest,(1957) P: 522Lionel D. Barnett, Antiquities of India: An Account of the History and Culture of Ancient Hindustan, P: 38Vidya Bhawan The Indian Historical Quarterly, Volume 22, (1946) P: 38SUVASTU; A River, ValleySwat.net, Retrieved 28 Nov 2015 Tourist attraction to Waterfall in Shingrai.Shingrai Waterfall, Retrieved 20 Nov, 2015 Fishes, Manglawar has a river where best variety of fishes having a mouth-watering taste, hunters came from far flung areas to quench their desire with the piquant taste. Furniture and woodworking handicrafts work is also famous made for the locally produced wood from the jungles of Manglawar.Swat wood carvers: Creating delicate timber masterpieces, Tribune, Published: April 10, 2011Wood carving tradition stays alive in Swat, Dawn, Published: 18 June 2015Buddha's empty chair: Swat's artisans persevere to save age-old traditions, The Express Tribune, Published: May 10, 2014 Cement rocks which is in Shingrai. Manglawar is site for the best Rabab players, and loke singer of Pashto music. For Education, as compared to Swat, Manglawar has more than educated people from other places. Cobbler's make shoes, which are famous for their beauty. Pul Shopar (Gungri also known as a cocktail) is a food, people from far areas used to enjoy it mostly on Friday. etc.
Former capital Khan Roshan Khan Yousafzai- A famous Pashtun historian wrote about Sultan Pakhal on the page no 8 of his book Malika E Swat that "At the time Yusufzai were exiled from Kabul, at that time Sultan Pakhil was the king of Swat. It is said that from Ashnagar to the top of Malakand and the whole of Swat including its territories and suburbs and the whole of Bunir was under the control of Sultan Pakhil. Sultan Pakhil himself lived in the fort of Mangalore. This fort, which was the base of the Sultanate of Swat, was very populated during the era of the Sultanate of Swat. Inside and outside there were colorful houses and strange havelis, tall palaces and primitive rivers flowing inside the fort. The bazaar was colorful and the shops were decorated. Outside the fort on the west side was the royal mausoleum which is still preserved."
Hospitals
Miangul Abdul Haq Jahanzeb Kidney Hospital Miangul Abdul Haq Jahanzeb Kidney Hospital [MJKH] is situated in Garai Kalay Manglawar Swat. It is a 110-bed hospital and was a Project of Punjab Hospitals Trust. It is spread over 32 Kanal (unit) at a cost of . According to officials, the hospital has 40-bed urology and 40-bed nephrology units that provide all sorts of services including free surgeries at three state-of-the-art operation theatres for renal diseases. They added that on average, 90 dialysis treatments were conducted at the facility which had also ICU and HDU to cope with seriously ill patients.
Economy
Crops and fruits The village climate is favorable for many crops and fruits. The village not only fulfills their own need but also supplies its product to other areas. Among these are Apricots (), Palms, & Peach, Maize, Wheat, Rice (), Vegetables are more common.Swat peach growers aim at foreign markets, Dawn, Published: 15 Jul, 2015Fruit orchards play key role in Swat economy, Dawn, Published: 23 June 2015
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