Mansehra District
Mansehra District 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.
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. According to revenue records, historical accounts, and British gazetteers, following the conquest of Pakhal from the Turks in 1703, Swati clans settled across the region, establishing ownership of nearly all villages in the district.
Demographics
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 are under 10 years of age. 154,834 live in urban areas.Major ethnic groups
The major ethnic groups in Mansehra district are:- Gujjar
- Kohistani
- Awan
- Syed
- Tanoli
- Swati
Other ethnic groups
- Dhund
- Mughal
- Qureshi
- Akhun Khel
- Turk
- Pashtun tribes
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. The local variety is intermediate between the eastern dialects of Gujari and the western group. There is also a small community in the village of Dana in Oghi Tehsil who speak the endangered Mankiyali language.
Religions
Constituencies
The district is represented in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly by elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies:Constituency and current member :
- PK-36, Munir Lughmani Swati
- PK-37, Babar Saleem Swati
- PK 38, Zahid Chanzeb Swati
- PK 39, Ikram Ghazi Tanoli
- PK 40, Sardar Shah Jahan
- NA-14
- NA-15, Shahzada Gustasip Khan Swati
Administrative divisions
| Tehsil | Name | Area | Pop. | Density | Literacy rate | Union Councils |
| Baffa Pakhal | 640 | 460,090 | 718.89 | 60.85% | ||
| Bala Kot Tehsil | 2,376 | 310,339 | 130.61 | 67.50% | ||
| Darband | 102 | 51,702 | 506.88 | 50.47% | ||
| Mansehra Tehsil | 700 | 723,325 | 1,033.32 | 68.70% | ||
| Oghi Tehsil | 307 | 251,721 | 819.94 | 52.85% | ||
| Tanawal Tehsil | ... | ... | ... | ... |
The Kala Dhaka tehsil was separated as Torghar District in 2011.