Battagram

Battagram
Town and Union Council
Battagram

Location in Pakistan

Coordinates: PK 34°41′N 73°1′E / 34.683°N 73.017°E / 34.683; 73.017Coordinates: PK 34°41′N 73°1′E / 34.683°N 73.017°E / 34.683; 73.017
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa
District Battagram
Elevation 1,038 m (3,406 ft)
Battagram City from a distant mound

Battagram (Urdu: بٹگرام‎) is the capital city of Battagram District in Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa Province of Pakistan. It is located at 34°41'N 73°1'E and has an altitude of 1038 metres (3408 feet).. [1] The schools are being built with the help of several NGOs and foreign funds to improve the literacy rate of the people.[2]

Earthquake 2005

Battagram was one of the areas affected by the earthquake of October 8, 2005[3] when more than 4,500 people were killed and approximately 35,000 were injured. Many residents of the area were rendered homeless and without shelter. Since October 8, 2005, the NGOs and the governmental organization ERRA have been engaged in reconstruction work but as of 2009, the reconstruction work is not completed. In some cases residents have rebuilt houses themselves.

Administration

Battagram District is divided into two tehsils the proper Battagram and Allai (which comprising Banna, Bateela, Batkul, Biari, Jambera, Pashto, Rashang and Sakargah). Proper Battagram main city being a tehsil and district headquarters, is also one of 20 Union Councils of the District of Battagram.[4] the peoples of Battagram Migrated from Swat if you say original Swati are they its not be wrong.Swati is a Cast mostly Swati living in Battagram Ogi Manasera Swati is a huge Cast so in swati have sub cast which living in Battagram Eg Torkhail ,Rajakhail,samalakhail, Khankhail,Shampore,argwashal,Mashakhial ,etc most powerfull cast in Battgram is Torkhail .Torkhail also diveded in two sub casts Nare Torkhail and Gat torkhil which belong in Deshan they doing Jirga to solve people problems.

The Battagram tehsil is subdivided into 12 Union Councils these are:[5]

Union Councils Union Councils
Ajmera Banian
Battagram Batamori
Gijbori Kuza Banda
Paimal Sharif Peshora
Rajdahri Shumlai
Thakot Trand

See also

References

  1. ↑ Location of Battagram – Falling Rain Genomics
  2. ↑ Holland builds schools in Battagram
  3. ↑ Educational Institutes in Battagram, Hazara, retrieved 19 March 2012
  4. ↑ "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Battagram". National Reconstruction Bureau of Pakistan.
  5. ↑ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Battagram – Government of Pakistan
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