Maddakhel

This article is about the Swati Pashtun clan. For the Yusufzai Pashtun clan, see Madakhel.

Maddakhel is a Pashtun clan of Allaiwals , Batagram, Mansehra district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Historically, Madda Khel had 600 fighting men against English at the end of the 19th century during the British colonial rule.

The area Maddakhail consist of two closely located regions. Soray (dark) Madakhail and Peetao (in sun) Madakhail. The population of Pitao is greater than that of Soray. The most literate village in Pitao is that of Gowandla and Tetay.

Maddakhail region has been joined to Topi, district swabi, by road since December 2008. Most of the people travel preferably to Topi for shopping instead of Darband nowadays.

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