Mansehra District

Mansehra District
District
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Founded by Raja Man singh
Headquarters Mansehra
Government
 • Deputy Commissioner (DC) Engineer Abdul Aamer Khattak(DMG/PAS Officer)
Area
 • Total 4,579 km2 (1,768 sq mi)
 • Density 272/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+5)
Makra Peak

Mansehra District (مانسہرہ) is in the Hazara division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Mansehra district and town are named after Man Singh, a leading general of Mughal Emperor Akbar. It is considered as an important tourist location due to Kaghan Valley area being located in the district and the Karakoram Highway passing through the district.

Constituencies

The district is represented in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly by six elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies:[1]

The district is represented in the National Assembly of Pakistan by two elected MNAs who represent the following constituencies:

Administrative divisions

Administrative subdivisions of Mansehra District.

Mansehra District consists of three tehsils, which are divided into 59 Union Councils,.[2]

  1. Balakot
  2. Mansehra
  3. Oghi

Mansehra

Mansehra Tehsil consists of 41 Union Councils: [3]

References

  1. ↑ Constituencies and MPAs – Website of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
  2. ↑ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Mansehra – Government of Pakistan
  3. ↑ Union Councils Mansehra

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