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Country
  
Pakistan

Tehsil
  
Tehsil Babuzai

Elevation
  
987 m

Area code
  
0946

District
  
Swat

Ward (KPK)
  
Ward Manglawar

Population
  
45,000 (2014)

Province
  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Union Council
  
Union Council Manglawar

Village Council (KPK)
  
VC Manglawar East VC Manglawar West

Manglawar (also spelled Manglor) (Pashto: منګلور‎) is an administrative unit, known as Union council or Ward of Tehsil Babuzai, of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. And is located at 34°48'30.7"N 72°25'50.0"E with an average altitude of 987 meters (3,238.19 feet).

Contents

Map of Manglor, Pakistan

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 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government System & 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. District Swat has 67 Wards, of which total amount of Village Councils is 170, and Neighborhood Council 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 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):

    Manglawar comes in Manglawar Ward No.39 East-1. The Following are details on Electoral point of view (LG Election 2015): Amount of Register voters is 9175. Of which Male is 5055 & Female is 4125. Charge No: 308 Circle No: 07 Block No: 01, 04, 05, 06 & 08 Block Code: 003080701, 003080704, 003080705, 003080706, 003080708 The Amount 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 Musa Khel, Burhan Khel, Mir Khel, Usman Khel, Langar Khel, Bibal Khel, Fateh Khan Khel, Dawlat Khel, Esa Khel, Miangan, Mulan and other peoples.

    Manglawar West consists of small Mohallas (Mohallas; A bunch of Houses in one place):

    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 & Tehsil Councilor. According to Election Commission of Pakistan the following are the Cabinet for five years:

    Before this Nazim (Chairman) and Naib Nazim (Vice Chairman) in 2002 were Malak Bakhtmand Khan (Late) and Haji Bakhtiar Khan (Late).

    Population

    In 1998 population of Manglawar was 17,812 Total population of Manglawar is estimated to be around 45 thousands.

    Government Sector

    Total number of Government Boys schools in Manglawar are: 47 Details of which are given below:

    Sports

    Residents of Manglawar take a keen interest in sports. With local games like 'Parpatonay', 'Amprakakay', Tekaan(Belwori), Gwatai, Shengrii(Qoramban), Qat, Ludo, Ghal bacha, Peetogaram, Da simano elay Chendakh, Parai, Neenzaki, etc., they also play Football, Cricket and Badminton.

    Manglawar Ground

    Manglawar has its own ground on West side of Manglawar near Sangota and Excelsior College Swat, opposite to Pakistan State Oil Fuel Station, and beside Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital Manglawar Swat. In playground youth of Manglawar plays in after dawn time. Approximate Length of Manglawar Playground is 195 meters and width is 70 meters (9 Kanal, 17 Marley). There is football posts and nets are placed. Facility of playing Cricket is also available.

    Football Teams

    Manglawar currently have number of Football teams, which takes part in Village based and Inter District. They are:

  • Manglawar Eleven Football Club
  • Prince Eleven Football Club
  • Junior Manglawar Eleven
  • As noted Manglawar were having very famous teams in past like: Tofan Eleven, Brazil Eleven etc. Manglawar have some legends of Footballers named Rahim Ali, Duraj Khan, Rokhan etc.

    Cricket Teams

    Cricket Teams are as follows:

  • Manglawar Eleven Cricket Club
  • Manglawar Titans
  • Skylark Manglawar
  • Post Office

    Manglawar Swat has BO (Branch Office) which works under GPO Saidu Sharif.

    Postal Code

    Postal Code of Manglawar is 19201. While postal code of Saidu Sharif GPO is 19200.

    ZIP Code

    ZIP code of Swat (Station: Saidu Sharif) is 19200. So Manglawar also has ZIP code 19200.

    Fame

    Manglawar is famous for many things. Some of them are:

  • Manglawar is famous for, as it is having the 2nd biggest Rock curved Buddha Statue (formally called as Budh Ghat) situated at Jahan Abad (Janabad) in Central Asia after Buddha of Bamiyan.
  • DwaSaro, the 2nd highest mountain in Swat of approximately 10,000 feet from Sea level.
  • Malka Swat, the queen of Malak Ahmad Baba (Founder of Yusufzai in Swat) was from here, also now she is buried in Dherai Manglawar.
  • Sultan Awais (Sultan’was) the last emperor of Swati Yousafzai state was from Manglawar, the remains of the castle are still observable.
  • It is said that Mubaraka Yusufzai, the wife of Babur, was from Manglawar.
  • Manglawar, the ancient capital of Swat (Udyana or Swastu).
  • Tourist attraction to Waterfall in Shingrai.
  • Fishes, Manglawar has a river where best variety of fishes having mouth-watering taste, hunters came from far flung areas to quench their desire with the piquant taste.
  • Furniture and wood working handicrafts work is also famous made for the locally produced wood from the jungles of Manglawar.
  • 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 is famous for its beauty.
  • Pul Shopar (Gungri also known as cocktail) is a food, people from far areas used to enjoy it mostly on Friday. etc.
  • Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital

    Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital [NSKH] (Often called: Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital and Postgraduate Institute Manglawar Swat KPK) is situated in Garai Kalay Manglawar Swat. It is named after Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Prime Minister of Pakistan) as it is gifted and funded by him. It is 116-bed hospital, with 12 Dialysis machines and Air Conditioning which is spread over 32 kanals at cost of 600 million rupees.It is a Project of Punjab Hospitals Trust. The hospital has an OPD, Male and Female Wards, an Operation Theatre, a Dialysis Unit and other basic facilities.

    Crops & Fruits

    The village climate is favorable for many crops and fruits. The village not only fulfill their own need but also supply its product to other areas. Among these Apricots (Pashto: خوبانئ‎), Palms, & Peach, Maze, Wheat, Rice (Pashto: شولې‎), Vegetables are more common.

    Insurgency

    During insurgency period of Swat, People of Manglawar suffered from Terrorism of extremists. But rather than other parts of Swat, Manglawar was very less suffered. Because of less involvement of people in such instances. When Pakistani military agrees on doing operation against terrorism, people of Manglawar migrated from their homes to Peshawar, Mardan, Swabi, Nowshera etc. First they migrated on 25 Oct, 2007 during Operation Rah-e-Haq, and then on 16 May 2009 during operation Operation Rah-e-Rast During these black days one of high profile Miangul Asfandyar Amir Zeb was assassinated in Kass Manglawar on December 28, 2007 with six of his supporters including Malak Bakhtmand khan and Zahir Shah Khan.

    Babagan

    Baz Dada(in Manglawar bazar), Mian Shah Rasool baba (in Manglawar ada), Mian Shekh baba(in Shakhorai) are spiritual people which are buried in Manglawar. There are many folk tales attached to them in local people. In Manglawar a brave women fighter is also graved named as Shaheeda Abai.

    Bank

    National Bank of Pakistan(Branch Code 231639 or 1639) is situated near Manglawar Pul.

    Time Zone

    Time zone of Manglawar is Pakistan Standard Time: PST (UTC+5).

    e-Sahulat

    e-Sahulat (Branch Code: 61317) is situated in a Mall which is situated near Manglawar Pul / Bridge.

    Waterfalls

    Shingrai Waterfall (often called: ShingroDand) is situated in Shingrai Manglawar, which is situated 18 km northeast side to main city of Swat; Mingora, of drive about 40 minutes. Shingrai Waterfall is about 10,000 feet above sea level. The diameter of the waterfall is about 70 feet. The height of the waterfall is about 35 feet.

    References

    Manglawar Wikipedia