Manglawar Explained

Official Name:manglawar
Manglawar
Nickname:manglawar
Settlement Type:Union council
Mapsize:100px
Map Alt:Showing Manglawar in Pakistan
Coordinates:34.47°N 72.43°W
Pushpin Map:Pakistan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Swat
Subdivision Type3:Tehsil
Subdivision Name3:Tehsil Babuzai
Subdivision Type4:Union Council
Subdivision Name4:Union Council Manglawar
Subdivision Type5:Ward (KPK)
Subdivision Name5:Ward Manglawar
Subdivision Type6:Village Council (KPK)
Subdivision Name6:
  • VC Manglawar East
  • VC Manglawar West
Population Total:37147
Population As Of:2017
Population Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:987
Area Code:0946
Area Code Type:Calling code
Timezone1:PST
Utc Offset1:+5
Demographics1 Title1:Main language(s)
Demographics1 Info1:Pashto
Website:http://manglorswat.blogspot.com/

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

Administrative division

Manglawar is divided into sub-parts for better administrative hold. Manglawar is divided on the basis of two systems:

This division is based upon West Pakistan Land Revenue Act, 1967 (W.P. Act No. XVII of 1967).[2] 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.

This division is based upon the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government System[3] and 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.[4] District Swat has 67 wards, of which the total number of village councils is 170, and neighborhood councils is 44.

According to this system Manglawar is a ward which is further divided into two village councils:

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):

  1. Shingrai (Pushto; Pashto: شنګرئ)
  2. Salanda (Pushto; Pashto: سالنډه)
  3. Said Abad (Pushto; Pashto: سيد آباد)
  4. Azimabad (Pushto; Pashto: عظیم آباد)
  5. Murad Abad (Pushto; Pashto: مراد آباد)
  6. Gul Mayera (Pushto; Pashto: ګل ميره)
  7. Azgharai (Pushto; Pashto: ازغرې)
  8. Enzartangai (Pushto; Pashto: انځرتنګې)
  9. Dewangai (Pushto; Pashto: ديوانګې)
  10. Batra (Pushto; Pashto: باترا)
  11. Shakhorai (Pushto; Pashto: شخورئ)
  12. Tekai (Pushto; Pashto: ټکې)
  13. Mohalla Haqdad Khel (Pushto; Pashto: حقداد خيل)
  14. Kuz Mazid Khel (Pushto; Pashto: کوز مزيد خيل)
  15. Mazid Khel Bala (Pushto; Pashto: بر مزيد خيل)
  16. Mohalla BakhtMand Khan (Pushto; Pashto: محله بخت مند خان)
  17. Gudyan (Pushto; Pashto: ګوډيان)
  18. Mohalla Madi Khel (Pushto; Pashto: محله مدې خيل)
  19. Mohalla Saidan (Pushto; Pashto: محله سيدان)

Manglawar comes in Manglawar Ward No.39 East-1. The following are details on electoral point of view (LG Election 2015):

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 (a bunch of houses in one place):

  1. Ali Khan Khel (Pushto; Pashto: علي خان خيل)
  2. Fateh Khan Khel (Pushto; Pashto: فتح خان خيل)
  3. Bibal Khel (Pushto; Pashto: بيبل خيل)
  4. Rahat Abad (Gharib Abad) (Pushto; Pashto: راحت آباد ، غريب آباد)
  5. Kara (Pushto; Pashto: کړه)
  6. Kalkata (Pushto; Pashto: کالکټه)
  7. Zanagram (Pushto; Pashto: زنګرام)
  8. Miangan (Pushto; Pashto: مياګان)
  9. Mohalla Esa Khel (Pushto; Pashto: محله عيسي خيل)
  10. Garai Kalay (Pushto; Pashto: ګړئ کلې)
  11. Manglawar Pul (Pushto; Pashto: منګلور پل)
  12. Malak Nagar (Pushto; Pashto: ملک نګر)
  13. Dawlat Khel (Pushto; Pashto: دولت خيل)
  14. Tawheed Abad (Pushto; Pashto: توحيد آباد)
  15. Shaheed Abad (Pushto; Pashto: شهيد آباد)
  16. Gulshan Colony Maira (Pushto; Pashto: ګلشن کالوني ميره)
  17. Cheel (Pushto; Pashto: چيل)
  18. Mohalla Bakht Pur Khan (Pushto; Pashto: محله بخت پور خان)
  19. Bhatai (Pushto; Pashto: بټئ)
  20. Shakaray (Pushto; Pashto: شکرې)
  21. Shaldara (Pushto; Pashto: شلدره

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 and Tehsil Councilor.[5] According to Election Commission of Pakistan the following are the Cabinet for five years:

S.NoDesignation Name
1District Councilor Ward Manglawar Sarwar Khan
2Tehsil Councilor Ward Manglawar Buneray Khan
3Chairman VC Manglawar East Hanifa Gul
4Vice Chairman VC Manglawar East Arshad Ali
5Chairman VC Manglawar West Iftikhar Khan
6Vice Chairman VC Manglawar West Barkat Ali

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

Population

In 2017-18 the population of Manglawar was estimated at 37,147.[1]

Education

Educational institutes

Government sector

Total number of government boys' schools in Manglawar are: 47 [6] Details of which are given below:

S.NoCategory of schoolsNumber
1Govt primary schools (GPS)39
2Govt high schools (GHS)3
3Govt maktab schools (GMS) 1
4Govt maktab primary schools (GMPS) 4
Total number of government boys' schools47

Sports

Residents of Manglawar take a keen interest in sports. Local games include Parpatonay, Amprakakay, Tekaan (Belwori), Gwatai, Shengrii (Qoramban), Qat, Ludo, Ghal bacha, Peetogaram, Da Simano Elay, Chendakh, Parai, and Neenzaki. They also play football, cricket and badminton.

Manglawar Ground

Manglawar has its own ground on the West side of Manglawar near Sangota and Excelsior College Swat, opposite to Pakistan State Oil Fuel Station, and beside Miangul Abdul Haq Jahanzeb Kidney Hospital. In the playground, the youth of Manglawar plays after dawn time. The approximate Length of Manglawar Playground is 195 meters and width is 70 meters (9 Kanal, 17 Marley). There are football posts and goalposts. You can also play Cricket.

Football teams

Manglawar currently has a number of football teams, which take part in Village-based and Inter District. They are:

Manglawar had very famous teams in past like Tofan Eleven and Brazil Eleven. Manglawar have some legends of footballers named Rahmat Ali ChaCha, Rahim Ali, Duraj Khan and Rokhan.

Manglawar also had junior teams, including

Cricket teams

Cricket teams are as follows:

Addresses

Post office

Manglawar Swat has BO (Branch Office)[8] which works under GPO Saidu Sharif.[8] [9] [10]

Postal Code

Postal Code of Manglawar is 19201.[8] While postal code of Saidu Sharif GPO is 19200.[9] [11]

ZIP Code

ZIP code of Swat (Station: Saidu Sharif) is 19200. So Manglawar also has ZIP code 19200.[12]

Fame

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

Former capital

Khan Roshan Khan Yousafzai- A famous Pashtun historian wrote about Sultan Pakhal on the page no 8 of his book Malika E Swat[1] that "At the time Yusufzai were exiled from Kabul, at that time Sultan Pakhil was the king of Swat. It is said that from Ashnagar to the top of Malakand and the whole of Swat including its territories and suburbs and the whole of Bunir was under the control of Sultan Pakhil. Sultan Pakhil himself lived in the fort of Mangalore. This fort, which was the base of the Sultanate of Swat, was very populated during the era of the Sultanate of Swat. Inside and outside there were colorful houses and strange havelis, tall palaces and primitive rivers flowing inside the fort. The bazaar was colorful and the shops were decorated. Outside the fort on the west side was the royal mausoleum which is still preserved."

Hospitals

Miangul Abdul Haq Jahanzeb Kidney Hospital

Miangul Abdul Haq Jahanzeb Kidney Hospital [MJKH] is situated in Garai Kalay Manglawar Swat. It is a 110-bed hospital and was a Project of Punjab Hospitals Trust. It is spread over 32 Kanal (unit) at a cost of . According to officials, the hospital has 40-bed urology and 40-bed nephrology units that provide all sorts of services including free surgeries at three state-of-the-art operation theatres for renal diseases. They added that on average, 90 dialysis treatments were conducted at the facility which had also ICU and HDU to cope with seriously ill patients.[30]

Economy

Crops and fruits

The village climate is favorable for many crops and fruits. The village not only fulfills their own need but also supplies its product to other areas. Among these are Apricots (Pushto; Pashto: خوبانئ), Palms, & Peach, Maize, Wheat, Rice (Pushto; Pashto: شولې), Vegetables are more common.[31] [32]

Insurgency

During the insurgency period of Swat, the People of Manglawar suffered from the Terrorism of extremists. But compared to other parts of Swat, Manglawar suffered less. Because of the less involvement of people in such instances. When the Pakistani military agreed on doing an operation against terrorism, the people of Manglawar migrated from their homes to Peshawar, Mardan, Swabi, Nowshera, etc. First, they migrated on 25 October 2007 during the Operation Rah-e-Haq, and then on 16 May 2009 during operation Operation Rah-e-RastDuring these black days one of high-profile Miangul Asfandyar Amir Zeb was assassinated in Kass Manglawar on 28 December 2007 with six of his supporters including Malak Bakhtmand khan and Zahir Shah Khan.[33]

Miscellaneous

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.[34]

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. [35]

Shingrai Waterfall

Shingrai Waterfall
Alt Name:Shingro Dand
Map:Pakistan
Map Width:220
Coordinates:34.79°N 72.47°W
Location:Manglawar, Swat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Type:Cascade
Height:30abbr=on0abbr=on
Average Width:70feet

Shingrai Waterfall[36] (often called: ShingroDand) is situated in Shingrai Manglawar, which is situated in Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the province of Pakistan.[37] It is located from Manglawar and about northeast of Mingora. Shingrai Waterfall is about 10000feet above sea level. It is 70feet wide and about 30feet in height.[38] [39] [40]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population And Household Detail From Block To District Level: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 2018-01-03. 2018-04-23. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. https://web.archive.org/web/20180417101439/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/kp/SWAT_BLOCKWISE.pdf. 2018-04-17. dead.
  2. Web site: The West Pakistan Land Revenue Act, 1967 . 2015-11-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151205063300/http://www.khyberpakhtunkhwa.gov.pk/Gov/files/v6_0015.htm . 2015-12-05 . dead .
  3. Web site: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa . khyberpakhtunkhwa.gov.pk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150203001404/http://khyberpakhtunkhwa.gov.pk/khyberpk/homepage.php?deptID=55 . 2015-02-03.
  4. http://lgkp.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1.-A-printable-version-of-the-Khber-Pakhtunkhwa-Local-Government-Act-2013.pdf Khber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013.pdf
  5. http://www.dawn.com/news/1184054 LG candidates vow to bridge gap between people, govt depts
  6. Web site: List of Govt Boys School in Manglor Swat. 12 October 2014.
  7. Web site: Skylark Manglawar win cricket tournament in Swat . Radio TNN . 30 November 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180327214944/http://www.radiotnn.com/skylark-manglawar-win-cricket-tournament-in-swat/ . 27 March 2018.
  8. http://manglorswat.blogspot.com/2014/04/post-office-in-manglor-swat.html Post Office in Manglawar Swat
  9. Web site: Postal Codes - Saidu Sharif, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. www.paktive.com.
  10. http://pk.geoview.info/manglawar_swat,39162402p Manglawar Swat
  11. http://www.pakpost.gov.pk/postcode/postcode.html Post Codes of GPO's - Pakistan Post
  12. http://www.ogpbb.com/pakistan/info/pakistan-zip-code.html Pakistan ZIP Codes
  13. Web site: English: Janabad is part of Swat District and is located at 34°50'0"N 72°26'30"E with an average altitude of 1,032 meters (3,386 feet). In Jaanabad, where people still use wooden bridges to connect villages to city, has the world's biggest Buddha sculpture that awaits tourists.. May 11, 2015. Wikimedia Commons.
  14. http://www.valleyswat.net/tourism/janabad.html Janabad Seated Buddha
  15. Conservation: Defaced Buddha sculpture gets facelift, Tribune, Published: June 26, 2012
  16. http://www.dawn.com/news/729361/buddha-attacked-by-taliban-gets-facelift-in-pakistan Buddha attacked by Taliban gets facelift in Pakistan
  17. http://www.pakistan-explorer.com/articles/italian-archeologist-luca-olivieri-returns-to-swat-for-the-preservation-of-buddhist-statues-destroyed-by-taliban Italian Archeologist Luca Olivieri returns to Swat for the preservation of Buddhist Statues destroyed by Taliban
  18. Muhammad Parvesh Shaheen, Wadi Swat(2009), P: 21, Maktab-e-Jamal
  19. Malika-e Swat, 1st Edition, 1983, Roshan Khan
  20. Bhardwaj Kritika, Malala: The Crusader of Fearless Freedom
  21. Allah Bakhs Yusufi, Yousafzai (Karachi: Mohammadan Educational Society, 1960).
  22. https://books.google.com/books?id=ciYKAQAAIAAJ&q=Manglawar The Early History of India from 600 B. C. to the Muhammadan Conquest
  23. Lionel D. Barnett, Antiquities of India: An Account of the History and Culture of Ancient Hindustan, P: 38
  24. Vidya Bhawan The Indian Historical Quarterly, Volume 22, (1946) P: 38
  25. http://www.valleyswat.net/suvastu.html SUVASTU; A River
  26. http://manglorswat.blogspot.com/2015/10/shingrai-waterfall.html Shingrai Waterfall
  27. http://tribune.com.pk/story/146633/swat-wood-carvers-creating-delicate-timber-masterpieces/ Swat wood carvers: Creating delicate timber masterpieces
  28. Wood carving tradition stays alive in Swat, Dawn, Published: 18 June 2015
  29. http://tribune.com.pk/story/706382/buddhas-empty-chair-swats-artisans-persevere-to-save-age-old-traditions/ Buddha’s empty chair: Swat’s artisans persevere to save age-old traditions
  30. Web site: Decision to rename Swat kidney hospital apolitical: govt - Newspaper - DAWN.COM. 13 July 2021.
  31. http://www.dawn.com/news/1029065 Swat peach growers aim at foreign markets
  32. http://www.dawn.com/news/1189850 Fruit orchards play key role in Swat economy
  33. News: Second anniversary of Asfandyar Amirzeb observed . thenews.com.pk . 22 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140223012516/http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=216118&Cat=7&dt=12%2F30%2F2009 . 23 February 2014 .
  34. Web site: Domestic Branch Network - NBP. www.nbp.com.pk.
  35. Web site: esahulat 61317, - Pakistan Business Market . www.pakbizmart.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208150455/http://www.pakbizmart.com/company/esahulat-61317 . 2015-12-08.
  36. Web site: Shingrai Waterfall.
  37. http://tribune.com.pk/story/367179/serendipity-little-known-waterfall-enchants-visitors-in-shingraie-valley/ Serendipity: Little-known waterfall enchants visitors in Shingraie valley
  38. News: Shingrai Waterfall, Manglawar, Swat Valley . 9 August 2018 . The Express Tribune.
  39. http://manglorswat.blogspot.com/2015/10/shingrai-waterfall.html Shingrai Waterfall
  40. http://www.swatstory.com/swat-story-special-shingrai/ Video: Swat Story Special Shingrai