| Mansehra District | |
| Native Name: | Urdu: {{nq|ضلع مانسہرہ |
| Native Name Lang: | hno |
| Settlement Type: | District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hazara |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Mansehra |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 4579 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Total: | 1797177 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 154,834 (8.62%) |
| Population Rural: | 1,642,343 |
| Area Code: | 0997 |
| Timezone1: | PST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Government Type: | District administration |
| Leader Name: | N/A |
| Leader Title1: | Deputy Commissioner |
| Leader Name1: | Bilal Shahid Rao (BPS-18 PAS) |
| Leader Title2: | District Police Officer |
| Leader Name2: | Zahoor Babar Afridi (BPS-19 PSP) |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Number of union councils |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 59 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Number of tehsils |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 5[1] |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Pakhli |
Mansehra District (Urdu, hnd|ضلع مانسہرہ) is a district in the Hazara Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan. Mansehra city serves as the headquarters of the district. The district has a Hindkowan majority, with a significant Pashtun and Kohistani population.
Mansehra was established as an independent district in 1976. It was previously a tehsil within the broader Hazara District. In 1993, a former subdivision of Mansehra, Battagram, was separated as an independent district. Similarly, in 2011, another subdivision of Mansehra, Kala Dhaka, was separated which is now known as Torghar District.
As of the 2023 census, Mansehra district has 294,052 households and a population of 1,797,177. The district has a sex ratio of 103.08 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 63.79%: 75.33% for males and 52.02% for females. 478,985 (26.76% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 154,834 (8.62%) live in urban areas.[2]
| 1941[3] | 2017[4] | 2023[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 293,231 | 97.79% | 1,555,315 | 99.97% | 1,785,071 | 99.75% | ||
| 5,431 | 1.81% | 28 | ~0% | 39 | ~0% | ||
| 1,174 | 0.39% | 31 | ~0% | ||||
| 22 | 0.01% | 163 | 0.01% | 3,986 | 0.22% | ||
| Other | 0 | ~0% | 236 | 0.02% | 497 | 0.03% | |
| Total Population | 299,858 | 100% | 1,555,742 | 100% | 1,789,624 | 100% | |
At the time of the 2023 census, 66.22% of the population spoke Hindko, 17.97% Pashto, 2.51% Kohistani and 1.16% Urdu as their first language.[6]
Many of these, especially in the upper Kaghan Valley, are speakers of the Kohistani dialects. There are also speakers of the widely dispersed Gujari language, particularly in the Kaghan Valley. The local variety is intermediate between the eastern dialects of Gujari (spoken in Azad Kashmir) and the western group (from Chitral, Swat and Gilgit). There is also a small community in the village of Dana in Oghi Tehsil who speak the endangered Mankiyali language. Many people can write and speak English.
The district is represented in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly by elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies:[7]
Constituency and current member :
The district is represented in the National Assembly of Pakistan by two elected MNAs who represent the following constituencies:
Mansehra District consists of six tehsils, with Tanawal Tehsil separated from the other five in December 2022.[8]
The Kala Dhaka tehsil was separated as Torghar District in 2011.
| Member of Provincial Assembly | Party Affiliation | Constituency | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK-36 Mansehra-I | 2024 | |||
| Babar Saleem Khan Swati | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-37 Mansehra-II | 2024 | |
| Zahid Chanzeb Swati | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-38 Mansehra-III | 2024 | |
| Ikram Ghazi Khan Tanoli | PK-39 Mansehra-IV | 2024 | ||
| Sardar Shah Jahan Yousaf | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | PK-40 Mansehra-V | 2024 |
See main article: List of people from Mansehra.