Mathra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Explained

Mathra
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan
Pushpin Label Position:above
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Pakistan
Coordinates:34.1064°N 71.4787°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name1:Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Subdivision Name2:Peshawar District
Blank Name Sec1:Distances
Blank1 Name Sec1:Rivers

Mathra (like Muttra, a corruption of Mathura, the original name) is a village 10 km from Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is also the central and most important village of Tehsil Mathra.

Administrative area

Mathra village is located on the main Warsak Road. It has Police station, Government Girls and Boys degree colleges, Hospital, and a busy regional market.Mathra village is also named as Mathra Tehsil compromised by 54 village/ neighborhood councils, ranging from Kafor Dheri in the west to Haryana Bala in the east and from Village Darmangi in the south to Bela, Mamo khatki in the north. In the north is connected to District Mom and, in the west to District Khyber.Patwar circles of Mathra Qanungo Halqa is part of Pakistan National Assembly seat NA-2 (Peshawar-2) while Mathra Qanungo Halqa, excluding the patwar circles of Regi Uftazai and Regi Lalma, is part of NA-3 (Peshawar) For the KP Provincial Assembly, the entirety of Mathra Qanungo Halqa comes in PK-69 (Peshawar).[1]

History

In April 1926, one of the most famous policemen in India, Eric Handyside, Commandant, North West Frontier Police, was killed in action in Mathra during a routine operation to arrest two outlaws.[2]

Educational Institutes

Hira Model School Mathra

See also

References

  1. Web site: Report. Bureau. PESHAWAR: List of NA, PA constituencies in Peshawar. DAWN.COM. 11 September 2017. en. 24 August 2002.
  2. "Officer’s Gallantry: Another Victim of Frontier Outlaws." The Straits Times, 30 April 1926, p.2.
  3. Web site: Govt: Degree College Mathra, Warsak Road, Peshawar. www.admission.hed.gkp.pk. 15 August 2017. en.
  4. Web site: Government Girls Degree College Mathra Peshawar. www.admission.hed.gkp.pk. 17 August 2017. en.