# Mansehra District

Mansehra District (Urdu, Hindko: 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.

## Demographics

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.
Religion in Mansehra District :
| Religion | 1941$^{:22}$ | 1941$^{:22}$ | 2017 | 2017 | 2023 | 2023 |
| Religion | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| Islam | 293,231 | 97.79% | 1,555,315 | 99.97% | 1,785,071 | 99.75% |
| Hinduism | 5,431 | 1.81% | 28 | ~0% | 39 | ~0% |
| Sikhism | 1,174 | 0.39% | — | — | 31 | ~0% |
| Christianity | 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% |
* Hindko (66.22%)
* Pashto (17.97%)
* Kohistani (2.51%)
* Urdu (1.16%)
* Others (12.14%)
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.
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.

## Constituencies

The district is represented in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly by elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies:
Constituency and current member :
* PK-36 (Mansehra-I), Munir Lughmani Swati
* PK-37 (Manshera-II), Babar Saleem Swati
* PK 38 (Mansehra III), Zahid Chanzeb Swati
* PK 39 (Mansehra IV), Ikram Ghazi Tanoli
* PK 40 (Mansehra V), Sardar Shah Jahan
The district is represented in the National Assembly of Pakistan by two elected MNAs who represent the following constituencies:
* NA-14 (Mansehra-I)
* NA-15 (Mansehra Torghar)

## Administrative divisions

Mansehra District consists of six tehsils, with Tanawal Tehsil separated from the other five in December 2022.
* Balakot (Urdu: تحصیل بالاکوٹ)
* Mansehra (Urdu: تحصیل مانسہرہ)
* Oghi (Urdu: تحصیل اوگی)
* Baffa Pakhal (Urdu: تحصیل بفہ پکھل)
* Darband (Urdu: تحصیل دربند)
* Tanawal (Urdu: تحصیل تناول)
The Kala Dhaka tehsil was separated as Torghar District in 2011.

### Provincial Assembly

| Member of Provincial Assembly | Party Affiliation | Constituency | Year |
| Munir Lughmani Swati | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | 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 | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-39 Mansehra-IV | 2024 |
| Sardar Shah Jahan Yousaf | Pakistan Muslim League (N) | PK-40 Mansehra-V | 2024 |