page_title: Mardan
section_title: Demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Mardan / Demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Gul Bahar village is situated on Mardan road. Near the Gul Bahar village there is another village called Jamal Garhi. There are Buddhist ruins.
context_page_description: Mardān is a city in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Mardan is the second-largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, after Peshawar and 23rd largest city of Pakistan by population. Mardan is also the namesake and largest city of Mardan Division.
context_section_description: Mardan is the de facto headquarters of the Yousafzai tribe of Pashtuns. A significant number of Mohmand and Utmankhel tribe members have settled in the city over the years.  The population of the city over the years is shown in the table below.
  According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the city of Mardan had 358,604 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. These inhabitants were spread out among 45,429 households, making the average household size in Mardan 7.89. Mardan experienced explosive growth throughout the latter half of the twentieth century, as the population of Mardan grew fivefold in just 50 years. The city's growth has, though, over time, slowed down by quite a bit, and between the years of 1998 and 2017, its population only grew at about 2% every year.
caption: Gulbahar Village Mardan
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