Jhangra
Union Council
Jhangra is located in Pakistan
Jhangra
Jhangra
Coordinates: 34°1′0″N 73°8′0″E / 34.01667°N 73.13333°E / 34.01667; 73.13333
Country Pakistan
ProvinceKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictAbbottabad
TehsilHavelian
Population
 • Total24,062

Jhangra is a small town and one of the 51 Union councils of Abbottabad District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[1] It is located in the southwest of the district. The popular language spoken is Hindko.

Jahangra Dam, which is being constructed around 3 km away from Jhangra Village, will benefit the residents of Kashka, Jhangra and Mohra Mohri Village and help meet their agricultural requirements and other water based needs.

Subdivisions

The Union Council of Jhangra is administratively subdivided into the following areas: Chamba, Darooni Maira, Havelian Village, Jhangra, Kalu Maira, Mala, Nowshera, Sultanpur. Kashka, Pungran, Wazeera and Ratidheri . [2]

Jhangra is a very old village where before the Partition of Indo-Pak, only Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims lived, but after the Partition in 1947, all non-Muslims left this area.

References

34°1′0″N 73°8′0″E / 34.01667°N 73.13333°E / 34.01667; 73.13333


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