Bagnotar

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Bagnotar
باجنوتار
Union Council
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Bagnotar
Coordinates: 34°7′0″N73°20′0″E / 34.11667°N 73.33333°E / 34.11667; 73.33333
Country Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Province PK-NWFP.svg Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Abbottabad
Tehsil Abbottabad
Government
 • Member District CouncilSardar Saeed Anwer, Dist Nazim.
 • Member Tehsil CouncilSardar Shuja Ahmed
Population
 (2017 Census of Pakistan) [1]
 • Total
981,590 (population of Abbottabad Tehsil)

Bagnotar is a union council of Abbottabad District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. [2] Bagnator is situated on the Abbottabad-Nathi Gali Road some 18 kilometers away from Abbottabad. [3] According to the 2023 census the total population was 16,638 of which 8,448 were male and 8,190 female. [4] The area is popular with domestic tourists who are keen to see snowfall and enjoy other activities. [5]

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Location

The Union Council of Bagnotar is situated in the central part of Abbottabad District and is part of Abbottabad Tehsil, it lies to south east of the city of Abbottabad  ;– the capital city of the district. The area is included in the Lower Galliyat Belt. The main tribes of Bagnotar are the Sardars (karlal) and Jadoons. However, other small groups like Awan, Pathan, Raja, Chohan (Nai), Abbasi and some Kashmiris are also settled in the area. Bagnotar is bounded by the following union councils, to the north by Sarbhana, and Beerangali, to the east Nagri Bala & Nathiagali, and to the south by Namli Maira and Phalkot, and to the west by Bagh.

Bagnotar town has an elevation of 1882 metres, and is located approximately 16 km from Abbottabad [6] on Abbottabad-Murree Road. A lush green pine valley stretched on 810 square kilometers. The major landscape as well as the settlement of Bagnotar is located along the Barrian-Nathigali-Abbottabad Road (Abbottabad Murree Road), the 11 kilometers of which passes through the land of Bagnotar.

Subdivisions

Union Council Bagnotar has three subdivisions known as the "village councils", these are [7] :

Politics

In 2010, there was a popular movement for the creation of Hazara Province - local people in Bagnotar seemed supportive of this aim by the political group Tehreek-e-Hazara. [8]

2005 earthquake

On 8 October 2005, various parts of Abbottabad District were affected by the Pakistan earthquake. Unlike neighbouring Kashmir, the loss in human life was relatively low in this area, with 511 dead and 622 injured. Although the impact on infrastructure was still severe. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Administrative Units or Union Councils of District Abbottabad". Abbottabad District Government website. Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Falling Rain: Location of Bagnotar [ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ TABLE 31 - SELECTED POPULATION STATISTICS OF INDIVIDUAL RURAL LOCALITIES CENSUS-2023 Page 1
  5. ↑ Northern parts of K-P see winter tourism boom
  6. ↑ Bagnotar, Pakistan Page
  7. ↑ TABLE -24 SELECTED HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS OF RURAL LOCALITIES
  8. ↑ Movement for Hazara province back in action
  9. ↑ "Earthquake impact – In Abbottabad District". Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 6 May 2007. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
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