Battal

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Battal
بٹل
Konsh-valley
Neighbourhood council Battal Tehsil Baffa Pakhal District Mansehra
Coordinates: 34° 35' 0" North, 73° 9' 0" East
Disputed StateBaffa Pakhal
Elevation
2,705 m (8,874.67 ft)
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)

Battal is a town and a union council (an administrative subdivision) of Mansehra District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. [1]

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References

  1. Tehsils & Unions in the District of Mansehra - Government of Pakistan majority of people ofBattal union council's are from Gujjars Tribe and some tribes include Swatis and Awan.Most spoken language in union council is Gojri/Hindko & Pushto.The majority of the People are directly or indirectly linked with agriculture for their livelihood. Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine

Bagh Harori Pain and Harori Bala (Koz Kelay & Bar Kelay)