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Shangla District is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The district's headquarter is located at Alpuri, while the largest city and commercial center is Besham. The district was established in 1995, having previously been a subdivision of Swat District. The total area of the district is 1,586 square kilometers. Shangla comprises three subdivisions, Alpuri, Puran, Chakesar, Martung and Besham tehsils.
Battagram is a tribal district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The headquarter is Battagram, which is about 75 km from Mansehra. It was part of historic Yaghistan before 1965.
Puran is a sub-division and tehsil of Shangla District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The subdivision includes three tehsils viz: Puran itself, Martung and Makhuzai. Puran Sub-division comprises nine Union Councils.
Aloch (آلوچ) is a town in Shangla District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa included in Puran tehsil. Aloch is a commercial place for business community. Union Council Aloch is the largest Union Council of Tehsil Puran both on area and population basis. Aloch and Nimkalay comparatively have more facilities than the rest of Shangla District. The people at Aloch have almost access to all basic necessities of life and facilities at their doorsteps. They have a good hospital, Session Court, Police Setup, Schools and Colleges for both men and women, NADRA Office, Banks etc. within Aloch. Most of the inhabitants of Aloch belong to Abakhel branch of the subtribe Babozai of the major Pathan tribe Yousafzai. Haji Muhammad Zahid was Ex-Nazim of U.C Aloch.
Martung, Mārtung or Martoong is a highland village and tehsil of Shangla District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan included in Puran Subdivision. Central Martung (Koozkalai) is 982 m above sea level., Being hilly area, some parts of Martung are even more than 1800 m above mean sea level. Alogai is a place with scattered population in Martung having an altitude of 1641 meters. Martung is a green valley situated in the south-east of Shangla District, about 5 km north-west from River Indus. Major villages of the sub tehsil include Kabalgram, Pishlor, Titwalan, Koozkalai, Manzkalai, Shaga and Karindara.
Chakesar is a town and tehsil of the Shangla District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is situated about 6 km in the north-west on the right bank of the Indus River. Chakesar was given the status of Tehsil in 2017. The inhabitants live primarily on agricultural products.
Battagram Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (Tehsil) of the Battagram District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It serves as the Tehsil headquarters and covers a total area of 300 square miles (780 km2). Battagram Tehsil merged into Pakistan as an administrative region before being raised to the status of a district in 1993. On October 8, 2005, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Kashmir badly affected the area.
Kabalgram or Kabal Gram is a village with the largest population in Martung Tehsil of Shangla District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Pakistan. It is situated on the extreme right bank of River Indus and is south-east to Kuzkalai, the central village of Martung. River Indus is the boundary of Shangla with Tor-Ghar District of Hazara division.
Nimkalay is a town of Puran Tehsil in Shangla District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is the main bazaar of Puran and a commercial place for the business community. Nimkalay is a part of the Aloch Union Council (U.C) of Puran Tehsil, located at 34°43'60N 72°40'60E and lies in the area affected by the 2005 earthquake. Most of the inhabitants of Nimkalay belong to Nangir Khel, Musa Khel, Barat Khel, Ado Khel and the Syed Miagan branches of the subtribe Babozai of the major Pathan tribe, Yousafzai. Pir Muhammad Khan (Shaheed) EX-MPA & Minister, Fazlullah Pir Muhammad Khan Ex-MPA & Abdul Munim Ex-MPA Haji Muhammad Zahid Ex-Nazim & Faizullah Yousafzai belong to Village Nimkalay.
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http://www.iasci.info/images/Documents/Medical%20Facilities%20Survey-Shangla-Kohistan.pdf https://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/03/Titwalan.html
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