History Of Mansehra

MANSEHRA:

History:

Mansehra district is situated in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the second-largest in the province one of many beautiful districts of Pakistan. It has a huge population the district is an old place where there are settlements dated back to medieval times there were many civilizations before the introduction of Islam there was Buddhism and Hinduism before Islam. The people are very friendly and are very good at hospitality. The population consists mainly young people nearly half the population is below 20 years the people of Mansehra focus on getting education with a overwhelming majority of Male population getting education whereas this trend of getting educated is less in Female population.

Joint family system is dominated in the Mansehra district where elders have the authority of taking decisions they have the right to veto for and thing they don’t think is right and it is mandatory for younger ones to respect elders. There are very strong family ties between the families and neighbors who are considered as family members the people are generally simple people they have simple eating habits they mostly eat maize, wheat and rice. The houses are made of stone and clay but now there is a shift to making cemented houses mainly because the people who belong from this place move to urban places and when comeback they bring the urban culture with them which is reflected in the changing trends of the district.