Banda Pir Khan is one of the 51 union councils

Union Councils of Pakistan

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 of Abbottabad District

Abbottabad District

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 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Pakistan

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It is located in the north of the district (to the north west of Abbottabad

Abbottabad

Abbottabad is a city located in the Hazara region of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Pakistan. The city is situated in the Orash Valley, northeast of the capital Islamabad and east of Peshawar at an altitude of and is the capital of the Abbottabad District...

 city) near the border with Mansehra District

Mansehra District

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. The population of Banda Pir Khan is 25,385.

Subdivisions

The Union Council is subdivided into the following areas: Band Pir Khan, Bandi Dhundan, Samesar and Tarnawai. Qalandarabad is the main junction of union council, Banda Pir Khan is the major village in the union council and they belong to great families. This village was declared a model village and with a 100% literacy rate.

Historically Bandi Pir Khan was part of old Mangal Ilaka (area) of Abbottabad Tehsil. Mangal Ilaka includes 12 large villages of which Banda Pir Khan, Baldheri, Bhandi dundhan, Turnawai, and Jalalpura were the largest. Jadoons (Hassazai), Awans, Tanolis, Gujar tribes reside in the present Banda Pir Khan union council of the old Mangal Ilaka.