Dewal Manal is one of the 51 union councils

Union Councils of Pakistan

A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...

 of Abbottabad District

Abbottabad District

Abbottabad is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The district covers an area of 1,969 km with the city of Abbottabad being the principal town...

 in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. The main tribe of this Union Council is the Karlal

Karlal

The Karlal are a tribe found in the Abbottabad and Haripur districts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan...

 and awan the main subcaste is the Bolakial.

History

The village of Dewal Manal is situated in the Dhun <دهن> valley the valley of sardars (ibrahimnagar). The word dewal came from an Urdu

Urdu

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 word Dewalia <ديواليه>. This name was because there were many wars fought. The village has been destroyed many times. During British rule the village was a command center for the Karlal and many tribes of Hazara people. During British rule the chief was Sardar Hassan Ali Khan, accompanied by his brother Sardar Nawab Khan. As the Karlal opposed British rule and caused trouble, the British made a fort at Nara

Nara, NWFP

Nara is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Nara is in the southern part of the district, the Union Council of Nara takes it name from the Village of Nara.-Subdivisions:...

 above the village.

Location

Dewal Manal is located in the southern part of Abbottabad District and borders Nara

Nara, NWFP

Nara is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Nara is in the southern part of the district, the Union Council of Nara takes it name from the Village of Nara.-Subdivisions:...

 and Seer Gharbi

Seer Gharbi

Seer Gharbi,, is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located in the southeastern part of the province, bordering the Rawalpindi District of Punjab province ....

 (to the South), Nathia Gali

Nathia Gali

Nathia Gali or Nathiagali is a mountain resort town or hill station in Hazara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is a part of the Galiaath which are termed such due to several hill-stations in that area ending with the word "gali", most of which are connected to one other...

 and Nagri Bala

Nagri Bala

Nagri Bala is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Hazara province of Pakistan.- Location :The union council of Nagri Bala is situated in the south central part of Abbottabad District, and lies to the south east of Abbottabad city - the capital city of the district...

 to the east, and Garhi Phulgran to the west and north. The area is scenic, with mountains, pine trees, and lakes, such as Jandar Lake.

Subdivisions

The Union Council is subdivided into the following areas: Chehr, Dewal Manal, Makol Payeen, Nagri Payeen, Haari Khetar, Khann Thoha Tarairi Nalotha, and Sajikot.

The villages of union council are Cher, Saji Kot, Dewal, Makol Payeen, Nagri Payeen, and Nalotha.

Central Vally:
The central village of dewal manal union council is Sajikot.
Surrounded villages are:

Dewal
Cher
Kalanda
Nara
Ghora
Narwara
Pathian
Nagri Pahin
Makool Pahin
Poona & Hairla Mairla