Mian Khan
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Mian Khan is a village in District Mardan
Mardan
Mardan , known as The city of hospitality, is a city and headquarters of Mardan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It is the de facto headquarters of the Yousafzai tribe and the second most populous city in the province, located at 34°12'0N 72°1'60E and an altitude of in the south...

 of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 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...

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It is part of Kohi barmol union council of Katlang
Katlang
Katlang is a Tehsil in Mardan Districtof Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is situated about 19 Kilometers north of the Mardan city. It is surrounded by canals in west and north. Katlang has busy market with most of the facilities available. Katlang fare, held on Friday, is very popular among the...

 tehsil along with Sangahu village. The Village lies 19 miles northeast of Mardan city at the foot of the Mountain Range. This mountain range contains the highest peak of Mardan district locally known as Pajja or Sakra. The historical kashmir smast can also be accessed easily.

People

The inhabitants of the village belong to Utmankhel
Utmankhel
The Utman Khel or Utmankhel are a Pashtun tribe who occupy the hills to the north of Peshawar in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Their land lies between the Mohmands and the Ranizais of Swat, to the west and south-west of the junction of the Swat and Panjkora rivers...

 tribe of pakhtun the descendants of utman bin karlanr. There are three main clans of utman Khel tribe i.e Miskeen khel, Mirhawas khel and Achoo khel living in the village which are subdivided further into smaller groups or khels. The traditional hujra system of Pashtun culture is still alive here.


The village had produced prominent figures in local and provincial politics.


Mr. Tajbar Khan MPA from PK 21 during 1985-1988.

Mr. Hafiz Akhtar Ali is MPA from PK 28 since 2002 and was irrigation minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the period of MMA government from 2002 till 2008.

Education

There are two primary and one High school for boys and one primary and One Middle school for girls, private schools (Muhammad bin Qasim Academy and Islamia public school) are also participating in growth of education level.


Level of education in past few years increased considerably but due to lake of resources and unavailability of Colleges 85% of the students limit their education level to 10th Class.

Climate

There are four seasons "Spring, Summer, Winter and Autumn" In the winter season sometime snow falls on the Mountains creates a very cold weather and temperature comes down to 5-10C. Summer season becomes very hot in the month of July and Aug and temperature goes to 45-50c. Spring season is very beautiful, the season makes Miankhan as a part of heaven. Most of the abroad inhabitants tries to come for vacation and enjoy the season in the month of Feb and March. There are a number of wells which serves drinking water to the inhabitants of the village. Most of the people comes out for walk after Asar Prayer and enjoying the seasons.
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