Mansehra District

Mansehra District ضلع مانسہرہ
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Top: Malika Parbat and Lake Saiful Muluk Bottom: View of Besal
Mansehra District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Division	Hazara
Region	Pakhli
Headquarters	Mansehra
Government
• Type	District administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Bilal Shahid Rao (BPS-18 PAS)
• District Police Officer	Zahoor Babar Afridi (BPS-19 PSP)
Area
• District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	4,579 km2 (1,768 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[1]
• District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	1,797,177
• Density	390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
• Urban	154,834 (8.62%)
• Rural	1,642,343
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Area code	0997
Number of union councils	59
Number of tehsils	5[2]
Website	mansehra.kp.gov.pk

Mansehra District (Urdu, Hindko: ضلع مانسہرہ) is a district in the Hazara Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan. Mansehra city serves as the headquarters of the district. The district has a Hindkowan majority, with a significant Pashtun and Kohistani population.

Mansehra was established as an independent district in 1976. It was previously a tehsil within the broader Hazara District.^[3] In 1993, a former subdivision of Mansehra, Battagram, was separated as an independent district.^[4] Similarly, in 2011, another subdivision of Mansehra, Kala Dhaka, was separated which is now known as Torghar District.