Ghanool is a village and

union council Union council may refer to: *Union Council of Ministers The Union Council of Ministers is the Cabinet (government), principal executive organ of the Government of India, which serves to aid and advise the President of India in execution of t ...

(an administrative subdivision) of

Mansehra District Mansehra District (Urdu, ) 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 Kohista ...

in the

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the fourth largest province of Paki ...

province of

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. It is located in

Balakot tehsil Balakot Tehsil () is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan Balakot is the main city of this. It was one of the towns that was devastated in the 2005 Kashmir earthquake with aroun ...

and lies in an area that was affected by the

2005 Kashmir earthquake An earthquake occurred at on 8 October 2005 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a territory under Pakistan. Its epicenter was 19 km northeast of the city of Muzaffarabad, and 90 km north north-east of Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, ...

. The union council of Ghanool has four village councils: Ghanool, Sangar-1, Sangar-2, and Bhangian. Sangar is the most populous area of Ghanool with the majority of the population belonging to the

Rajput Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...

tribe. Paya, which is also known as Sari and Paya, is a meadow at a height of more than 9000 feet. Makra Peak, a mountain 3885 meters above sea level is located in Ghanool. Tribes living in Ghanool include Mughals Barlas,

Rajputs Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...

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, and

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Union councils of Mansehra District Populated places in Mansehra District 2005 Kashmir earthquake {{Mansehra-geo-stub