Mehr Ali (مہر علی) is a village located in

Razar Tehsil Razzar is a tehsil located in Swabi District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Its administrative seat is located in Shewa Adda near Kalu Khan Kalu Khan is a village located between Shawwa-Adda and Adina village on the main Mardan–Swabi road ...

, Swabi District in the

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

. The road from

Shewa Adda Shewa Adda is the headquarter city of Razar Tehsil, Swabi District. This is also called Razzar City. The second largest furniture market in Mardan Division Mardan Division is one of the seven divisions in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pa ...

leading to Sher Darra passes through Mehr Ali. The road ends at Sher Darra, a village about three kilometres at the north of Mehr Ali from where the

Buner District Buner District (, ) is a district in the Malakand Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Before receiving the status of a district in 1991, it was a tehsil within Swat District. Buner's elevation starts at 1200 ft in the S ...

starts. It is surrounded by Barsati Nalahs from the east and west. There are two roads; one of them leads from

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Mardan District Mardan District (, ) is a district in the Mardan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The district is named after Mardan city, which is also the headquarters of the district. The district is famous for its agriculture indust ...

, and another from Mehr Ali links to another road that leads to

Swat valley Swat District (), also known as the Swat Valley, is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Known for its stunning natural beauty, the district is a popular tourist destination. With a population of 2,687,384 per th ...

. It lies at the foot of the

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n range of mountains.

Tribe

The main tribe living here are the

Yousafzai The Yusufzai or Yousafzai (, ), also referred to as the Esapzai (, ), or Yusufzai Afghans historically, are one of the largest tribes of Pashtuns. They are natively based in the northern part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ( Malakand, Dir, Swat, Shangl ...

Nawarkhel, a well known family of Swabi District. They are the owners of the land of this village. Some other families also live here who are peasants.

Population

The village consists of about 300 homes.

Education

Most of the people who live here rely on

subsistence farming Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow crops on smallholdings to meet the needs of themselves and their families. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements. Planting decisions occ ...

. Those with some degree of education serve in various departments, i.e., army, police, rangers, education, and agriculture. There are two primary schools for boys and one for girls: one is BHU and the other is run by a non-governmental organization.

References

http://www.schoolinglog.com/school/Government-Primary-School-MEHR-ALI-NO.1-Swabi_167679.html http://www.schoolinglog.com/school/Government-Primary-School-MEHR-ALI-NO.2-Swabi_167669.html {{coord, 34, 17, 42, N, 72, 21, 44, E, display=title Populated places in Swabi District