Puran () is a sub-division and

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Shangla District Shangla District (, ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The district's headquarters are located at Alpuri, while the largest city and commercial center is Besham. The district was establish ...

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. The subdivision includes three tehsils viz: Puran itself, Martung and Makhuzai. Puran Sub-division comprises nine Union Councils.Tehsils & Unions in the District of Shangla - Government of Pakistan

Villages and settlements

*Puran includes the following villages and towns *

Aloch Aloch (آلوچ) is a town in Shangla District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa included in Puran tehsil. Aloch is a commercial place for business community. Union Council Aloch is the largest Union Council of Tehsil Puran both on area and population basi ...

* Bengalai *

Kotkay Kotkay or Kotkai is a small village near Aloch in the Shangla District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependen ...

* Nimkalay * Sandovi * Chagam * Sanila

Notable people

People from Puran include:- * Fazlullah * Ibadullah Khan * Pir Muhammad Khan * Abdul Munim *

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* Faisal Zeb

References

# "Abdul Munim". ''kpktribune.com''. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017. # . General Elections 2008 Report Vol. II -- Government of Pakistan page 322 #3. Fazlullah MPA # http://www.puran.20m.com/

External links

pakp.gov.pk
Populated places in Shangla District Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa {{Shangla-geo-stub