The valley of Tikri or
Tikrai is situated in the present day
Battagram District
Battagram (, ) is a tribal Districts of Pakistan, district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The headquarter is Battagram, which is about 75 km from Mansehra, Mansehra city. It was part of historic Yaghistan (In ...
at the eastern slope of the famous Black Mountain, otherwise known as Tor Ghar or Kala Daka.
District Batagram has geographical borders with Kohistan District, Tribal Area of Black Mountain, Shangla District and Malakand Division. The district consists of two sub-divisions or Tehsils Batagram and Allai that consist of a total of 20 Union Councils.
The
Tikriwal is actually a geographical name for the sub-tribes of the Swati Pashtuns living in a valley called Tikri or Tikrai.
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Battagram District
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