Bandi Shungli
union council and town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Bandi Shungli, or Shungli Bandi (Gojri: شنگلی بانڈی), is a village and union council of Oghi Tehsil in Mansehra District in the north-east of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Demographics
The main languages of the region are Hindko, Gojri, and Pashto. In the village of Danna the endangered Mankiyali language is spoken.
There is one government Higher Secondary School for boys and one middle school for boys and girls.
Nearly all the population is of the Sunni sect.
Settlements
Major villages include: Shungli, Gali, Patean, Sunj, Kaladakha, Harian, Temarthaarha, Utli Bai, Tarli Bai, Keela, Galdar, Chontra, Chatha, Porian, Danna, Shoshni, Chemrasi, Nawan Sher, Arghina, Basengarh, Jubberh, Naka, Foghorah, Pubbal, Neel Battla Bala, Malkana, Chakal, bandi, dhok. Takiya the most prominent and significant icon of Bandi Shungli.
The public source identifies “Bandi Shungli” as union council and town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bandi, Shungli and union.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4840910. Authority coordinates are 34.483, 72.932. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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This entry incorporates text from “Bandi Shungli” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.