Sharkool is a large village comprising more than two hundred houses in Mansehra District

Mansehra District

Mansehra District is in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, an area still unofficially known as the Northwest Frontier. Mansehra district and town are named after Man Singh, a leading general of Mughal Emperor Akbar...

 of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

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Location

Sharkool just one kilometer from the eastern side of the Chattar Plain of the Konsh Valley

Konsh Valley

The Konsh Valley is located on extreme Northern border of the Mansehra district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The town of Battal is considered to be the headquarter of the valley. The Silk Route, also known as the Karakoram highway, passes through it leading to Gilgit. Towns, like...

. It is located at 34°37′40"N 73°06′50"E at an altitude of 1599 metres (5249 feet).

Ethnic groups

The majority of the clans belong to the Swati

Swati (tribe)

The Swatis are a Pashtun tribe based around the Swat valley, in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. They are the largest tribal group of land owners in the Mansehra and Battagram districts....

 tribes, like Khazan khel

Khazan khel

Khazan khel also Khazani is a clan of the Swati division of Pashtuns in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. A majority of them dwell in the Konsh valley and Chittabat of the Batagram and Mansehra districts. The significant villages of Khazan khel in that area are Sharkool, Shagey, Ranjan and Chitta batta....

s also Khazani, Akhun Khel

Akhun Khel

Akhun Khel is a collection of tribes living in Afghanistan and the Khyber Pukhtoon Khwa province of Pakistan...

s and Akhund khels and there is also another tribe manshai.