Sawal Dher

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Sawal Dher is an historic village in Mardan District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan that contains the remains of an ancient city. The village is located 5 kilometres south west of Jamal Garhi, most of the relics of this site are now in Lahore Museum^[1]. This site is situated at a distance of 4/5 kilometres in the south west of Jamal Garhi. Most of the sculptures of this monastery are preserved in Peshawar and Lahore Museums. It is the ancient city where the village Sawaldher is now situated. it is 19 kilometres from Mardan.

It is small industry for sawmilling(woodcutting).This village has very ancient history.there are many places which has the proof of the ancient status of this village. Most of the sculptures of this monastery are preserved in Peshawar and Lahore museum. It is the ancient city where Sawaldher is now situated. Sawaldher is mainly inhabited by the khattak family. The population of Sawaldher according to 1998 census is about 40 thousand. Most of the people of the village are farmers. Many people are engaged in business and Government service also. There is one Higher secondary school for boys and one for girls. Many schools for boys and girls up to SSC level in private sector are also working. The BHU fulfils the needs of health of the village. Some of the doctors who belongs to Sawaldher and doing job at Mardan or Peshawar also do practice on weekends.

The main sources of the irrigation are the canals. The upper Swat canal irrigates Sawaldher, Besides, irrigation is done by tube-wells and lift irrigation. The major crops grown in the village are wheat, sugarcane, tobacco, maize, rice, rapeseed and mustard etc. Fruits and vegetables are also grown. The important fruits are orange, plum, peach, apricot, pear, rare mango and apple. The most common diet is bread, which is made of wheat or maize flour. The people of the area are fond of meat, especially various forms of beef cooked in shape of chapli kabab, seekh kabab, tikkas and qahwa (green tea) is popular and is liked by most of the people.

The max temperature recorded in summer season is 39.50 degree Celsius. extremely hot. A steep rise of temperature is observed from May to June. Due to intensive cultivation and artificial irrigation, the tract is humid and heat is oppressive. However, a rapid fall of temperature has been recorded from October onwards. The coldest months are December and January. The mean minimum temperature recorded for the month of January the coldest month is 0 degree Celsius. Most of the rainfall occurs in the months of July, August, December and January. Maximum rainfall was recorded for the month of August the rainiest month is 125.85 mm. Towards the end of cold weather there are occasional thunderstorms and hail storms. The relative humidity is quite high throughout the year while maximum humidity has been recorded in December i.e. 73.33 percent.

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Most of the people in village are associated with the profession of farming. However most of the educated class are employed at the education department. the population of sawal dher is about 70 percent of the great khattak family.there are very small proportion of asp zai(yusof zai)people.the secomd influential family is of roghanis.