Kuthwal
Kuthwal is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[3] It is located to the north west of Abbottabad city (the district capital).
Villages
The main villages of this Union Council (UC) are Kuthwal (Well known mohallah: School Wali Gali), Bandi Mansoor (Major mohallahs: Patotay, Chandroll), Gali Banian, Chattri Balla, Danna Sharif, Maira Rehmat Khan, Mohar Kalan and Chattri Khurd. This union council is gateway to Thandiani pass. The road route passing form the area diverges to three major routes at the end, each leading to Thandiani, Kukmang to Boi and Pattan to Muzaffarabad (Azad Jammu & Kashmir). The first village enroute is Gali Banian which actually consists of two villages, Gali and Banian. The main tribe is Awan with a small number of Syeds, Sardars and Abbasis. Two link roads lead from Gali, one goes to Banian and other to Danna Sharif. Danna Sharif is known by the spiritual personality of the area , Syed Iqbal Hussain Shah. The village Gali is known for having the first Jamia mosque of the area, having separate madrassa for boys and girls. It was named by its founder and first administrator Haji Mir Afzal as Jamia Hanfia Razvia. Then comes the Bandi Mansoor which consist of Mughals and small number of other Syeds. The Literacy rate is very high.
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