Martung

Martung, Mārtung or Martoong is a highland village and sub tehsil of Shangla District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan included in Puran Subdivision. Central Martung (Koozkalai) is 982 m above sea level., Being hilly area, some parts of Martung are even more than 1800 m above mean sea level. Alogai is a place with scattered population in Martung having an altitude of 1641 meters.PeoplePopulation and literacyThe population of the Tehsil is more than 85000 persons. It was about 79000 according to 1998 census. The central town Koozkalai has an approximate population of 6500+ persons. Literacy rate in Martung is very low; less than 7% for male and less than 1% for female on the average. This figure is a little high for larger villages like12.. DANKOOL Dankool is the 2nd largest village in the martung tehsil The population of Dankool is Around 4000 people's And also the most beautiful village in the martung tehsil, Dankool are even more than 1800m above mean sea level.3 TITWALAN The population of TITWALAN around 3500 thousands people's TITWALAN is the third largest village in the martung tehsil And titwalan are even more than 1600m above the sea level.PESHLOR, TARAWRY, BIHAR, CHORANO, TORANI, SHAGA, KARINDARA, PESHKAND, ALI GHAI, MERAGHAI, PALARH, DANDOQA, CHORAQ, NAKHTARO, KOTKAY, GHARAKA,DANDA, SHATOT, SHARMANO, ALAMI BANDA, and another alots of small village in the martung tehsil.And the martung khas only one secondary school for boys in the area till 2006, and a few middle and primary schools for both boys and girls. Number of students and level of education both are very much below standards in all the educational institutes.