Sherwan

Sherwan is a Union council of Abbottabad District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, located 35 km west of Abbottabad. Sherwan.—A village, or rather a couple of villages almost adjoining each other,' and known, the northern as Sherwan Kalan, and the southern as Sherwan Khurd, on a ridge some 5,000 feet high in the centre of Lower Tanawal Sherwan is located in a beautiful valley which is surrounded by large, forested mountains on three sides. These forests host a number of wild animals, such as jackals, wolves, pigs, porcupines, fox and occasionally leopards.Sherwan is divided into two parts Sherwan Khurd (small) and Sherwan Kalan (wide). Sherwan Kalan covers a much larger area than Sherwan Khurd. In the North-East of Sherwan Union Council there is another village called Patheel. On the south of the valley there is a stream called Mangal, home to a number of fish such as Trout, eels and soles etc.Location and demographicsSherwan is 5,000 ft high in the centre of Tanawal. The population of main Sherwan village, or villages complex, is over 25000. The local language is Hindko while Urdu is also understood and spoken by local people.The Tanawal was divided into to parts Upper Tanawal and Lower Tanawal. Sherwan is located in Lower Tanawal.The main tribes of Sherwan are Tanolis (Alishal, Saidal, Bagal, Labial, Sarganal and Sadial), Awans, Syeds and Mughals.