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.....Chitta Batta......
Chitta Batta is a small village with around
5,000 inhabitants in the Khyber-
Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan . It is
located at 34°22'0N 73°16'0E [1] and lies
on the highway to Muzaffarabad in Azad
Kashmir and it is 10 km from downtown
Mansehra .
General
It has 100% Muslim population (Sunnis) its
population increased due to the Earth Quake
in 2007 when many people migrated to this
village. The people of the village welcomed
them and provided the necessary support.
People here are from the Swati caste. The
history goes back to then when some people
from Swat Valley come here and found this
place very favourable to live. It is said that
before their arrival it was a disputed land
amongst two tribes (unknown) and they
settled down by capturing the land for
themselves. Swati are known for the wealth
and cleverness, commonly known as “Khans”
they relate to “Pathans”. Thereafter they
scattered in different areas of Mansehra
Valley.
This village has a fantasy story of Hathi Gut
means “Elephant Rock”; it is said that a
marriage ceremony was held a long time
ago when a magician converted their
caravan into rocks although there are no
well meaning signs of others but a sculpture
of elephant can be easily seen at the
entrance of the village. This village is very
organised as to habitual land and
agricultural land. The village population is
mostly on the road sides people living far
from road are mostly who cultivate land.
They mostly processes no land but they get
it on contract from land lords and they are
called “Mazaraas” means tenants .Half of the
yield goes to them with any waste like food
for cattle’s i.e. Grass. A time ago there was
a great jungle of Pine Trees there but due to
non-supply of natural gas it has vanished.
Wild animals includes rabbits, wild hens. It
has two streams – one is larger and located
in between Chitta Batta and Sand-e-Sar
village near it. The smaller stream is famous
for the natural cure of pimples and skin
infections its name is “Paan Da Nara”.
People come from far away and take a bath
there to cure their skin infections.
Among food people like Rice, Corn Bread
and Saag (special leaves) from various
plants. The literacy rate of the village is
high as people have a great interest in
education
After the earthquake of 2005 a settlement
was established to help victims of the
quake, [2] the camp looked after 800
outpatients a day. [3] A Turkish relief
organisation, the Turkish Light House,
launched a project to build two schools in
the area.