Madi Baba

Madey Baba is a village and union council in the Takht Bhai Tehsil of Mardan District of the Pakistani province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[1] It is situated on both sides of the Madey Baba-Mandani Road which originates from the Main Malakand Road towards West at Parao Chowk and ends up in Mandani, District Charsadda. The village is named after the famous sufi saint Madey baba, buried here in the middle of the grand graveyard. People initially came here mostly from the historic Jalala village in search of livelihood and to manage their agricultural land. The landscape of the village consists of fertile land, a river on one side and a canal on the other, sandy loams and plains. There are several small villages that constitutes the vast area of Madey Baba. These villages include, Parao, Sakhawat Shah Kalley (Speena Thana), Colony, Manjawaro Kalley, Zamindaro Koroona, Madey Baba Chowk, Zor Talab Kalley, Serai, Sultan Member Kalley, Yakh Kohi, Tor Dher and several other small communities. Agriculture is the source of livelihood for majority of people who cultivate tobacco, sugarcane, wheat, maize and vegetables. Besides, a handsome number of people also work for the government in various departments. The area is famous for agricultural production, however agricultural land is ruthlessly being converted into housing societies which will surely cast a negative impact on its landscape as well as ecological characteristics in the future. Educational institutions are numbered and do not suffice the need of huge population of the area. Children mostly commute to Takht Bhai for better educational institutes. Famous personalities of the area are late Sakhawat Shah, late Babu Munawar Khan, late Maulana Qazi Miraj Ul Haq, late Sultan Shah (Member sb), Haji Ikram Khan, Mir Alam (Member sb), etc