Palak Dil

Palak Dil or Pala Tipo (Mara language for "swallowing lake") is the largest lake in southern Mizoram, northeast India. It is located in near Phura village in Saiha district, within the Mara Autonomous District Council. Its geographical location falls under the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot, and is therefore rich in animal and plant species. The lake is a major component of the Palak Wildlife Sanctuary, and it supports the major biodiversity of the sanctuary.

Pala is derived from a mythical Mara story for the name of the lake while tipo means "lake"; it is called Palak Dil in Mizo ṭawng. The lake gives the name of the region Palak Assembly Constituency under Election Commission of India.

Location

Palak Dil is situated within Mara Autonomous District Council (MADC), one of the three autonomous district councils in the southernmost part of the state. It is about 76 km away from Saiha, the headquarters of MADC. It can be reached by small/light vehicles only. Three villages such as Phura, Tongkalong, and Lawngban, are in close proximity. Phura is the main route for visitors.

Palak

Palak is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan.

Location

Palak is located in the South eastern edge of Abbottabad district (and hence also the south eastern tip of the province). It forms part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa border with Punjab province and Kashmir, and it also borders the following Union Councils within Abbottabad district, Seer Gharbi to the west, Nathiagali to the North and Malkot to the north west.

Palak is the gateway of District Abbottabad because a gali Barian is a border of NWFP and Punjab and Union Council Palak is started from Barian.

Subdivisions

Palak is the largest union council of the Circle Bakote area - as part of the local government reforms of 2000 Malkot Union Council was merged into Palak.

Palak UC is subdivided into the following areas:

Other villages are

Demographics

The total population of the union council is almost 25,000. The main tribes of Palak are the Dhond Abbasi, Gujjars and Sattis.

Palak (disambiguation)

Palak may refer to: