[citation needed] A water canal that pours into a small dam in the Jabban area near Batkhela is the main source of electricity production here.

[citation needed] At the time when Mahmud of Ghazni (997-1030) was attacking India, one of his army leaders Pir Khushal assailed Batkhela.

Subsequently, they declared the Thana region (currently a part of the Batkhela tehsil) as their administrative headquarters.

[citation needed] Malak Mir Azam Khan of Ibrahim Khel was leading the army of Batkhela.

[7][8][9][10][11] Later on 9 November 1901, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Harold Arthur Deane also became the first Chief Commissioner on the formation of the North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).

[citation needed] On capturing Malakand Agency, the British Army decided to secure this area permanently from these outside aggressions.

They built roads from Batkhela to Chakdara, raised Chakdara and Malakand forts, set up Levies posts all over Malakand Agency, dug Upper Swat Canal and The Benton Tunnel (locally known as Tandail), constructed headwork's scheme at Batkhela, Churchill Paquet and Jabban Hydropower Station (Jabban Hydropower Plant).

Beside those, the most important of all was the Amandara (region in Batkhela) Irrigation Scheme (bridges) which were designed and built by the British firm Ransomes & Rapier, Ltd. Makers of Ipswich in 1912.

The District Press Club Malakand at Batkhela has been functional since 1988 in a rented building while reporters attached with the national, regional and local print and electronic media organizations have been performing their duties with devotion and sincerity.

The former minister for information had approved funds for a well-equipped press club building at Batkhela during their term.

The first-ever "monthly," the Hidayat Nama, was started by the late Muhammad Islam Ajmali who has been regarded as founder of journalism in the area.

Mr. Ihsan ur Rehman Sagar started a monthly Adrash which has been the first-ever declared newspaper from the area.