Shamdarra or Shamdharra is a village and union council (an administrative subdivision) of the Mansehra District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
[2] About 58% of the population of the Shamdharra area are engaged in bucolic occupations, such as agriculture/cultivation, animal husbandry, livestock management and forestry.
The rest of the population work as expatriates in other locations in Pakistan, or abroad.
The main ethnic groups are: Pathans (Swati, Tanoli, Khan khel, Bala khail, Tor khail Hassanzai, Akazai, aka Khel), Awan, Gujar and Sayyids.
It is most diverse town in the area, which accepts almost all the people from different customs and backgrounds.