Demographics

After settling themselves in the plains, the Yusufzais pushed on into the hill country beyond and in a few years became the masters of Swat and Buner. Three sections of the tribe, the Hassanzai, Akazai and Chagharzai, inhabit the west slopes of the Black Mountain, and the Yusufzai country stretches to the Utman Khel territory. The Kamalzai Yusufzais inhabit Mardan Toru and Hoti of the Mardan District and the city of Mardan. The population demographics of Yusufzais who can trace Yusufzai blood line is unknown but there are 3-6 million Pashtu speaking Yusufzais.
Some of Yousafzai's are settled in abbottabad District of N.W.F.P locally called as "sheikhs" meaning religious leader in Arabic language. They are mainly occupant in three villages namely sadra, banda sheikhan and takia sheikhan. They migrated some years after jadoons from dodher village of swabi.wa Mahabat khel are in Allai, Mansehra, Chattar Plain, lachi Mang, Fateh Mang and Mardan, Swat and also lived in Karachi. Basically they are Yousufzai but in Mansehra they are known as swati becos of their original place.