History of Jalbai
Jalbai is a village of the Lahor Tehsil in Swabi District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[1] Jalbai is named after its position as Jail B during British Rule[citation needed]. The people are Pakhtuns and Muslims.
The village has one high school and some primary schools, where the medium of language is Urdu. Although the main occupation of Jalbai has primarily been farming or trading in farming products, a significant number of people contribute to the economy of the village by sending in remittances from the Persian Gulf where they work, and some people work at Darra Adam Khel.
The main industry of the village is agriculture, including wheat and tobacco. The literacy rate is 85%.
The most famous poet of Jalbai was Abdul Wahid Thikhadar (Jalbaiwal).