 Eastern Jehangira is under Swabi district while western Jehangira is under the administration of Nowshera District.According to the British record of 1870 for land information management in Indo-Pak, Jehangir Khan Awan founded this town in 1681 when Afzal Khan Khattak was the chieftain of Khattak tribe (grandson of Khushal Khan Khattak).In the beginning, it was known as Jehangir village but gradually became famous as Jehangira.