Barikot Tehsil

Barikot Tehsil
Tehsil
Barikot Tehsil
Barikot Tehsil
Coordinates: 34°40′40″N 72°13′24″E / 34.67778°N 72.22333°E / 34.67778; 72.22333Coordinates: 34°40′40″N 72°13′24″E / 34.67778°N 72.22333°E / 34.67778; 72.22333
Country  Pakistan
Province  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Swat
Population (2017)[1]
 • Tehsil 184,000
 • Urban 94,245
 • Rural 89,755
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)

Barikot is an administrative subdivision (Tehsil) of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

District Swat has 7 Tehsils[2] i.e. Tehsil Barikot, Tehsil Babuzai, Tehsil Matta, Tehsil Khwaza Khela, Tehsil Kabal, Tehsil Charbagh and Tehsil Bahrain. Each Tehsil comprises certain numbers of Union council. There are 65 Union council in district Swat, 56 rural and 09 urban.

According to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013.[3] Tehsil Barikot have following 5 Wards:[4]

  1. Ghalegay
  2. Barikot
  3. Parrai
  4. Kota
  5. Shamozai
  6. Guratai
  7. Manyar
  8. Landakay
  9. New kalai
  10. Shingardar
  11. Nagoha

See also

References

  1. ↑ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  2. ↑ http://lgkp.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Village-Neighbourhood-Councils-Detatails-Annex-D.pdf
  3. ↑ http://lgkp.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Local-Government-Elections-Rules-2013.pdf
  4. ↑ http://lgkp.gov.pk/neighbourhood-council/
  • Book: Hidden Treasures of Swat, ISBN 978-969-23042-0-7
  • Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Government website section on Lower Dir and neighboring places
  • United Nations
  • Hajj 2014 Uploads
  • PBS paiman.jsi.com


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