Matta Tehsil

Matta
مټه
Tehsil
Country  Pakistan
Province  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Swat
Population (2017)[1]
  Tehsil 465,996
  Urban 42,647
  Rural 423,349
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)
Number of towns 1 (Major)
Number of Union Councils 65
Website

www.zamaswat.com

www.visitswat.com

Matta (Pashto: مټه) is an administrative subdivision (Tehsil) of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

District Swat has 7 Tehsils[2] i.e. Tehsil Matta, Tehsil Babuzai, Tehsil Khwaza Khela, Tehsil Barikot, 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 Matta have the following 13 Wards:[4]

  1. Pir Kalalai
  2. Arkot
  3. Shawar
  4. Bar Thana
  5. Gwalarai
  6. Beha
  7. Churprial
  8. Matta Khararai
  9. Baidara
  10. Durushkhela
  11. Asharai
  12. Darmai
  13. Sakhra

chuprial matta swat

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/


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