Barikot Tehsil

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

Barikot Tehsil
تحصیل بریکوٹ
بریکوټ تحصیل‎
Tehsil
Barikot Tehsil is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Barikot Tehsil
Barikot Tehsil
Barikot Tehsil is located in Pakistan
Barikot Tehsil
Barikot Tehsil
Coordinates: 34°40′40″N 72°13′24″E
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictSwat
Government
 • Tehsil ChairmanArshad Khan ([Awami National Party])
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Tehsil184,000
 • Urban
94,245
 • Rural
89,755
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Swat District has seven 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. Tindodag
  4. Panjigram
  5. Najigram
  6. Nawagai
  7. Amlok Dara
  8. Karakar
  9. Kandak Jehangir
  10. Parrai
  11. Kota
  12. Shamozai
  13. Guratai
  14. Manyar
  15. Landakay
  16. New kalai
  17. Shingardar
  18. Nagoha
  19. Dedawar
  20. zarakhela
  21. Chungi

See also

References
  1. "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  2. http://lgkp.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Village-Neighbourhood-Councils-Detatails-Annex-D.pdf
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2015-11-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Village/Neighbourhood Council | Local Government, Elections and Rural Development Department". Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2015-11-06.


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