Balakot Tehsil Explained

Official Name:Area of Upper Pakhli
Balakot Tehsil
Native Name:Urdu: {{nq|تحصیل بالاکوٹ
Pushto; Pashto: {{script/Arabic|بالاکوټ تحصیل
Native Name Lang:ur
Settlement Type:Tehsil
Blank Emblem Size:100px
Blank Emblem Type:Logo
Mapsize:280px
Map Caption1:Location within Pakistan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Mansehra
Population Total:273,089
Population As Of:2017
Population Footnotes:[1]
Leader Title:Chairman
Leader Name:Syed Ibrahim Ahmad
Blank Name Sec1:Number of towns
Blank Info Sec1:1
Blank Name Sec2:Number of Union Councils
Blank Info Sec2:16
Timezone1:PST
Utc Offset1:+5
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Upper Pakhli
Leader Party:PML(N)

Balakot Tehsil (Urdu: {{nq|تحصیل بالاکوٹ) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[2] Balakot is the main city of this area. It was one of the towns that was devastated in the 2005 Kashmir earthquake[3] with around 80% of the buildings there destroyed. Villages were badly affected and landslides cut off thousands of people from Balakot where relief workers had been helping the survivors.[4]

Its population as of 2017 was .[1] The major spoken language of the tehsil is Hindko.

Administration

Balakot Tehsil consists of 12 Union Councils:[5]

Notables

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA. 2018-01-03. 2018-04-20. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. https://web.archive.org/web/20180417045123/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/kp/MANSEHRA_SUMMARY.pdf. 2018-04-17. dead.
  2. Web site: Villagers near Balakot say nobody killed or injured by Indian aircraft. 27 February 2019.
  3. Web site: Earthquake damage - NWFP government official site . 2007-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070808215728/http://www.nwfp.gov.pk/earthquake/e.php . 2007-08-08 . dead .
  4. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2005/oct/24/pakistan.naturaldisasters Pain and fear in the haven for the lucky - The Guardian
  5. http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=73&dn=Mansehra Tehsils & Unions in the District of Mansehra - Government of Pakistan