Barikot Tehsil | |
Native Name: | Urdu: {{nq|تحصیل بریکوٹ Pushto; Pashto: {{script/Arabic|بریکوټ تحصیل |
Settlement Type: | Tehsil |
Blank Emblem Size: | 100px |
Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
Pushpin Map: | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan |
Mapsize: | 280px |
Map Caption1: | Location within Pakistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Swat |
Population Total: | 184,000 |
Population Rural: | 89,755 |
Population Urban: | 94,245 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Tehsil Chairman |
Leader Name: | Arshad Khan |
Blank Name Sec1: | Number of towns |
Blank Name Sec2: | Number of Union Councils |
Timezone1: | PST |
Utc Offset1: | +5 |
Leader Party: | [Awami National Party] |
Barikot is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Swat District has seven tehsils[2] i.e. Tehsil Barikot, Tehsil Babuzai, Tehsil Matta, Tehsil Khwazakhela, 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 has the following 5 Wards:[4]