Barikot Tehsil Explained

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]

  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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA. 2018-01-03. 2018-04-23. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. https://web.archive.org/web/20180424072154/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/kp/SWAT_SUMMARY.pdf. 2018-04-24. dead.
  2. Web site: Names of Village / Neighbourhood Councils along with seats detail of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. gov.pk. 18 February 2024.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140913063053/http://lgkp.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Local-Government-Elections-Rules-2013.pdf . 2014-09-13 . dead .
  4. Web site: Village/Neighbourhood Council | Local Government, Elections and Rural Development Department . 2015-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180226025051/http://lgkp.gov.pk/neighbourhood-council/ . 2018-02-26 . dead .