Official Name: | Matta مټه |
Settlement Type: | Tehsil |
Pushpin Map: | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan |
Mapsize: | 280px |
Coordinates: | 34.9267°N 72.4075°W |
Map Caption1: | Location within Pakistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Swat |
Population Total: | 465,996 |
Population Rural: | 423,349 |
Population Urban: | 42,647 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Leader Title: | Nazim |
Leader Name: | Abdullah Khan |
Blank Name Sec1: | Number of towns |
Blank Info Sec1: | 1 (Major) |
Blank Name Sec2: | Number of Union Councils |
Blank Info Sec2: | 65 |
Timezone1: | PST |
Utc Offset1: | +5 |
Website: | www.zamaswat.comwww.visitswat.com |
Leader Party: | PTI |
Matta (Pushto; 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 Councils in district Swat, of which 56 are rural and 9 urban.
According to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013,[3] Tehsil Matta has the following 13 Wards:[4]