Matta Tehsil Explained

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]

  1. Pir Kalay
  2. Arkot
  3. Tiower
  4. Bar Tharna
  5. Gwalarai
  6. Biha
  7. Chuprial
  8. Matta Khararai
  9. Baidara
  10. Durushkhela
  11. Asharai
  12. Darmai
  13. Sakhra
  14. Sherpalum (Tigerplace)

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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. http://lgkp.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Village-Neighbourhood-Councils-Detatails-Annex-D.pdf
  3. http://lgkp.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Local-Government-Elections-Rules-2013.pdf
  4. Web site: Village/Neighbourhood Council | Local Government, Elections and Rural Development Department . 2015-11-06 . 2018-02-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180226025051/http://lgkp.gov.pk/neighbourhood-council/ . dead .