Barikot is an administrative subdivision (
tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...
) of
Swat District
Swat District (, ps, سوات ولسوالۍ, ) is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. With a population of 2,309,570 per the 2017 national census, Swat is the 15th-largest district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa pro ...
in the
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...
province of Pakistan.
Swat District has seven
tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...
s i.e. Tehsil Barikot,
Tehsil Babuzai,
Tehsil Matta,
Tehsil Khwaza Khela,
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
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013 was passed by the provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 31 October 2013, and is published as an Act of the Provincial Legislature of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as No.PA/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa/Bills/2 ...
. Tehsil Barikot have following 5 Wards:
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Ghalegay
Ghalegay ( ps, غالیګے) is a village of Swat Valley, located at a distance of 14 km south of Mingora, on the left bank of Swat River. It is one of the main villages lying between the two cities, Mingora and Barikot.
During the recent ...
# Barikot
# Tindodag
# Panjigram
# Najigram
# Nawagai
# Amlok Dara
# Karakar
# Kandak Jehangir
# Parrai
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Kota
Kota or KOTA may refer to:
People and languages
*Kōta (given name), a masculine Japanese given name
*Kota Brahmin, a sub-caste of Brahmins in Karnataka
*Kota people (India), a tribe in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu, South India
**Kota language ...
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Shamozai
# Guratai
# Manyar
# Landakay
# New kalai
# Shingardar
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Nagoha
# Dedawar
# zarakhela
# Chungi
See also
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Swat District
Swat District (, ps, سوات ولسوالۍ, ) is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. With a population of 2,309,570 per the 2017 national census, Swat is the 15th-largest district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa pro ...
References
External links
* Book: ''Hidden Treasures of Swat'',
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Government website section on Lower Dir and neighboring placesUnited NationsHajj 2014 Uploads
Swat District
Tehsils of Swat District
Populated places in Swat District
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