Barikot Tehsil

Barikot is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Barikot Tehsil تحصیل بریکوٹ بریکوټ تحصیل‎
Tehsil
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Coordinates: 34°40′40″N 72°13′24″E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Swat
Government
• Tehsil Chairman	Kashif Ali (Pakistan Tehreek Insaf)
Population  (2023)[1]
• Tehsil	220,148
• Urban	115,045
• Rural	105,103
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

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

See also

• Pakistan portal

• Swat District