Birot Kalan Union Council

Birote Kalan is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.^[1]

Birote Kalan
Union Council
Birote is located in Abbottabad District
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Abbottabad
Population
• Total	50,012

Etymology

The name of the union council Birote means "the land of wrestlers". The words khurd and kalan ("little" and "big") are administrative terminology dating back to Mughal times, to differentiate two areas with the same name, hence Birote Khurd means "little khurd". The words khurd ("small") and kalan ("big") are taken from Persian. (cf. Britannia major, "Greater Britain" and Britannia minor "Lesser Britain").^{[citation needed]}

Location

Administrative subdivisions of Berote Kalan

Birote Kalan is located in the south eastern part of Circle Bakote Region of Abbottabad District and borders the Tehsil Dheerkot of Bagh District of Kashmir in East while Mukeshpuri Top & Ayubia in West. In North Famous Kohala Bridge is Located while in South Murree. Birote was consequently affected by the 2005 Pakistan earthquake as the epicentre was in Kashmir.^{[citation needed]}

Subdivisions

The Union Council is subdivided into the following areas:

• Birote Kalan
• Birote Khurd
• Kahoo Sharqi
• Kahoo Gharbi