Balakot Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل بالاکوٹ) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.1st Largest population in this Tehsil balakot consist of MUGHAL/MANGOL Tribe, Mostly lived in BRARKOT GARHI HABIBULLAH [2] Balakot is the main city of this area.Real heroes KPK, & this Tehsil AHSAN ZEB MUGHAL lived in this Tehsil Balakot he is the great heroes of the Mughal Nation he is the proud of MUGHAL nation.It was one of the towns that was devastated in the 2005 Kashmir earthquake[3] with around 80% of the buildings there destroyed. Villages were badly affected and landslides cut off thousands of people from Balakot where relief workers had been helping the survivors.[4]
Balakot Tehsil
تحصیل بالاکوٹ بالاکوټ تحصیل | |
|---|---|
| Area of Upper Pakhli | |
 | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Mansehra |
| Region | Upper Pakhli |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Syed Ibrahim Ahmad (PML(N)) |
| Population | |
• Total | 273,089 |
| Time zone | UTC 5 (PST) |
| Number of towns | 1 |
| Number of Union Councils | 16 |
Its population as of 2017 was 273,000.[1] The major spoken language of the tehsil is Hindko
Administration
editBalakot Tehsil consists of 12 Union Councils:[5]
Notables
edit- Jageerdar Wasil Khan Swati(Khan of Balakot during Sikh rule who helped Syed Ahmed Shaheed)
- Jageerdar Lal Khan Swati (Khan of Balakot during British Rule)
- Syed Qasim Shah (MNA)
- Syed Ahmed Hussain Shah(MPA)
- Mian Wali Ur Rehman (MPA)
- Munir Lughmani Swati (MPA, Advocate Supreme Court)
- Mian Zia Ur Rehman (MPA)
- Wajid Hamayun Khan Swati(Politician)
References
edit- ^ a b "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "Villagers near Balakot say nobody killed or injured by Indian aircraft". 27 February 2019.
- ^ "Earthquake damage - NWFP government official site". Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
- ^ Pain and fear in the haven for the lucky - The Guardian
- ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Mansehra - Government of Pakistan Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
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