Balakot Tehsil
Tehsil in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Balakot Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل بالاکوٹ) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Mansehra District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan [2] Balakot is the main city of the tehsil. 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
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| Area of Upper Pakhli | |
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| Coordinates: 34.883°N 73.667°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Mansehra |
| Region | Upper Pakhli |
| Government | |
| • MPA | Munir Lughmani Swati (PTI) |
| 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 main language of the tehsil is Hindko.
Administration
Balakot Tehsil consists of 12 Union Councils:[5]
Notables
- Khan Wasil Khan Swati(Khan of Balakot during Sikh rule who helped and gave refuge to Syed Ahmed Shaheed in his Haveli)
- Jageerdar Lal Khan Swati (Khan of Balakot during British Rule)
- Haji Rustam Khan Swati (Ex-Tehsil Nazim Balakot)
- Shams Khan Lughmani Swati (Chairman DRC Tehsil Balakot)
- Mazullah Khan Lughmani Swati (Founder and Khan of Shohal Mazullah Khan
- Najaf Khan Dodal Swati (Founder of Shohal Najaf Khan and Khan of Mahandri)
- Syed Qasim Shah (MNA)
- Syed Ahmed Hussain Shah(MPA)
- Haji Saleem Khan Dhodyari Swati (Current Chief of Balakot city)
- Haider Khan Bejori Swati (Current Chairman Balakot city)
- Mian Wali Ur Rehman (MPA)
- Munir Lughmani Swati (MPA, Advocate Supreme Court)
- Babar Naseem Khankhel Swati (Ex-Food Minister KPK)
- Mian Zia Ur Rehman (MPA)
- Wajid Hamayun Khan Swati(Politician)
