Matta Tehsil

Tehsil in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
34°55′36″N 72°24′27″E / 34.9266674°N 72.4075101°E / 34.9266674; 72.4075101Country PakistanProvince Khyber PakhtunkhwaDistrictSwatGovernment
 • NazimAbdullah Khan (PTI)Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Tehsil465,996 • Urban
42,647 • Rural
423,349Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)Number of towns1 (Major)Number of Union Councils65Websitewww.zamaswat.com www.visitswat.com

Matta (Pashto: مټه) is an administrative subdivision (Tehsil) of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

District Swat has 7 Tehsils[2] i.e. Tehsil Matta, Tehsil Babuzai, Tehsil Khwaza Khela, Tehsil Barikot, 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 Matta have the following 13 Wards:[4]

  1. Pir Kalay
  2. Arkot
  3. Tiower
  4. Bar Tharna
  5. Gwalarai
  6. Biha
  7. Chuprial
  8. Matta Khararai
  9. Baidara
  10. Durushkhela
  11. Asharai
  12. Darmai
  13. Sakhra
  14. Sherpalum (Tigerplace)

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References

  1. ^ "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 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  2. ^ http://lgkp.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Village-Neighbourhood-Councils-Detatails-Annex-D.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ http://lgkp.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Local-Government-Elections-Rules-2013.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ "Village/Neighbourhood Council | Local Government, Elections and Rural Development Department". Archived from the original on 2018-02-26. Retrieved 2015-11-06.

External links

  • Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Government website section on Lower Dir and neighboring places
  • United Nations
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