Sirikot
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 Sirikot is located in Haripur District |
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| Province | NWFP |
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| District | Haripur |
| Tehsil | Ghazi |
Sirikot is one of the 44 Union Councils of Haripur District, in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. It is located at 34°10'60N 73°43'50E[1] in Ghazi tehsil - Sirikot village is the principle settlement of the Union Council[2] .
To the west of Haripur tehsil there is another very beautiful and populous village of the Mashwani's known as Gudwalian (Goodvalley), it is located between Haripur city and Sirikot(Ghazi). It is between 12-14 km from Haripur and is the site of a well known Mosque - the "Ali Masjid". A majority of the population of Sirikot and Gudwallian (Goodvalley) is Pashto speaking, commonly known as Mashwani, a tribe of Pathans. The Hindko speaking community, which is the dominant community in Haripur District overall, is the second major population in this area.
Gehran is a village in the Union Council of Srikot, it has a population of around 2500 people. M.Saeed Khan Abbasi a famous television journalist is from Gehran.
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| Administrative subdivisions of Haripur District |  |
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| Capital | Haripur
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| Union Councils | Ali Khan | Bagra | Bakka | Bandi Sher Khan | Barkot | Beer | Bherrary | Breela | Darwesh | Dheendah | Dingi | Haripur Central | Haripur North | Haripur South | Hattar | Jabri | Jatti Pind | Kalinjar | Khalabat | Khanpur | Kholian Bala | Kot Najeebullah | Landarmang | Mankrai | Maqsood | Najifpur | Pandak | Panian | Pind Hasham Khan | Pind Kamal Khan | Rehana | Serai Niamat Khan | Serai Saleh | Sikandarpur | Sirya | Tarbela | Tofkian | Baitgali | Ghazi | Kotehrra | Kundi | Nara Amaz | Qazipur | Sirikot | |
