Balakot Tehsil
This article is about Balakot Tehsil. For Balakot Town, see Balakot. For the village in Nepal, see Balakot, Nepal.
| Balakot | |
|---|---|
| Tehsil | |
 | |
| Country |
 Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Mansehra |
| Government | |
| • Assistant Commissioner | Muhammad Ali Asghar (P.A.S.) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
| Number of towns | 1 |
| Number of Union Councils | 16 |
Balakot Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل بالاکوٹ) is a subdivision of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Balakot is the main city of this area. It was one of the towns which was most damaged in the 2005 Kashmir earthquake on 8 October 2005 [1] and an estimated 80% of the buildings there were destroyed. Villages were badly affected and landslides cut off thousands of people from Balakot where relief workers had been helping the survivors.[2]
Administration
Balakot Tehsil consists of 16 Union Councils:[3]
- Atter Shisha
- Balakot
- Garhi Habibullah
- Garlat
- Ghanool
- Hangrai
- Kaghan
- Karnol
- Kewai
- Labar Kot
- Mahandri
- Pairan
- Sandaisar
- Satbani
- Shohal Mazullah
- Talhata
- kanshiean
See also
- Mansehra District
- Balakot
- Bhangian
- Sangar
- Dabrian
- Sandhuri
References
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