Barikot is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Swat District has seven tehsils i.e. Tehsil Barikot, Tehsil Babuzai, Tehsil Matta, Tehsil Khwaza Khela, 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. Tehsil Barikot have following 5 Wards:
Ghalegay
Barikot
Tindodag
Panjigram
Najigram
Nawagai
Amlok Dara
Karakar
Kandak Jehangir
Parrai
Kota
Shamozai
Guratai
Manyar
Landakay
New kalai
Shingardar
Nagoha
Dedawar
zarakhela
Chungi
See also
Swat District
References
External links
Book: Hidden Treasures of Swat, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Government website section on Lower Dir and neighboring places United Nations Hajj 2014 Uploads PBS paiman.jsi.com