Matta Tehsil

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

Not to be confused with Matta, Swat.
Matta
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Tehsil
Matta
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Matta
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Coordinates: 34.9266674°N 72.4075101°E / 34.9266674; 72.4075101
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictSwat
Population
 • Tehsil465,996
 • Urban
42,647
 • Rural
423,349
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of towns1 (Major)
Number of Union Councils65
Websitewww.zamaswat.com www.visitswat.com

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. Arcourt
  3. Tiower
  4. Bar Tharna
  5. Gwalarai
  6. Beha
  7. Churprial
  8. Matta Khararai
  9. Baidara
  10. Durushkhela
  11. Asharai
  12. Darmai
  13. Sakhra
  14. sherpalum ,or, Tigerplace

chuprial matta swat
gollark: So just flip between them instead?
gollark: Sort of defeats the point, doesn't it?
gollark: "Oh, this set of values is inconvenient, I'll go pick a new one."
gollark: Should you just *not* cling to ideals?
gollark: Other side effects *do* exist.

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
  3. http://lgkp.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Local-Government-Elections-Rules-2013.pdf
  4. http://lgkp.gov.pk/neighbourhood-council/


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