Balakot Tehsil

Balakot Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Balakot is the main city of this area. It was one of the towns that was devastated in the 2005 Kashmir earthquake with around 80% of the buildings there destroyed. Villages were badly affected and landslides cut off thousands of people from Balakot where relief workers had been helping the survivors.

Its population as of 2017 was. The major spoken language of the tehsil is Hindko.

Administration
Balakot Tehsil consists of 12 Union Councils:


 * Balakot
 * Garhi Habibullah Khan
 * Garlat
 * Ghanool
 * Hangrai
 * Kaghan
 * Karnol
 * Kiwai
 * Mahandri
 * Satbani
 * Shohal Mazullah
 * Talhataa
 * Attershisha

Notables

 * Jageerdar Wasil Khan Swati(Khan of Balakot during Sikh rule who helped Syed Ahmed Shaheed)
 * Jageerdar Lal Khan Swati (Khan of Balakot during British Rule)
 * Syed Qasim Shah (MNA)
 * Syed Ahmed Hussain Shah(MPA)
 * Mian Wali Ur Rehman (MPA)
 * Munir Lughmani Swati (MPA, Advocate Supreme Court)
 * Mian Zia Ur Rehman (MPA)
 * Wajid Hamayun Khan Swati(Politician)