Balakot Tehsil is a subdivision of Mansehra District

Mansehra District

Mansehra District is in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, an area still unofficially known as the Northwest Frontier. Mansehra district and town are named after Man Singh, a leading general of Mughal Emperor Akbar...

 in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

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Balakot

Balakot

Balakot , is a town in Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The town was destroyed during the 2005 earthquake and later rebuilt with the assistance of the Government of Pakistan and Saudi Public Assistance for Pakistan Earthquake Victims , a Saudi relief organization...

 is the main city of this area. It was one of the towns which was most damaged in the 2005 Kashmir earthquake

2005 Kashmir earthquake

The 2005 Kashmir earthquake was a major earthquake centered in Pakistan-administered Kashmir known as Azad Kashmir, near the city of Muzaffarabad, affecting Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It occurred at 08:52:37 Pakistan Standard Time on 8 October 2005...

 on 8 October 2005 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.

Administration

Balakot Tehsil consists of 16 Union Councils

Union Councils of Pakistan

A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...

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Atter Shisha Atter Shisha Atter Shisha is a village and Atter Shisha has a very old history in the Mansehra District, the land of Enormous PeoplesA lot of years back when Queen Noor Jahan was departing somewhere her destiny and for while her Mob stopped at one location during her short stay , expensive & beautiful perfume... Balakot Balakot Balakot , is a town in Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The town was destroyed during the 2005 earthquake and later rebuilt with the assistance of the Government of Pakistan and Saudi Public Assistance for Pakistan Earthquake Victims , a Saudi relief organization... Garhi Habibullah Garhi Habibullah Garhi Habibullah is a town and union council of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located in Mansehra Tehsil and lies to the east of the district capital Mansehra, towards the Kashmir frontier . It is in an area affected by the 2005 Kashmir... Garlat Garlat Garlat is a village and union council of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located in Balakot tehsil and lies in an area that was affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.... Ghanool Ghanool Ghanool is a village and union council of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan . It is located in Balakot tehsil and lies in an area that was affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.[]... Hangrai Hangrai Hangrai is a village and union council of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located in the lower Kaghan Valley and lies to the north of Balakot city in an area that was affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.- Main Village of Union Council Hangrai Ban,... Kaghan Kaghan Kaghan is a small town and union council of the Balakot Tehsil, in Mansehra District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It has a reputation as a place of great natural beauty.... Karnol Karnol Karnol consist of village Dogah, According to area this village is largest village of Distt Mansehra. In Dogah two Awan brothers came a lot of years back and established agriculture in the village after corp they made gah, So two brother made two gah, that's why village name exist Dogah...

Kewal Kewal Kewal is a village and union council of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan . It is located in the north east of the district and lies in an area that was affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.... Laber Kot Laber Kot Laber Kot is a village and union council of Mansehra District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan . It is located in the south of the district and is to the north-east of Mansehra the district capital, in an area affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.... Mohandri Mohandri Mohandri is a village and union council of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan . It is located in the north east of the district and borders the Neelum and Muzaffarabad districts of Azad Kashmir and lies in an area affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.... Pairan Pairan Pairan is a village and union council of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan . It is located in the south of Mansehra and borders Abbottabad District... Sandasar Sandasar Sandasar is a village and union council of Mansehra District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan . It is located in the south of the district and lies to the west of the district capital Mansehra.... Satbani Satbani Satbani is a village and union council of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan . It is located in Balakot tehsil and lies in an area that was affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake... Shohal Mazullah Shohal Mazullah Shohal Mazullah is a village and union council of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan... Talhata Talhata Talhata is a village and union council of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan . It is located in the south of the district where it borders Kashmir ....