Battagram Tehsil
تحصیل بٹگرام بټګرام تحصیل Area of Pakhli | |
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Coordinates: 34°40′33″N 73°02′55″E / 34.6757°N 73.0487°E | |
Country | Pakistan |
Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
District | Battagram |
Region | Pakhli |
Union Councils | 12 |
Government | |
• Chairman | Atta Ullah Khan (PTI) |
Population | |
• Total | 296,198 |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Battagram Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (Tehsil) of the Battagram District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[2][3] It serves as the Tehsil headquarters and covers a total area of 300 square miles (780 km2). Battagram Tehsil merged into Pakistan as an administrative region before being raised to the status of a district in 1993. On October 8, 2005, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Kashmir badly affected the area.