Lower Kohistan District

Lower Kohistan District (Pashto: ښکته کوهستان ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع زیریں کوہستان) is a district in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[2][3][4][5] The district headquarters of Lower Kohistan is Pattan.[6]

Lower Kohistan District
ضلع زیریں کوہستان
ښکته کوهستان ولسوالۍ‎
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
View of Pattan Valley
View of Pattan Valley
Location in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Location in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DivisionHazara
Established2014
HeadquartersPattan
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerN/A
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total202,913
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils2
languagesKohistani, Hindko & Urdu
Websitelowerkohistan.kp.gov.pk

Overview and history

Up until 2014, this district was part of the large Kohistan district. In 2014, the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa bifurcated the Kohistan District into the Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan districts. At that time, Lower Kohistan comprised two tehsils: Palas and Pattan.[7] However, the tehsil of Palas was separated from the district of Lower Kohistan as another district. It was named as Kolai-Palas.[8] On 31st of May, 2018, Ranovali Pinkhad, previously part of Pattan tehsil, was made a separate tehsil.[9]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1981 161,428—    
1998 122,211−1.62%
2017 202,502+2.69%
2023 340,017+9.02%
Sources:[10]

At the time of the 2017 census, the district had a population of 202,502. Lower Kohistan had a sex ratio of 862 females per 1000 males. The entire population was rural. 34.64% of the population was under 10 years of age. 8 people in the district were from religious minorities.[11]

Languages of Lower Kohistan district (2017)

  'Others' (mainly Kohistani) (83.77%)
  Pashto (15.63%)
  Others (0.60%)

83.77% of the population belonged to Dardic peoples speaking one of the many Kohistani languages as their first language. 15.63% were Pashto speakers.[11]

Administrative Units

Lower Kohistan comprises two Tehsils:[9]



Provincial Assembly
Member of Provincial AssemblyParty AffiliationConstituencyYear
Abdul GhafarPakistan Tehreek-e-InsafPK-26 Kohistan Lower2018

See also

References
  1. "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  2. "KP govt notifies three new tehsils, one subdivision in Kohistan". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  3. "PPP awards tickets in Sindh, KP". The Nation. 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  4. "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa govt releases Rs7251 million for quake-hit districts - Pakistan - Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  5. "KP govt notifies three new tehsils, one subdivision in Kohistan". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  6. Correspondent, The Newspaper's (2018-01-30). "Palas as headquarters of new district opposed". DAWN.COM. Archived from the original on 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  7. "Lines of division: K-P govt carves Kohistan into two districts | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
  8. Iqbal, Javed (24 November 2017). "4 new tehsils in Punjab on the cards". The Nation. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  9. Correspondent, The Newspaper's (31 May 2018). "Five tehsils created in Hazara division". dawn.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  10. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  11. "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
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