Lower Kohistan District

Lower Kohistan District
ضلع زیریں کوہستان
ښکته کوهستان ولسوالۍ
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)
 • Total202,913
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils2
languagesKohistani, Hindko & Urdu
Websitelowerkohistan.kp.gov.pk

Lower Kohistan District (Shina: کوہستان, Urdu: ضلع زیریں کوہستان) is a district in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Pattan is the district headquarters of Lower Kohistan.

Overview and history

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

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:

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.

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.

Administrative Units

Lower Kohistan comprises two Tehsils:



Provincial Assembly

Member of Provincial Assembly Party Affiliation Constituency Year
Abdul Ghafar Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PK-26 Kohistan Lower 2018

See also

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