Upper Kohistan District
Upper Kohistan District
ضلع بالائی کوہستان پورتنۍ کوهستان ولسوالۍ | |
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Country | Pakistan |
Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Division | Hazara |
Headquarters | Dasu |
Government | |
• Type | District Administration |
• Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
• District Police Officer | N/A |
• District Health Officer | N/A |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 307,286 |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Number of Tehsils | 2 |
Website | upperkohistan |
Upper Kohistan District (Kohistani,jalkutia,shina Urdu: ضلع بالائی کوہستان) is a district in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Overview and history
Before 2014, this region was part of the large Kohistan District. In 2014, the Government of Pakistan bifurcated the Kohistan District into two distinct districts namely Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan.
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1972 | 121,529 | — |
1981 | 180,124 | +4.47% |
1998 | 184,746 | +0.15% |
2017 | 305,451 | +2.68% |
2023 | 422,947 | +5.57% |
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At the time of the 2017 census, the district had a population of 307,286, of which were males and females. Upper Kohistan had a sex ratio of 842 females per 1000 males. The entire population was rural. 34.62% of the population was under 10 years of age. 24 people in the district were from religious minorities.
97.95% of the population belongs to Dardic peoples speaking one of the many Kohistani languages as their first language.
Administrative Units
In 2014, Upper Kohistan District was subdivided into two Tehsils while on 31st of May, 2018, the Kundai tehsil was upgraded into subdivision and two more tehsils were created. With that change, the district had one subdivision and three tehsils in total as shown below:
- Dassu (Urdu: تحصیل داسو)(Pashto: داسو تحصیل)
- Kandia (Urdu: تحصیل کانڈیا)(Pashto: کانډیا تحصیل)
- Seo (union council) (Urdu: تحصیل سیو)(Pashto: سیو تحصیل)
- Harban Bhasha (union council) (Urdu: تحصیل بھاشا ہربان)(Pashto: باشا هربان تحصیل)
Provincial Assembly
Member of Provincial Assembly | Party Affiliation | Constituency | Year |
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dedar | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-25 Kohistan | 2018 |