Lower_Kohistan_District
Lower Kohistan District
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan
Lower Kohistan District (Shina: کوہستان, Urdu: ضلع زیریں کوہستان) is a district in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[2][3][4][5] Pattan is the district headquarters of Lower Kohistan.[6]
Lower Kohistan District
ضلع زیریں کوہستان ښکته کوهستان ولسوالۍ | |
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View of Pattan Valley | |
Lower Kohistan District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Division | Hazara |
| Established | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Pattan |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 202,913 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Number of Tehsils | 2 |
| languages | Kohistani, Hindko & Urdu |
| Website | lowerkohistan |
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.[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 31 May 2018, Ranovali Pinkhad, previously part of Pattan tehsil, was made a separate tehsil.[9]
| Year | Pop. | ±% 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]
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]
Lower Kohistan comprises two Tehsils:[9]
- Pattan (Urdu: تحصیل پٹن)(Pashto: پټن تحصیل)
- Ranolia Bankad (also spelled as Ranola) (Urdu: تحصیل رنولیہ-بانخاد)(Pashto: رنولیا-بانخاد تحصیل)
Provincial Assembly
| Member of Provincial Assembly | Party Affiliation | Constituency | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdul Ghafar | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-26 Kohistan Lower | 2018 |
- "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
- "KP govt notifies three new tehsils, one subdivision in Kohistan". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- "PPP awards tickets in Sindh, KP". The Nation. 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa govt releases Rs7251 million for quake-hit districts - Pakistan - Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
- "KP govt notifies three new tehsils, one subdivision in Kohistan". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
- 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.
- "Lines of division: K-P govt carves Kohistan into two districts | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2018-06-21.[dead link]
- Iqbal, Javed (24 November 2017). "4 new tehsils in Punjab on the cards". The Nation. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- Correspondent, The Newspaper's (31 May 2018). "Five tehsils created in Hazara division". dawn.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.