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Kolai-Pallas District
ضلع کولئی-پالس
Palas Valley
Palas Valley
Kolar-Palas District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Kolar-Palas District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DivisionHazara
Established2017
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerFazal Hussain
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa1,410 km2 (540 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa280,162
 • Density200/km2 (510/sq mi)
 • Urban
0
 • Rural
280,162
Time zonePST
Number of Tehsils2
Websitekolaipallas.kp.gov.pk

Kolai-Palas Kohistan District (Kohistani and Shina: کولئی- پالس کوستَیں, Urdu: ضلع کولئی-پالس) is a district in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[2][3][4][5] It was a sub-division of the Kohistan district within the Hazara division till it attained the status of a separate district in 2017.[6][7]

Overview and history

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Kolai-Pallas was carved as a district out of Lower Kohistan District by upgrading the old Pallas sub-division in 2017.[8][2][9] On 31 May 2018, Battera Kolai was carved out of Pallas tehsil making two tehsils in total for Kolai-Pallas.[10][11]

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1981 123,685—    
1998 165,613+1.73%
2017 274,923+2.70%
2023 280,162+0.32%
Sources:[12]

As of the 2023 census, Kolai-Palas district has 33,983 households and a population of 280,162. The district has a sex ratio of 103.65 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 18.80%: 24.24% for males and 13.14% for females. 102,642 (43.36% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. The entire population lives in rural areas.[1]

787 (0.33% of the surveyed population) people in the district are from religious minorities, mainly Christians.[13]

Languages of Kolai-Palas district (2023)[14]

  Kohistani (85.19%)
  Shina (7.75%)
  Pashto (2.81%)
  Others (4.25%)

As of the 2023 census, 85.19% of the population speak Kohistani languages, 7.75% Shina and 2.81% Pashto as their first language. 4.03% of the population speaks languages classified as 'Others'.[14]

Administrative Units

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The district currently has two Tehsils.[10][11]

The district is decided into 13 Wards (previously known as Union Councils), and 52 village councils.

Provincial Assembly

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Member of Provincial Assembly Party Affiliation Constituency Year
Sardar Mohammad Riaz Independent PK-33 Kolai Palas 2024

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  2. ^ a b "Kolai-Palas notified as new district". The News. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  3. ^ "Deal struck: JUI-F's Maulana Asmatullah tenders resignation | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  4. ^ "KP Cabinet approves amendments in Civil Procedure Code". www.brecorder.com. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  5. ^ "Kolai-Palas district headquarters: Tribesmen defer protest after admin assurance". The News. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  6. ^ "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  7. ^ "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  8. ^ Correspondent, The Newspaper's (26 August 2017). "Kolai-Palas made district, Baffa-Pakhal tehsil". dawn.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  9. ^ "Jirga members held for declaring two minor girls vani". The News. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  10. ^ a b Correspondent, The Newspaper's (31 May 2018). "Five tehsils created in Hazara division". dawn.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ a b "Provincial cabinet for combined efforts of govt institutions against narcotics". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  12. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  13. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  14. ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.