Kolai-Pallas District
ضلع کولئی-پالس
کولئي-پالس ولسوالۍ
Palas Valley
Palas Valley
Kolai-Palas district (in red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Kolai-Palas district (in red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DivisionHazara
Established2017
Government
  TypeDistrict Administration
  Deputy CommissionerN/A
  District Police OfficerN/A
  District Health OfficerN/A
Population
 (2017)[1]
  Total274,923
Time zonePST
Number of Tehsils2
Websitekolaipallas.kp.gov.pk

Kolai-Pallas District (Pashto: کولئي-پالس ولسوالۍ, 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

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

Farhatullah Khan Marwat (PMS) was posted as the first ever Deputy Commissioner (Administrative Head) of the district by the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Demographics

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]

At the time of the 2017 census, the district had a population of 274,923. Kolai-Palas District had a sex ratio of 844 females per 1000 males. The entire population was rural. 33.46% of the population were under 10 years of age. 7 people in the district were from religious minorities.[1]

Languages of Kolai-Palas district (2017)

  'Others' (mainly Kohistani) (91.26%)
  Pashto (7.09%)
  Others (1.65%)

The region is dominated by the Dardic people speaking Kohistani languages. Originally these peoples practiced a form of animistic religion similar to ancient Vedic religion, but were over the centuries converted to Islam. These peoples form 91.26% of the population. Pashto-speakers are the second-largest group and make up 7.09% of the population.

Administrative Units

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

Member of Provincial AssemblyParty AffiliationConstituencyYear
Obaid Ur Rehman (IndependentPK-27 Kolai Palas Kohistan2018

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  2. 1 2 "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.
  9. "Jirga members held for declaring two minor girls vani". The News. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  10. 1 2 Correspondent, The Newspaper's (31 May 2018). "Five tehsils created in Hazara division". dawn.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  11. 1 2 "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.


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