Kolai-Palas District

Kolai-Pallas District (Pashto: کولئ پالس ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضِلع کولئ پالس) is a district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.[2][3][4][5] It was a sub division of Kohistan district of Hazara division till it was made a separate district in 2017.[6][7]

Kolai-Pallas District
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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

Overview and history

Kolai-Pallas Kohistan was carved as District out of the District Lower Kohistan 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]

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

At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 274,923, of which 149,104 were males and 125,814 females. The entire population was rural. 7 people in the district were from religious minorities.[1]

The region is dominated by Dardic peoples 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 2 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. "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  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. Correspondent, The Newspaper's (31 May 2018). "Five tehsils created in Hazara division". dawn.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  11. "Provincial cabinet for combined efforts of govt institutions against narcotics". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2018-06-20.


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