Kolai-Palas District

Kolai-Palas District
District
Country Pakistan
Province  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Religion Islam
Established 2017
Population (2017)
 • Total 275,461
Time zone PST

Kolai-Palas District is a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[1][2][3][4] It was a sub division of Kohistan district of Hazara division till it was made a separate district in 2017.[5][6]

Overview and history

Kolai-Palas was made district by taking away old Palas tehsil of Lower Kohistan District in 2017.[7][1][8] On 31 May 2018, Battar Kolai was carved out of Palas tehsil making two tehsils in total for Kolai-Palas.[9][10]

According to 2017 population census, the total population of Kolai-Palas District is 275,461. The current population of the district is 100% rural. The total number of house-hold in the district, according to 2017 census, are 35,717.[5][6][11]

Administrative Units

The district currently has 2 tehsils.[9][10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Kolai-Palas notified as new district". The News. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  2. ↑ "Deal struck: JUI-F's Maulana Asmatullah tenders resignation | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  3. ↑ "KP Cabinet approves amendments in Civil Procedure Code". www.brecorder.com. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  4. ↑ "Kolai-Palas district headquarters: Tribesmen defer protest after admin assurance". The News. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  5. 1 2 "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.
  6. 1 2 "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  7. ↑ Correspondent, The Newspaper's (26 August 2017). "Kolai-Palas made district, Baffa-Pakhal tehsil". dawn.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Jirga members held for declaring two minor girls vani". The News. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  9. 1 2 Correspondent, The Newspaper's (31 May 2018). "Five tehsils created in Hazara division". dawn.com. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Provincial cabinet for combined efforts of govt institutions against narcotics". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  11. ↑ Correspondent, The Newspaper's (2017-03-30). "Second phase of census to cover Upper, Lower Kohistan". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2018-06-20.

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