Kohat District
Administrative sub-division in Pakistan
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Kohat District (Pashto: کوهاټ ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع کوہاٹ) is a district of Kohat Division in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The city of Kohat is the capital of the district.
Kohat District
ضلع کوہاٹ کوهاټ ولسوالۍ | |
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 Kohat District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Division | Kohat |
| Headquarters | Kohat |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Roshan Mehsud |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| 2,991 km2 (1,155 sq mi) | |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
| 1,234,661 | |
| • Density | 412.8/km2 (1,069/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 278,741 |
| • Rural | 955,920 |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Number of Tehsils | 4 |
| Website | kohat |
History
From the early sixteenth century, the history of Kohat revolves around three major tribes namely Bangash, Banoori, and Afridi. These people seemingly established their settlements within the district during the 14th and 15th centuries. From 16th to 18th centuries, Kohat being a part of the Mughal Empire was administered by the chiefs of the two aforementioned tribes.[citation needed]
Kohat district was annexed by the British from its former Sikh rulers after the Second Anglo-Sikh War of 1848–1849.[3]
Demography
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 209,817 | — |
| 1972 | 308,507 | +3.57% |
| 1981 | 383,862 | +2.46% |
| 1998 | 651,100 | +3.16% |
| 2017 | 1,111,266 | +2.85% |
| 2023 | 1,234,661 | +1.77% |
| Sources:[4] | ||
As of the 2023 census, Kohat district has 169,679 households and a population of 1,234,661. The district has a sex ratio of 104.05 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 58.55%: 76.38% for males and 40.28% for females. 334,178 (27.07% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 278,741 (22.58%) live in urban areas.[1]
Languages
At the time of the 2023 census, 85.90% of the population spoke Pashto, 12.43% Hindko, and 0.83% Urdu as their first language.[5]
Religion
In Kohat District, 99.49% people subscribe to Islamic faith.
| Religious group |
1941[7]: 22 | 2017[8][9] | 2023[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam  |
100,868 | 88.01% | 1,106,709 | 99.59% | 1,228,271 | 99.49% |
Hinduism  |
9,156 | 7.99% | 1,004 | 0.09% | 609 | 0.05% |
Sikhism  |
3,613 | 3.15% | N/a | N/a | 106 | 0.01% |
Christianity  |
596 | 0.52% | 3,190 | 0.29% | 5,464 | 0.44% |
| Others | 383 | 0.33% | 363 | 0.03% | 129 | 0.01% |
| Total Population | 114,616 | 100% | 1,111,266 | 100% | 1,234,579 | 100% |
| Note: 1941 census data is for Kohat tehsil of Kohat district, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Kohat district, excluding erstwhile Frontier Region Kohat. District and tehsil borders have changed since 1941. | ||||||
| Religious group |
1881[10] | 1891[11] | 1901[12] | 1911[13] | 1921[14] | 1931[15] | 1941[16] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| Islam |
169,219 | 93.21% | 187,661 | 92.36% | 199,722 | 91.67% | 208,868 | 93.79% | 197,496 | 92.23% | 218,445 | 92.45% | 266,224 | 91.99% |
| Hinduism |
9,828 | 5.41% | 10,791 | 5.31% | 14,480 | 6.65% | 10,848 | 4.87% | 12,879 | 6.01% | 13,393 | 5.67% | 17,527 | 6.06% |
| Sikhism |
2,240 | 1.23% | 4,474 | 2.2% | 3,344 | 1.53% | 2,739 | 1.23% | 2,674 | 1.25% | 3,249 | 1.38% | 4,349 | 1.5% |
| Christianity |
212 | 0.12% | 197 | 0.1% | 317 | 0.15% | 222 | 0.1% | 1,074 | 0.5% | 1,186 | 0.5% | 1,304 | 0.45% |
Jainism  |
41 | 0.02% | 50 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Zoroastrianism  |
0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
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0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Judaism  |
N/a | N/a | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 13 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Others | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Total population | 181,540 | 100% | 203,175 | 100% | 217,865 | 100% | 222,690 | 100% | 214,123 | 100% | 236,273 | 100% | 289,404 | 100% |
| Note: British North-West Frontier Province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. | ||||||||||||||
Administration
Kohat district is divided into four Tehsils:
| Tehsil | Name
(Urdu) (Pashto) |
Area
(km²)[17] |
Pop.
(2023) |
Density
(ppl/km²) (2023) |
Literacy rate
(2023)[18] |
Union Councils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dara Adam Khel Tehsil | (Urdu: تحصیل درہ آدم خیل)(Pashto: دره ادم خېل تحصیل) | 446 | 139,839 | 313.54 | 58.90% | |
| Gumbat Tehsil | (Urdu: تحصیل گمبٹ)(Pashto: ګمبټ تحصیل) | 503 | 124,530 | 247.57 | 54.55% | |
| Kohat Tehsil | (Urdu: تحصیل کوہاٹ)(Pashto: کوهاټ تحصیل)[19] | 911 | 817,610 | 897.49 | 58.19% | |
| Lachi Tehsil | (Urdu: تحصیل لاچی)(Pashto: لاچي تحصیل) | 1,131 | 152,682 | 135 | 63.39% |
Provincial Assembly
| Member of Provincial Assembly | Party affiliation | Constituency | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amjad Khan Afridi | Independent | PK-80 Kohat-I | 2018 |
| Shah Dad Khan | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal | PK-81 Kohat-II | 2018 |
| Zia Ullah Khan Bangash | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-82 Kohat-III | 2018 |
