Kolai-Palas Kohistan District

Kolai-Pallas District ضلع کولئی-پالس
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Palas Valley
Kolar-Palas District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Division	Hazara
Established	2017
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Fazal Hussain
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	1,410 km^2 (540 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[1]
• District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	280,162
• Density	200/km^2 (510/sq mi)
• Urban	0
• Rural	280,162
Time zone	PST
Number of Tehsils	2
Website	kolaipallas.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

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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% 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

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

• Battera Kolai (Urdu: تحصیل بٹیرا کولئی)
• Palas (Urdu: تحصیل پالس)

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

Provincial Assembly

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

See also

• Kohistan District
• Kohistan region
• Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

References

1. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). 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. "Kolai-Palas made district, Baffa-Pakhal tehsil". Dawn Newspaper. 26 August 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
9. "Jirga members held for declaring two minor girls vani". The News. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
10. "Five tehsils created in Hazara division". Dawn. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
11. "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. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.