Upper Kohistan District

Upper Kohistan District

ضلع کوہستان بالا
Upper Kohistan District ضلع کوہستان بالا
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
	Karakoram Highway in Upper Kohistan
	Upper Kohistan District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Division	Hazara
Headquarters	Dasu
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	N/A
• District Police Officer	N/A
• NA-12 kohistan	Mohammad Edrees national assembly member
Area
• District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	5,440 km2 (2,100 sq mi)
Population (2023)
• District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	422,947
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
• Urban	0
• Rural	422,947
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils	2
Website	upperkohistan.kp.gov.pk

Upper Kohistan District (Urdu: ضلع کوہستان بالا) is a district in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Overview and history

Before 2014, this region was part of the large Kohistan District. In 2014, the government bifurcated it into Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan districts.^[2]^[7]

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1972	121,529	—
1981	180,124	+4.47%
1998	184,746	+0.15%
2017	305,451	+2.68%
2023	422,947	+5.57%
Sources:^[8]

As of the 2023 census, Upper Kohistan district has 63,712 households and a population of 422,947. The district has a sex ratio of 104.56 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 19.05%: 27.46% for males and 10.28% for females. 159,357 (42.59% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. The entire population lives in rural areas.^[1]

In the 2023 census, 775 (0.21% of the surveyed population) people in the district are from religious minorities, mainly Christians.^[9]

Languages of Upper Kohistan district (2023)^[10]

Kohistani (87.61%)

Shina (11.05%)

Others (1.34%)

As of the 2023 census, 87.61% of the surveyed population speak Kohistani languages and 11.05% Shina as their first language.^[10]

Administrative Units

In 2014, Upper Kohistan District was subdivided into two Tehsils while on 31st of May, 2018, the Kundai tehsil was upgraded into subdivision and two more tehsils were created. With that change, the district had one subdivision and three tehsils in total as shown below:^[11]^[12]

Dassu (Urdu: تحصیل داسو)
Kandia (Urdu: تحصیل کانڈیا)
Seo (union council) (Urdu: تحصیل سیو)
Harban Bhasha (union council) (Urdu: تحصیل بھاشا ہربان)

Provincial Assembly

Member of Provincial Assembly	Party Affiliation	Constituency	Year
dedar	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf	PK-25 Kohistan	2018

References

^ ^a ^b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
^ ^a ^b "KP govt creates new Kohistan district". Dawn. January 16, 2014. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
^ "Lines of division: K-P govt carves Kohistan into two districts | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2014-01-16. Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
^ "Hoti gives assent to Kohistan division". The Nation. 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
^ "10 years after 2005 earthquake, 100s of schools yet to be reconstructed". Geo News. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
^ "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa govt releases Rs7251 million for quake-hit districts - Pakistan - Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
^ "K-P chief minister approves bifurcation of district Kohistan | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
^ ^a ^b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
^ "Five tehsils created in Hazara division". dawn.com. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ "KP govt notifies three new tehsils, one subdivision in Kohistan". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2018-06-20.

[2023_census-1] "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

[:0-2] "KP govt creates new Kohistan district". Dawn. January 16, 2014. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 20, 2018.

[3] "Lines of division: K-P govt carves Kohistan into two districts | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2014-01-16. Archived from the original on 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2018-06-20.

[4] "Hoti gives assent to Kohistan division". The Nation. 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2018-06-20.

[5] "10 years after 2005 earthquake, 100s of schools yet to be reconstructed". Geo News. Retrieved 2018-06-20.

[6] "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa govt releases Rs7251 million for quake-hit districts - Pakistan - Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 2018-06-20.

[7] "K-P chief minister approves bifurcation of district Kohistan | The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2018-06-20.

[8] "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

[2023censusreligion-9] "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

[2023censuslanguage-10] "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

[11] "Five tehsils created in Hazara division". dawn.com. 31 May 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[12] "KP govt notifies three new tehsils, one subdivision in Kohistan". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2018-06-20.

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