Upper Kohistan District
ضلع بالائی کوہستان
پورتنۍ کوهستان ولسوالۍ | |
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Karakoram Highway in Upper Kohistan
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Upper Kohistan District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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| 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 |
| Population
(2017)[1]
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| • Total | 307,286 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Number of Tehsils | 2 |
| Website | upperkohistan |
Upper Kohistan District (Jalkutia,Shina, Hindko Urdu: ضلع بالائی کوہستان) is a district in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[2][3][4][5][6]
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]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1972 | 121,529 | — |
| 1981 | 180,124 | +4.47% |
| 1998 | 184,746 | +0.15% |
| 2017 | 305,451 | +2.68% |
| 2023 | 422,947 | +5.57% |
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At the time of the 2017 census, the district had a population of 307,286, of which were males and females. Upper Kohistan had a sex ratio of 842 females per 1000 males. The entire population was rural. 34.62% of the population was under 10 years of age. 24 people in the district were from religious minorities.[1]
97.95% of the population belongs to Dardic peoples speaking one of the many Kohistani languages as their first language.[1]
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:[9][10]
| Member of Provincial Assembly | Party Affiliation | Constituency | Year |
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| dedar | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-25 Kohistan | 2018 |
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Provincial capital: Peshawar | ||
| Bannu |
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| Dera Ismail Khan |
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| Hazara |
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| Kohat |
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| Malakand |
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| Mardan |
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| Peshawar |
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Administrative divisions of Upper Kohistan District
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