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Kohat District

Coordinates: 33°20′N 71°10′E / 33.333°N 71.167°E / 33.333; 71.167
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Kohat District
ضلع کوہاٹ
کوهاټ ولسوالۍ‎
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Top: Tomb of a Durrani prince, Kohat
Bottom: Tanda Dam
Kohat District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Kohat District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
CountryPakistan
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
DivisionKohat
HeadquartersKohat
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerRoshan Mehsud
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • Total2,991 km2 (1,155 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total1,234,661
 • Density410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils4
Websitekohat.kp.gov.pk

Kohat District (Pashto: کوهاټ ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع کوہاٹ) is a district in the Kohat Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Kohat city is its district capital.

History

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Mughal era

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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 the part of Mughal Empire was administered by the chiefs of the two aforementioned tribes.

Demography

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Historical population
YearPop.±% 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%
Sources:[2]

In the 2023 census, 6,308 (0.51%) people in the district were from religious minorities, mainly Christians.[3] Pashto was the predominant language at 85.9%.[4]

Languages of Kohat district (2023)

  Pashto (85.9%)
  Hindko (12.43%)
  Urdu (0.83%)
  Others (0.84%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 85.9% of the population spoke Pashto, 12.43% Hindko, and 0.83% Urdu as their first language.[4]

Religion

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Religion Population (1941)[5]: 22  Percentage (1941) Population (2017) Percentage (2017) Population (2023)[3] Percentage (2023)
Islam 266,224 91.99% 1,106,709 99.59% 1,228,271 99.49%
Hinduism 17,527 6.06% 1,004 0.09% 609 0.05%
Sikhism 4,349 1.5% 71 0.01% 106 0.01%
Christianity 1,304 0.45% 3,190 0.29% 5,464 0.44%
Total Population 289,404 100% 1,111,266 100% 1,234,579 100%
Religious groups in Kohat District (British North-West Frontier Province era)
Religious
group 		1881[6] 1891[7] 1901[8] 1911[9] 1921[10] 1931[11] 1941[12]
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%
Buddhism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Judaism — — 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

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Kohat district is divided into four Tehsils:

  1. Kohat (Urdu: تحصیل کوہاٹ)(Pashto: کوهاټ تحصیل‎)[13]
  2. Lachi (Urdu: تحصیل لاچی)(Pashto: لاچي تحصیل‎)
  3. Gumbat (Urdu: تحصیل گمبٹ)(Pashto: ګمبټ تحصیل‎)
  4. Dara Adam Khel Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل درہ آدم خیل)(Pashto: دره ادم خېل تحصیل‎)

Provincial Assembly

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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

References

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  1. ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  2. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  3. ^ a b "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).
  4. ^ a b "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).
  5. ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME X NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE". Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. II". 1881. p. 17. JSTOR saoa.crl.25057657. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  7. ^ "The Punjab and its feudatories, part II--Imperial Tables and Supplementary Returns for the British Territory". 1891. p. 14. JSTOR saoa.crl.25318669. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province". 1901. p. 34. JSTOR saoa.crl.25363739. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 13, North-west Frontier Province : part I, Report; part II, Tables". 1911. p. 306. JSTOR saoa.crl.25394102. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Census of India 1921. Vol. 14, North-west Frontier Province : part I, Report; part II, Tables". 1921. p. 344. JSTOR saoa.crl.25430163. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  11. ^ Mallam, G. L.; Dundas, A. D. F. (1933). "Census of India, 1931, vol. XV. North-west frontier province. Part I-Report. Part II-Tables". Peshawar, Printed by the manager, Government stationery and printing, 1933. p. 373. JSTOR saoa.crl.25793233. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  12. ^ "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 10, North-West Frontier Province". 1941. p. 22. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215543. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Kohat". National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB), Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2023.

Bibliography

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  • 1981 District Census report of Kohat. Vol. 27. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1983.
  • 1998 District Census report of Kohat. Census publication. Vol. 42. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.
  • Shackle, Christopher (1980). "Hindko in Kohat and Peshawar". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 43 (3): 482–510. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00137401. ISSN 0041-977X. S2CID 129436200.

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