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Kolai-Palas Kohistan District
Kolai-Palas Kohistan District (Urdu: ضلع کولئی-پالس کوہستان) 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 historyKolai-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
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] 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 UnitsThe district currently has two Tehsils.[10][11]
The district is divided into 13 Wards (previously known as Union Councils), and 52 village councils. Provincial Assembly
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