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Administrative sub-division in Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Kohat District
ضلع کوہاٹ کوهاټ ولسوالۍ | |
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Country | Pakistan |
Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Division | Kohat |
Headquarters | Kohat |
Government | |
• Type | District Administration |
• Deputy Commissioner | Roshan Mehsud |
• District Police Officer | N/A |
• District Health Officer | N/A |
Area | |
• Total | 2,991 km2 (1,155 sq mi) |
Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 1,234,661 |
• Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Number of Tehsils | 4 |
Website | kohat |
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.
Year | Pop. | ±% 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% |
2023 | — | |
Sources:[2] |
As of the 2023 census, Kohat district has 169,679 households and a population of 1,234,661. The district has a sex ratio of 104.05 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 58.55%: 76.38% for males and 40.28% for females. 334,178 (27.07% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 278,741 (22.58%) live in urban areas.[1]
At the time of the 2023 census, 85.90% of the population spoke Pashto, 12.43% Hindko, and 0.83% Urdu as their first language.[3]
Religions in Kohat district (2023)[4] | ||||
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Religion | Percent | |||
Islam | 99.49% | |||
Christianity | 0.44% | |||
Other or not stated | 0.07% |
Religion | 1941[5]: 22 [lower-alpha 1] | 2017[6] | 2023[4] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam | 100,868 | 88.01% | 1,106,709 | 99.59% | 1,228,271 | 99.49% |
Hinduism | 9,156 | 7.99% | 1,004 | 0.09% | 609 | 0.05% |
Sikhism | 3,613 | 3.15% | 71 | 0.01% | 106 | 0.01% |
Christianity | 596 | 0.52% | 3,190 | 0.29% | 5,464 | 0.44% |
Others | 383 | 0.33% | 292 | 0.02% | 129 | 0.01% |
Total Population | 114,616 | 100% | 1,111,266 | 100% | 1,234,579 | 100% |
Religious group |
1881[7] | 1891[8] | 1901[9] | 1911[10] | 1921[11] | 1931[12] | 1941[13] | |||||||
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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. |
Kohat district is divided into four Tehsils:
Member of Provincial Assembly | Party Affiliation | Constituency | Year |
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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 |
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