Lower Kohistan District ( ps, لر / کوز کوہستان ولسوالۍ , ur, ) is a

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Hazara Division Hazara Division is an administrative division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located along the Indus River and comprises eight districts: Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Battagram, Upper Kohistan, Kolai-Palas, Lower ...

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province in

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. The district headquarters of Lower Kohistan is

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Overview and history

In 2014, the provincial government bifurcated the Kohistan District into Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan district. At that time, Lower Kohistan comprised two

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and

. In 2017, the tehsil of Palas was made a separate district and named as Kolai-Palas, while on 31 May 2018, Ranovali Pinkhad previously part of Pattan tehsil was made separate tehsil.

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 202,502, of which 108,765 were males and 93,737 females. The entire population was rural. 8 people in the district were from religious minorities. 83.77% of the population belongs to

Dardic peoples The Dardic languages (also Dardu or Pisaca) or Hindu-Kush Indo-Aryan languages, are a group of several Indo-Aryan languages spoken in northern Pakistan, northwestern India and parts of northeastern Afghanistan. The term "Dardic" is stated to b ...

speaking one of the many Kohistani languages as their first language. 15.63% were

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speakers.

Administrative Units

Lower Kohistan comprises two

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: *

* Ranolia Bankad (also spell as Ranola)

Provincial Assembly

References

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Overview and history

Demographics

Administrative Units

Provincial Assembly

See also

References