Kohat District

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

Kohat District
ضلع کوہاٹ
District
Location of Kohat District (highlighted in red) within the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province.
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Deputy CommissionerRoshan Mehsud
HeadquartersKohat
Area
 • Total2,545 km2 (983 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total993,874
 • Density390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

History

Mughal era

From the early sixteenth century the history of Kohat revolves around three major tribes namely Bangash, Banoori, and Afridi.[2] These people appear to have settled in the district, during 14th and 15th centuries. From 16th to 18th centuries, Kohat being part of Mughal Empire was administered by the chiefs of two aforementioned tribes.

Demography

Languages

The major languages in the district are Pashto, spoken by 75% of the population, and Hindko – spoken by 20%.[3] The Hindko dialect of this district is Kohati and it is confined to the city of Kohat and a string of villages running east along the road to Kushalgarh on the Indus River.[4] There is also a group of native speakers of Urdu (0.8%) and Punjabi (4%).[5]

Religion
Religion in Mardan District
Religion Population (1941)[6]: 22  Percentage (1941)
Islam 266,224 91.99%
Hinduism 17,527 6.06%
Sikhism 4,349 1.5%
Christianity 1,304 0.45%
Total Population 289,404 100%

Administration

Kohat district is divided into two Tehsils:

Provincial Assembly
Member of Provincial AssemblyParty AffiliationConstituencyYear
Amjad Khan AfridiIndependentPK-80 Kohat-I2018
Shah Dad KhanMuttahida Majlis-e-AmalPK-81 Kohat-II2018
Zia Ullah KhanPakistan Tehreek-e-InsafPK-82 Kohat-III2018

References
  1. "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  2. History of Kohat
  3. The figures for Kohat tehsil are from PCO (1981, p. 86), which collected data for "mother languages" at the level of the household.
  4. Shackle 1980, p. 485.
  5. PCO 1981, p. 86.
  6. "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME X NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE". Retrieved 14 October 2021.

Bibliography
  • 1981 District Census report of Kohat. District Census Report. 27. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1983.
  • 1998 District Census report of Kohat. Census publication. 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.

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