Kohistan District, Pakistan
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Kohistan
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Kohistan (
Geography
The district lies between 34° 54′ and 35° 52′ north latitudes and 72° 43′ and 73° 57′ east longitudes.[7] It was bounded by the Diamer District of Gilgit-Baltistan in the north, Manshera District in the southeast, Kaghan Valley of the Mansehra District in the southeast , Battagram District in the south and Shangla and Swat Districts in the west .[7]
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Kohistan is the point of convergence for the
Education
The literacy rate of the district among the population aged 10 years and older is 11.1%: male 17.23% and female 2.95%. The proportion of the working or employed population to the population aged 10 years and older is 26.47%, which is 70.53% of the total labour force. Out of the total employed population, 71.60% are self-employed, 10.68% work as employees, and 17.32% are unpaid family helpers.[citation needed]
Kohistan's literacy rate is among the lowest in Pakistan and hovers around 20%.
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1951 | 18,775 | — |
1961 | 54,452 | +11.24% |
1972 | 84,826 | +4.11% |
1981 | 147,635 | +6.35% |
1998 | 280,666 | +3.85% |
2017 | 784,711 | +5.56% |
Sources:[9] |
At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 784,711, of which 424,643 were males and 360,055 females. The rural population was 706,433 (97.95%) while the urban population was 72,654 (2.05%). The literacy rate was 76.20% - the male literacy rate was 86.40% while the female literacy rate was 65.76%. 3,172 (0.24%) people in the district were from religious minorities, mainly Christians.[10]
At the time of the 2017 census, 91.96 of the population spoke
The major language of the area is
Other languages, such as Pashto, Urdu and Punjabi, are found more in urban than rural areas.
See also
References
- ^ "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017.
- JSTOR 41928174.
- ISBN 978-3-319-42683-9.
- ^ Report, Bureau (16 January 2014). "KP govt creates new Kohistan district". DAWN.COM.
- ^ "Kolai-Palas notified as new district". www.thenews.com.pk. 26 August 2017.
- ^ "Brochure of District Kohistan NWFP" (PDF). 1998.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-000-53920-2.
- ^ "Literacy-Population 10 Years and Older" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ a b "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ 1981 District Census report of Kohistan. District Census Report. Vol. 24. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1983. p. 78. The data is specifically for kohistan District.
- ISBN 978-0-19-577692-8.
- ^
The figure is from:
- Lothers, Michael; Lothers, Laura (2010). Pahari and Pothwari: a sociolinguistic survey (Report). SIL Electronic Survey Reports. Vol. 2010–012. p. 24.
- Rensch, Calvin R. (1992). "The Language Environment of Hindko-Speaking People". In O'Leary, Clare F.; Rensch, Calvin R.; Hallberg, Calinda E. (eds.). Hindko and Gujari. Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan. Islamabad: National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University and Summer Institute of Linguistics. p. 56. ISBN 969-8023-13-5.