Lower Kohistan District


Lower Kohistan District is a district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The district headquarters of Lower Kohistan is Pattan.

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 tehsils, Palas and Pattan. 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.
According to 2017 population census, the total population of Lower Kohistan District is 202,913. The population of the district is 100% rural. The total number of house-hold in the district, according to 2017 census, are 26,355.

Administrative Units

Lower Kohistan comprises two tehsils.