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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kohat District
| official_name =
| native_name = {{nq|{{nq|ضلع کوہاٹ}}}}
| native_name_lang =
| settlement_type = [[List of districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|District]] of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
| image_skyline = {{Photomontage
|size = 250
|photo1a = Durrani prince tomb in kohat.jpg
|photo2a = Thanda Dam Kohat.jpg
}}
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Top: Tomb of a Durrani prince, [[Kohat]]<br>Bottom: [[Tanda Dam]]
| image_map = Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan).svg
| mapsize =
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Location of Kohat District (highlighted in red) within the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province.
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Pakistan
| subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Pakistan|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
| subdivision_type2 = [[Divisions of Pakistan|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kohat Division|Kohat]]
| founder =
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = [[Headquarters]]
| seat = [[Kohat]]
| government_footnotes =
| government_type = District Administration
| leader_party =
| leader_title = [[Deputy Commissioner (Pakistan)|Deputy Commissioner]]
| leader_name = Roshan Mehsud
| leader_title1 = District Police Officer
| leader_name1 = N/A
| leader_title2 = District Health Officer
| leader_name2 = N/A
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 2991
| population_as_of = 2017
| population_footnotes = <ref name="2017census" />
| population_total = 1,111,266
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = [[Time in Pakistan|PST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5
| blank_name_sec1 = District Council
| blank_info_sec1 =
| blank1_name_sec1 = Number of [[List of tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Tehsils]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 4
| demographics1_title1 = Main language(s)
| demographics1_info1 = [[Pashto language|Pashto]], [[Hindko]] ([[Kohati]] dialect)
| website = {{URL|kohat.kp.gov.pk}}
}}

'''Kohat District''' ({{lang-ps|کوهاټ ولسوالۍ }}, {{lang-ur|{{nq|ضلع کوہاٹ}}}}) is a [[Districts of Pakistan|district]] in the [[Kohat Division]] of the [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province of [[Pakistan]]. [[Kohat]] city is its district capital.

==History==
===Mughal era===
From the early sixteenth century, the history of Kohat revolves around three major tribes namely [[Bangash]], [[Banoori]], and [[Afridi]].<ref>[http://www.khyber.org/publications/036-040/history.shtml History of Kohat]</ref> 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.

== Demography ==

{{Historical populations
|align=center
|percentages=pagr
|1961 |209,817
|1972 |308,507
|1981 |383,862
|1998 |651,100
|2017 |1,111,266
|footnote= Sources:<ref>{{cite web |title=Population by administrative units 1951-1998 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/1998/administrative_units.pdf |publisher = [[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>}}

At the time of the 2017 census, the district had 132,985 households and a population of 1,111,266. Kohat had a sex ratio of 999 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate was 58.59% - 77.75% for males and 39.96% for females. 269,926 (24.29%) lived in urban areas. 28.66% of the population were under 10 years of age.<ref name="2017census">{{cite web|title=District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)|url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/census-2017-district-wise |website=www.pbscensus.gov.pk|publisher=[[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>

{{Pie chart
|thumb = left
|caption = Languages of Kohat district (2017)
|label1 = [[Pashto]] |value1 = 83.85 |color1 = olive
|label2 = [[Hindko]] |value2 = 12.87 |color2 = lightblue
|label3 = [[Urdu]] |value3 = 1.24 |color3 = darkblue
|label4 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] |value4 = 1.19 |color4 = cornflowerblue
|label5 = Others |value5 = 0.85 |color5 = grey
}}

At the time of the 2011 census, 83.85% of the population spoke [[Pashto]], 12.87% [[Hindko]], 1.24% [[Urdu]] and 1.19% [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] as their first language.

=== Religion ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Religion
! Population (1941)<ref name="KohatDistrict1941">{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/site/south-asia-open-archives/saoa/censusofindia1941-28216851/|title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME X NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE|access-date=14 October 2021}}</ref>{{rp|22}}
! Percentage (1941)
!Population (2017)<ref name="2017census" />
!Percentage (2017)
|-
| [[Islam]] [[File:Star and Crescent.svg|15px]]
| 266,224
|{{Percentage | 266224 | 289404 | 2 }}
| 1,106,709
|{{Percentage | 1106709 | 1111266 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|15px]]
| 17,527
|{{Percentage | 17527 | 289404 | 2 }}
| 1,004
|{{Percentage | 1004 | 1111266 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Sikhism]] [[File:Khanda.svg|15px]]
| 4,349
|{{Percentage | 4349 | 289404 | 2 }}
| 71
| 0.01%
|-
| [[Christianity]] [[File:Christian cross.svg|15px]]
| 1,304
|{{Percentage | 1304| 289404 | 2 }}
| 3,190
|{{Percentage | 3190 | 1111266 | 2 }}
|-
| '''Total Population'''
| '''289,404 '''
| '''{{Percentage | 289404 | 289404 | 2 }}'''
| '''1,111,266'''
| '''{{Percentage | 1111266 | 1111266 | 2 }}'''
|}
Kohat is one of the few areas of Khyber Paktunkhwa which still contains a sizeable Hindu and Sikh communities.

==Administration==
Kohat district is divided into four [[List of tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Tehsils]]:
# [[Kohat]]
# [[Lachi, Pakistan|Lachi]]
# [[Gumbat]]
# [[Dara Adam Khel|Dara Adam Khel Tehsil]] (formerly [[Kohat Subdivision|Frontier Region Kohat]])

=== Provincial Assembly ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Member of Provincial Assembly !! Party Affiliation !! Constituency !! Year
|-
| [[Amjad Khan Afridi]]||[[Independent politician|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
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*{{Cite book| title = 1981 District Census report of Kohat| location = Islamabad| publisher = Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan| series = District Census Report | volume = 27| date = 1983| ref = {{harvid|PCO|1981}} }}
*{{Cite book| title = 1998 District Census report of Kohat| location = Islamabad| publisher = Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan| series = Census publication | volume = 42| date = 1999| ref = {{harvid|PCO|1998}} }}
*{{Cite journal| last = Shackle| first = Christopher| author-link = Christopher Shackle| date = 1980| doi = 10.1017/S0041977X00137401| issn = 0041-977X| volume = 43| issue = 3| pages = 482–510| title = Hindko in Kohat and Peshawar| journal = Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies| s2cid = 129436200}}

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Ajay Kumar at 13:25, 12 September 2023