Kohat (district)

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Kohat district
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Seat : Kohat
Coordinates : 33 ° 20 ′  N , 71 ° 10 ′  E Coordinates: 33 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  N , 71 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 2 545  km²
 
Residents : 993,874 (2017)
Population density : 391 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, position of Kohat district highlighted

Kohat District is an administrative district in Pakistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Kohat .

The district has an area of ​​2545 km² and according to the census of 2017 993,874 inhabitants. The population density is 391 inhabitants / km².

geography

The district is located in the east of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which is in the north of Pakistan.

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 3.03% annually. Around 27% of the population live in urban regions and around 73% in rural regions. The gender ratio is 99.7 men per 100 women and thus results in a rare excess of women for Pakistan. The main languages spoken in the district are Pashto and Hindko .

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 52% (women: 33%, men: 74%) and thus slightly below the average for the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of 53%.

year population
1972 264,465
1981 326.617
1998 562,644
2017 993.874

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017. August 29, 2017, accessed May 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Pakistani Districts wise Population Census 2017. Accessed May 30, 2019 .
  3. ^ Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (2016). Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2014-15. Government of Pakistan, accessed June 29, 2019 .