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. Demographics. At the time of the 2017 census the district had a  population of 202,502, of which 108,765 were males and 93,737 females. The entire population was rural. 8 people in the district were from religious minorities. 83.77% of the population belongs to Dardic peoples speaking one of the many Kohistani languages as their first language. 15.63% were Pashto speakers. Administrative Units. Lower Kohistan comprises two Tehsils: