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POPULATION
Kohistan covers an area of 7492 sq. Kilometres. The capital lies at Dassu and the District is divided into three Tehsil’s namely Palas, Pattan and Dassu. According to the demographic survey of 1981, the population of district Kohistan is about one million. The average literacy rate is around two percent, but the actual literacy rate based on the field data shows that this rate is three times more.
Table 1: Present Population of District Kohistan, 1998
|
Admin. unit
|
area (sq.km)
|
Population |
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|
Both sexes |
Male |
Female |
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|
Kohistan District |
7,492 |
472.570 |
261.942 |
210.628 |
|
Dassu sub-division |
4,158 |
184.746 |
102.866 |
81.880 |
|
Palas sub-division |
- |
165.613 |
92.330 |
72.283 |
|
Pattan subdivision |
- |
122,211 |
66,746 |
55,465 |
Source: District census report of Kohistan, 1998
Table 2: Population and inter-censual increase since 1972
Description |
1972 |
1981 |
1998 |
|
Population (in thousands) |
204.52 |
465.24 |
472.57 |
|
Inter-censual increase (percent) |
- |
127.48 |
1.58 |
|
Cumulative increase (percent) |
- |
127.48 |
131.06 |
|
Average annual growth rate (percent) |
- |
10.18 |
.09 |
Source: District census report of Kohistan, 1998
Table 3: Literacy ratio by sex
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District |
1981 |
1998 |
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|
Both sexes |
Male |
Female |
Both sexes |
Male |
Female |
|
|
Kohistan |
1.40 |
1.87 |
0.73 |
11.08 |
17.23 |
2.95 |
Source: District censes report of Kohistan, 1998