Kohat District ضلع کوہاٹ کوهاټ ولسوالۍ‎
District ofKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
Top: Tomb of a Durrani prince,Kohat Bottom:Tanda Dam
Kohat District (red) inKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Division	Kohat
Headquarters	Kohat
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Roshan Mehsud
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• District ofKhyber Pakhtunkhwa	2,991 km2 (1,155 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[1]
• District ofKhyber Pakhtunkhwa	1,234,661
• Density	412.8/km2 (1,069/sq mi)
• Urban	278,741
• Rural	955,920
Literacy [2]
• Literacy rate	Total: 58.55% Male: 76.38% Female: 40.28%
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Number ofTehsils	4
Website	kohat.kp.gov.pk

Kohat District (Pashto:کوهاټ ولسوالۍ,Urdu:ضلع کوہاٹ) is adistrict ofKohat Division in theKhyber Pakhtunkhwa province ofPakistan. The city ofKohat is the capital of the district.

From the early sixteenth century, the history of Kohat revolves around three major tribes namelyBangash,Banoori, andAfridi. These people seemingly established their settlements within the district during the 14th and 15th centuries. From 16th to 18th centuries, Kohat being a part of theMughal Empire was administered by the chiefs of the two aforementioned tribes.

Kohat district was annexed by the British from its formerSikh rulers after theSecond Anglo-Sikh War of 1848–1849.^[3]

As of the2023 census, Kohat district has 169,679 households and a population of 1,234,661. The district has a sex ratio of 104.05 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 58.55%: 76.38% for males and 40.28% for females. 334,178 (27.07% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 278,741 (22.58%) live in urban areas.^[1]

At the time of the 2023 census, 85.90% of the population spokePashto, 12.43%Hindko, and 0.83%Urdu as their first language.^[5]

In Kohat District, 99.49% people subscribe to Islamic faith.

Religion in contemporary Kohat District

Religious group	1941[7]: 22		2017[8][9]		2023[6]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	100,868	88.01%	1,106,709	99.59%	1,228,271	99.49%
Hinduism	9,156	7.99%	1,004	0.09%	609	0.05%
Sikhism	3,613	3.15%	—	—	106	0.01%
Christianity	596	0.52%	3,190	0.29%	5,464	0.44%
Others	383	0.33%	363	0.03%	129	0.01%
Total Population	114,616	100%	1,111,266	100%	1,234,579	100%
Note: 1941 census data is for Kohat tehsil of Kohat district, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Kohat district, excluding erstwhile Frontier Region Kohat. District and tehsil borders have changed since 1941.

Religious groups in Kohat District (British North-West Frontier Province era)

Religious group	1881[10]		1891[11]		1901[12]		1911[13]		1921[14]		1931[15]		1941[16]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	169,219	93.21%	187,661	92.36%	199,722	91.67%	208,868	93.79%	197,496	92.23%	218,445	92.45%	266,224	91.99%
Hinduism	9,828	5.41%	10,791	5.31%	14,480	6.65%	10,848	4.87%	12,879	6.01%	13,393	5.67%	17,527	6.06%
Sikhism	2,240	1.23%	4,474	2.2%	3,344	1.53%	2,739	1.23%	2,674	1.25%	3,249	1.38%	4,349	1.5%
Christianity	212	0.12%	197	0.1%	317	0.15%	222	0.1%	1,074	0.5%	1,186	0.5%	1,304	0.45%
Jainism	41	0.02%	50	0.02%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Zoroastrianism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Buddhism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Judaism	—	—	0	0%	2	0%	13	0.01%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Others	0	0%	2	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Total population	181,540	100%	203,175	100%	217,865	100%	222,690	100%	214,123	100%	236,273	100%	289,404	100%
Note:British North-West Frontier Province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Kohat district is divided into fourTehsils:

• Districts of Pakistan
  • Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• 1981 District Census report of Kohat. Vol. 27. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1983.
• 1998 District Census report of Kohat. Census publication. Vol. 42. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.
• Shackle, Christopher (1980). "Hindko in Kohat and Peshawar".Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies.43 (3):482–510.doi:10.1017/S0041977X00137401.ISSN 0041-977X.S2CID 129436200.
• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911)."Kohat" .Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 886. This provides a detailed geographical description of the Kohat district of British India, which was larger than the current district.

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