Kolai-Palas District

Kolai-Pallas District (کولئي-پالس ولسوالۍ, ضلع کولئی-پالس) is a district in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It was a sub-division of the Kohistan district within the Hazara division till it attained the status of a separate district in 2017.

Overview and history
Kolai-Pallas was carved as a district out of Lower Kohistan District by upgrading the old Pallas sub-division in 2017. On 31 May 2018, Battera Kolai was carved out of Pallas tehsil making two tehsils in total for Kolai-Pallas.

Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census, the district had a population of 274,923. Kolai-Palas District had a sex ratio of 844 females per 1000 males. The entire population was rural. 33.46% of the population were under 10 years of age. 7 people in the district were from religious minorities.

The region is dominated by the Dardic people speaking Kohistani languages. Originally these peoples practiced a form of animistic religion similar to ancient Vedic religion, but were over the centuries converted to Islam. These peoples form 91.26% of the population. Pashto-speakers are the second-largest group and make up 7.09% of the population.

Administrative Units
The district currently has two Tehsils.

The district is decided into 13 Wards (previously known as Union Councils), and 52 village councils.
 * Battera Kolai
 * Palas