Upper Kohistan District

Upper Kohistan District (Jalkutia,Shina, Hindko ) is a district in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Overview and history
Before 2014, this region was part of the large Kohistan District. In 2014, the government bifurcated it into Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan districts.

Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census, the district had a population of 307,286, of which were males and  females. Upper Kohistan had a sex ratio of 842 females per 1000 males. The entire population was rural. 34.62% of the population was under 10 years of age. 24 people in the district were from religious minorities.

97.95% of the population belongs to Dardic peoples speaking one of the many Kohistani languages as their first language.

Administrative Units
In 2014, Upper Kohistan District was subdivided into two Tehsils while on 31st of May, 2018, the Kundai tehsil was upgraded into subdivision and two more tehsils were created. With that change, the district had one subdivision and three tehsils in total as shown below:


 * Dassu
 * Kandia
 * Seo (union council)
 * Harban Bhasha (union council)

Kohistan Upper

 * Lower Kohistan
 * Kolai-Palas District
 * Upper kohistan district