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Place in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Kulachi
Shakhi gate, one the six gates located at the periphery of KulachiShakhi gate, one the six gates located at the periphery of Kulachi
Kulachi is located in Khyber PakhtunkhwaKulachiKulachiShow map of Khyber PakhtunkhwaKulachi is located in PakistanKulachiKulachiShow map of PakistanKulachi is located in AsiaKulachiKulachiShow map of Asia
Coordinates: 31°33′N 70°16′E / 31.55°N 70.27°E / 31.55; 70.27
Country Pakistan
ProvinceKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa
Elevation209 m (686 ft)
Population
 • Total24,718
 • Estimate 30,000
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Calling code0966
Number of Towns2
Number of Union councils15

Kulachi (کلاچی) is a city named after the Kulachi tribe, and is the headquarter of Kulachi Tehsil (an administrative subdivision) of Dera Ismail Khan District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at 31°55′49″N 70°27′31″E / 31.93028°N 70.45861°E / 31.93028; 70.45861 at an altitude of 209 metres (688 feet).

Economy

Kulachi is an agricultural city. The area lies at the foot of the Sulaiman Range and hence is irrigated by flood water from Sulaiman Mountains. The system of irrigation is called Rod Kohi, a system of mountain channels or hill-torrents inundating the whole valley of Damaan ("Rod" means "channel" and "Koh" means "mountain" in Persian). The Rod Kohi system based on "Kulyat Riwajat" (Fromulae and Traditions) governed the irrigation system ever since the Pathan tribes had moved into Damaan. The British officers reduced all these to writing during their Land Settlemts in the later part of 19th century. The Bolton Irrigation Notes of 1908 are still considered as the Bible of Rod Kohi Irrigation. The city population consists of two major ethnic groups, the Pushtuns and the Baloch who mostly speak Saraiki.

Demographics

According to census 2017, population of Kulachi Tehsil is 101892 whereas population of Kulachi city is 24753.

Historical Demographics

Religion in the town of Kulachi
Religion Population (1901) Percentage (1901)
Islam 6,889 75.5%
Hinduism 2,098 22.99%
Sikhism 138 1.51%
Total 9,125 100%

Notes

  1. Location of Kulachi - Falling Rain Genomics
  2. Aminullah Khan Gandapur, Tarikh-e-Sarzamin-e-Gomal, National Book Foundation Islamabad 2008, Page-261-62
  3. "Kulachi (Tehsil, Pakistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  4. "Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province" (PDF). 24 October 2023. JSTOR saoa.crl.25363739.

31°55′43″N 70°27′33″E / 31.92861°N 70.45917°E / 31.92861; 70.45917

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