Kulachi | |
|---|---|
  Kulachi  Kulachi  Kulachi | |
| Coordinates: 31°33′N 70°16′E / 31.55°N 70.27°E / 31.55; 70.27 | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa |
| Elevation | 209 m (686 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Total | 24,481 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Calling code | 0966 |
| Number of Towns | 2 |
| Number of Union councils | 15 |
Kulachi (کلاچی) is a town 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).[1]
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.[2] The city population consists of two major ethnic groups, the Pushtuns and the Baloch who mostly speak Saraiki.
Demographics
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 6,981 | — |
| 1961 | 7,190 | +0.30% |
| 1972 | 9,315 | +2.38% |
| 1981 | 14,785 | +5.27% |
| 1998 | 19,113 | +1.52% |
| 2017 | 24,753 | +1.37% |
| 2023 | 24,481 | −0.18% |
| Sources:[3][4] | ||
As of the 2023 census, Kulachi had a population of 24,481.[5][6]
Demographics
According to the 2017 census,[7] the population of Kulachi Tehsil is 101,892 whereas the population of Kulachi city is 24,753.
Notes
- Location of Kulachi - Falling Rain Genomics
- Aminullah Khan Gandapur, Tarikh-e-Sarzamin-e-Gomal, National Book Foundation Islamabad 2008, Page-261-62
- "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Lahore School.
- "URBAN LOCALITIES BY POPULATION SIZE AND THEIR POPULATION BY SEX, ANNUAL GROWTH RATE AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE : CENSUS-2023, KPK" (PDF).
- "Khyber Pakhtūnkhwā / incl. FATA (Pakistan): Province, Major Cities, Municipalites & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- "Kulachi (Tehsil, Pakistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
31°55′43″N 70°27′33″E / 31.92861°N 70.45917°E / 31.92861; 70.45917