Kulachi Tehsil

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Kulachi Tehsil
تحصیل کلاچی
کلاچي تحصیل
Country Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
Province PK-NWFP.svg  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Dera Ismail Khan
Government
  ChairmanAariz Khan Gandapur (PTI)
Population
 (2017) [1]
   Tehsil 101,854
   Urban
24,738
   Rural
77,116
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)
Number of towns 1
Number of Union Councils 15
Head quarter of Kulachi tehsil is surrounded by six historical gates. Shakhi gate Kulachi.jpg
Head quarter of Kulachi tehsil is surrounded by six historical gates.

Kulachi Tehsil is a tehsil located in Dera Ismail Khan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. [2]

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Administration

The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 15 Union Councils, one of which forms the headquarters - Kulachi. [2]

History

During British rule Kulachi was a tehsil of the old Dera Ismail Khan District. It was described as follows in the Imperial Gazetteer of India: [3]

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References

  1. "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  2. 1 2 Tehsils & Unions in the District of D.I. Khan - Government of Pakistan Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Kulāchi Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 16, p. 13.