Lachi Tehsil
Lachi (Urdu/Pashto: لاچي) is one of the two tehsils in the Kohat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, located south of the district capital Kohat. It houses about 100,000 inhabitants, living in 1,161 square kilometres (448 sq mi). The tehsil is subdivided into nine union councils. About 40% of the working population is employed outside the tehsil.It is a rural area where most households' livelihood depends on remittances and subsistence farming.[2][3] Education is provided through several private and government high schools, as well as a government degree college affiliated with Kohat University.[4]
Lachi Tehsil
لاچي | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Region |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Kohat |
| Population | |
| • Tehsil | 143,542 |
| • Urban | 41,367 |
| • Rural | 102,171 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (PDT) |
Notable people
References
- "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- United Nations Development Programme Pakistan (2008). Lachi Poverty Reduction Project 2000-2007: Final Report (PDF).
- "63 mini dams constructed under LPRP in Lachi: UNDP". Pakissan. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- "Affiliation Data List" (PDF). Higher Education Commission, Pakistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
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