| Kolai-Pallas District | |
| Native Name: | Urdu: {{nq|ضلع کولئی-پالس |
| Settlement Type: | District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hazara |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 2017 |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Government Type: | District Administration |
| Leader Title: | Deputy Commissioner |
| Leader Name: | Fazal Hussain |
| Leader Title1: | District Police Officer |
| Leader Name1: | N/A |
| Leader Title2: | District Health Officer |
| Leader Name2: | N/A |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 1410 |
| Population Total: | 280,162 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 0 |
| Population Rural: | 280,162 |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Main language(s) |
| Timezone1: | PST |
| Blank Name Sec1: | District Council |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Number of Tehsils |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 2 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Main language |
Kolai-Palas Kohistan District (Kohistani and Shina: Urdu: {{nq|کولئی- پالس کوستَیں, ur|ضلع کولئی-پالس) is a district in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[1] [2] [3] [4] It was a sub-division of the Kohistan district within the Hazara division till it attained the status of a separate district in 2017.[5] [6]
Kolai-Pallas was carved as a district out of Lower Kohistan District by upgrading the old Pallas sub-division in 2017.[7] [8] On 31 May 2018, Battera Kolai was carved out of Pallas tehsil making two tehsils in total for Kolai-Pallas.[9] [10]
As of the 2023 census, Kolai-Palas district has 33,983 households and a population of 280,162. The district has a sex ratio of 103.65 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 18.80%: 24.24% for males and 13.14% for females. 102,642 (43.36% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. The entire population lives in rural areas.[11]
787 (0.33% of the surveyed population) people in the district are from religious minorities, mainly Christians.[12]
As of the 2023 census, 85.19% of the population speak Kohistani languages, 7.75% Shina and 2.81% Pashto as their first language. 4.03% of the population speaks languages classified as 'Others'.[13]
The district currently has two Tehsils.
The district is decided into 13 Wards (previously known as Union Councils), and 52 village councils.