| Official Name: | Kulachi |
| Mapsize: | 150 px |
| Coordinates: | 31.55°N 70.27°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan#Asia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa |
| Population Total: | 24718 https://www.citypopulation.de/en/pakistan/distr/admin/dera_ismail_khan/60704__kulachi/ |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Est: | 30000 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2021 |
| Elevation M: | 209 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Number of Towns |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 2 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Number of Union councils |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 15 |
| Area Code: | 0966 |
| Area Code Type: | Calling code |
| Timezone1: | PST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5 |
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 at an altitude of 209 metres (688 feet).[1]
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.
According to census[3] 2017, population of Kulachi Tehsil is 101892 whereas population of Kulachi city is 24753.
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| Total | 9,125 |
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