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 31°55′49″N 70°27′31″E / 31.93028°N 70.45861°E 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
According to census[3] 2017, population of Kulachi Tehsil is 101892 whereas population of Kulachi city is 24753.
Historical Demographics
| Religion | Population (1901)[4] | Percentage (1901) |
|---|---|---|
Islam 
|
6,889 | 75.5% |
Hinduism 
|
2,098 | 22.99% |
Sikhism 
|
138 | 1.51% |
| Total | 9,125 | 100% |
Notes
- ^ Location of Kulachi - Falling Rain Genomics
- ^ Aminullah Khan Gandapur, Tarikh-e-Sarzamin-e-Gomal, National Book Foundation Islamabad 2008, Page-261-62
- ^ "Kulachi (Tehsil, Pakistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ^ "Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province" (PDF). 24 October 2023. JSTOR saoa.crl.25363739.
31°55′43″N 70°27′33″E / 31.92861°N 70.45917°E