Kulachi Tehsil

Infobox Tehsil Pakistan
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province= North-West Frontier Province
district= Dera Ismail Khan
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census_year= 1998
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towns= 1
uc= 15
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map_text =Location within Pakistan

Kulachi Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Dera Ismail Khan District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=55&dn=D.I.%20Khan Tehsils & Unions in the District of D.I. Khan - Government of Pakistan] ]

Administration

The tehsil is administratively subdivided into 15 Union Councils, once of which form the headquarters - Kulachi.

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: [ [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V16_019.gifKulāchi Tahsīl - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 16, p. 13.] ]

“Kulāchi Tahsīl.-Western tahsīl of Dera Ismail Khān District, North-West Frontier Province, consisting of the country immediately below the Sulaiman mountains, between 30’ 15” and 32’ 17” N. and 70’ 11” and 70’ 42” E., with an area of 1,509 square miles. In appearance the tract bears a generic resemblance to the Dera Ismail Khan tahsil, except for the stony plain and the line of barren and unsightly hills which form its western border. The plain is much cleft by deep channels which carry off the rain-water from the hills, and these are utilized for irrigation with great skill. The population in 1901 was 55,053, compared with 52,270 in 1891. The head-quarters are at Kulachi (population, 9,125), and the tahsil also contains 81 villages. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to Rs. 96,000.

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