The Kotli District (Urdu: ضلع کوٹلی) is one of the 10 districts of Pakistan's dependent territory of Azad Kashmir. It is bounded on the north by the Sudhanoti District and the Poonch District, on the north-east by the Poonch District of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, on the south by the Mirpur District and the Bhimber District, and on the west by the Rawalpindi District on Pakistan's Punjab Province. It is the biggest district of Azad Kashmir by population and the second biggest by land area, after the Neelum District. The district headquarters is the city of Kotli.[2]

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Kotli District ضلع کوٹلی
District of Azad Kashmir
Map of Azad Kashmir with the Kotli District highlighted in red
Country	Pakistan
Territory	Azad Kashmir
Division	Mirpur Division
Headquarters	Kotli
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	N/A
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• Total	1,862 km2 (719 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	774,194[1]
• Density	416/km2 (1,080/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Urdu
• Spoken	Pahari Gujari
Number of Tehsils	5

The main native languages are Pahari (estimated to be spoken by just under two thirds of the population), and Gujari (spoken by about a third).[3][4]

Administrative divisions

The Kotli District was previously a subdivision of the Mirpur District until 1975. Before 1947, it was part of the Jammu area of Jammu and Kashmir. The district is divided into five tehsils:[5]

• Charhoi Tehsil
• FatehpurNakyal Tehsil
• Khuiratta Tehsil
• Kotli Tehsil
• Sehnsa Tehsil

Education

According to the Pakistan District Education Ranking 2017, a report by Alif Ailaan, the Kotli District stands at number 7 nationally relating to education, with a score of 73.68. The learning score stands at 85.67 and gender parity is at 93.45.[6]

According to the same report, the Kotli District is ranked at 119 nationally, with a learning score of 35.47 and a retention score of 35.36.[6] The learning score is low because of a lack of quality teachers and proper teacher training. The retention score is low because of the low number of beyond-primary schools.

With regard to infrastructure, the Kotli District stands at 154, with a score of 14.14, which is the second lowest in Pakistan and its two dependent territories.[6] That score shows that there is a serious problem with the lack of basic facilities such as electricity, functional toilets, furniture, and boundary walls.

See also

• Dahana
• Ethnic Groups of Azad Kashmir

References

Notes

Citations

External links

• Azad Jammu and Kashmir Govt. Kotli page
• Azad Jammu and Kashmir travel guide from Wikivoyage

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На других языках

[ru] Котли (округ)