Town & Cities

Town & Cities

Towns


Lachi

Lachi is situated on Indus Highway between Kohat and Karak towards south. Many bazaars, colleges, schools, post offices, banks and the Fauji Foundation Hospital are situated in Lachi. The famous thing of eating is Dadozi. The main source of income is agriculture. It is 1,500 feet above the sea level.

Shakardara

Shakardara is the valley of sand, fertile and cultivated lands. Farmers depend upon rain for cultivation. Wells of oil are also present here.





Gumbbat

Gumbbat is a town of Kohat on the way to Rawalpindi\Islamabad. Its villages are Awan, Bazaar, Dartapi and Khadarkhel.



Khushal Garh

Khushak Garh is 30 miles from Kohat, and is on the bank of the River Indus. It is named after Khusahl Khan Khattak. Sufi Saint Baba Mastan Shah Bukhari’s tomb and a Dak Bungalow (rest house) are situated on the top of a hill on the riverside. Most of the area is the wasteland.

Darra Adam khel

Darra Adam khel is Kohat pass to the north of the district. It is a tribal area and situated about seven kilometres from Kohat. Indus Highway passes through Darra Adam khel. There are banks, post offices, high schools, technical schools and bazaars here. The people of the area are called Afridies. Some villages are Akharwal, Ferozimela, Boostikhel and Sheraki. The area was administered by a political agent, a tehsildar, a naib tehsildar and a khasadar. All other internal affairs were looked after by a Malik in each village. Shahid Afridi, a world famous cricketer, belongs to F.R Kohat. Other famous people of the area are Ajab Khan Afrridi, Malik Sarmast Khan Afridi (transporter) and Usman Shah, an educator.



Small towns in Kohat are:

College Town, K.D.A Town. College Town is situated on Rawalpindi Road adjacent to the Kohat Degree College, while K.D.A Town is located on Peshawar Road. The Kohat Hospital and the K.B.I.S.E office, the Nadra office, the Passport office and all other district offices are in the town. It is newly constructed town of the city and all facilities are available.



Cities



Before 1980, there were three tehsils of Kohat i.e.



1-Kohat

2-Hangu

3-Teri

Hangu was separated from Kohat in 1998 and Teri becomes the tehsil of Karak district. Karak was also separated from Kohat in 1982.







Karak

Sikhs were withdrawn from the area Nawab Muhammad khan of Teri in 1839, and he got control. Karak District is on the Indus Highway on the way to Bannu, D.I. Khan, and was separated from Kohat in 1982. Its total population belongs to Sunni sect and is called Khattak. People of Karak are educated. In the district many fairs (melas) are held in Methakhel, Takhti-e-Nasrati, Landqamar, and Machakai.



Karak has three tehsils



1-Banda Doud Shah

3-Takhti-e-Nasrati

4-Methkhail

The district is blessed with green and agricultural lands. Lakkara is the coolest place even in summer. Main crops cultivated here are maize and wheat. Teri is the town of Karak. Vinegar of Takhti-e-Nasrati is very famous. There are many villages in Karak District, some are



Sabrabad

Takhat-e-Nasrati

Methakhel

Machakai



Hangu

Hangu consists of Lower Meranzai and Upper Meranzai. Hangu is a green and beautiful area situated 26 miles away from Kohat. Hangu was first a tehsil of Kohat and separated from Kohat in 1998 and declared a district of Kohat Division. Hangu is about 3,000 feet above the sea level. Hangu was ruled by Ghulam Muhammad Khan of Hangu during the time of Nadir Shah. The district has natural beauty and hilly areas in abundance. Mainly Shia population is settle here and is called Bangash. In the district, there is a police training college. Its famous bazaar is Patt Bazar. Hangu’s famous mela held every week. There are college, schools and banks in Hangu. Ali Haider, who had got Victoria Cross in the Second World War, belongs to the district.