Kulachi Town
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Kulachi Town
Head-ciuarters of the tahsil of the same name in Dera Ismail Khan District, North-West Frontier Province, situated in 31° 56' N. and 70° 28' E., on the north bank of the Euni torrent, 27 miles west of Dera Ismail Khan town. Population (1901), 9,125. It is rather an aggregation of sixteen separate hamlets, standing near the union of their lands, than a regular town. A municipality was created in 1867, and its income and expenditure during the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 6,900. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 7,200, chiefly derived from octroi; and the expenditure was Rs. 7,100. The place formerly carried on a brisk trade with the Wazirs of the hills, which declined before annexation, but has since somewhat revived. Kulachi contains a Government dispensary, and its principal educational institution is an Anglo-vernacular middle school maintained by the District board.
