Lachi is one of two tehsils in the Kohat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, located south of the district capital Kohat. It numbers about 100,000 inhabitants, living in an area of 1,161 square kilometres (448 sq mi). The tehsil is subdivided in 9 union councils. About 40% of the working population is employed outside the tehsil. It is a rural area where the livelihood of the majority of households depends on remittances and subsistence farming. Education is provided through a number of private and government high schools, as well as a government degree college affiliated with Kohat University.
Map of Lachi, Pakistan
Lachi (Lachaee) is one of the largest Seni Khattak areas. Situated on the main road between Kohat and Teri. Everyone travelling South of Kohat (to Teri, Karak, Bannu, Lakki, Tank, Dera Ismail Khan, Waziristan) has to pass Lachi. Ruled by Akorkhel Khans of Khattaks, Lachi was like the heart of Senae-Khwarraam Tappa of the Teri State uptill 1956. Zakaria Khan was one of the most famous Akorkhel Khans of Lachi.
Teri One of oldest Khattak areas. Mentioned by Khushhal Khan Khattak in his prose. Also named Asadabad after its first Teri-based ruler: Khan Asad-ullah Khan Akorkhel in the first half of 18th century. Teri was Kohat's largest Tahsil from 1848 to 1956, under the Nawabs of Teri; covering the whole of the present Karak, Lachi and Gumbat. It had a total area of 1616 square miles. This area was under the rule of Akorkhel Khans since 17th century.
Akorkhels, also known as Khankhels, are the descendents of Malik Akor, who was the great grandfather of Khushal Khan Khattak. In Lachi now the Akorkhels are the family of Jan Khan Family son of Zakaria Khan.
Mohammad Usman Khan (DSP) Late, GM Khattak (Late), Khanzada Samdani Khan, Khanzada Yazdani Khan, Ghulam Ghos Gillani, Khanzada Shoaib Khan & Lt: General ObaidUllah Khan Khattak are the Akorkhels Khans of Lachi.
Akorkhels live in: Teri, Lachi, Seni Gumbaat, Darmalik, Chakhtoo villages of Kohat. Nilab, Ameer, Mandoori, Shedu, Adamzai, Akora villages of Nowshera. Jamal Garhi village of Mard Jehangira,Tor Dheri villages of Sawabi. Muhammadzai village in Charsadda. Akorkhels have had control of all the places they have lived in.
Akorkhel Khans of Teri, Seni, Khwarram, Barak Khattaks of Teri Tahsil (whole of the present Karrak District and half of the persent Kohat District): Nawabs, Naibs and Khans of Teri, Naibs of Seni Gumbat, Khans of Lachi, Khans of Darmailk, Khans of Chakhtoo. Sagri Khans of Sagri and Bhangikhel Khattats: Sagri Khans of Shakardarra; Toza Khels (Sagris), Khans of Malgin; Bada Khan Khels, Khans of Lachi.
The Khani The Khani (Khanship) in the Khattak tribe started properly during the time of Emperor Akbar of India.The first Khan or Chief was Malik Akor, the grandfather of Khushal Khan Khattak. Malik Akor's descendents are called Akorkhels. Khans of Khattaks exercised power in more than half of the present Nowshera District, half of the Kohat district, the whole of what is now called the Karrak District and parts of Attock District as well. During the Durrani rule, the Khans of Khattaks had power till areas as far as Jehlum.
Khani of Lachi Lachi came under the Teri Nawabs. There were two Khanis in Lachi, one was with Akorkhel family and the other with Badakhel family. Badakhels are actually Sagri Khattaks. Sagri Khanis: Bada Khan Khels (Badakhels) used to control Lachi. Toza Khan Khels (Tauzakhels) used to rule Malgin, although one does not hear a Tauzakhels's name nowadays. Sagri Khan of Shakardarra also had a say in Malgin matters. Shakardarra was totally in the hands of Sagri Khans, along with Makhad territory in Attock.