The population of Puli Alam is estimated at around 108,000, which is composed of Pashtuns, Tajiks and a few others.
Puli Alam has undergone reconstruction work after the fall of Taliban government.
A Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) of the Czech Republic is based in the district.
It was reported on 23 November 2009 that unknown armed men destroyed a girls' school in the district's headquarters.
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