Jump to content

Awaran District

Coordinates: 26°10′N 65°30′E / 26.167°N 65.500°E / 26.167; 65.500
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Awaran District
ضلع آواران
District of Balochistan
Map of Pakistani districts with Awaran district highlighted in maroon
Map of Pakistani districts with Awaran district highlighted in maroon
Country Pakistan
Province Balochistan
DivisionQalat
Notified11 November 1992[1]
HeadquartersAwaran
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerEngineer Ayesha Zehri
 • District Health OfficerDr Muhammad Aslam
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • District of Balochistan29,510 km2 (11,390 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
 • District of Balochistan178,958
 • Density6.1/km2 (16/sq mi)
 • Urban
46,836
 • Rural
132,122
Time zoneUTC+5 (PKT)
Number of Tehsils3
TehsilsAwaran
Jhal Jhao
Mashkai
Websitewww.bdd.sdnpk.org/awaran.htm

Awaran District (Balochi and Urdu: ضلع آواران), is a district in the southern part of the Balochistan province of Pakistan in Kalat division.

It was created as a separate district on 11 November 1992;[1] previously it was a sub-division of Khuzdar District consisting areas of tehsil Mashkey & Jhal Jhao.[2] It is considered one of the poorest districts in the province.[3]

It is located in the south of the Balochistan province in Kalat division. Awaran district is bordered by Gwadar to its south and south west, Lasbela to its east and south, Kech and Panjgur to its west, Khuzdar to its north east and Washuk to its north.

Administration

[edit]

The district is administratively subdivided into the following five tehsils,[4] which are sub-divided into eight union councils:[5]

# Tehsil[6] Area(km²)[7] Pop(2023) Density(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Union Concils
1 Awaran[4][5] 13,075 45,774 3.50 Awaran

Teertage

2 Gishkaur Tehsil 4,578 31,462 6.87 Gishkaur
3 Jhal Jhao[4][5] 6,381 28,132 4.41 Camp Jahoo[5]
4 Korak Jahoo Tehsil 3,058 27,652 9.04 Korak
5 Mashkai[4][5] 2,418 45,938 19.00 Gajjar

Nokjo Parwar[5]

Demographics

[edit]

The history of the population of the district is as follows:

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1951 — —
1961 — —
1972 — —
1981 110,353[8] —
1998 118,173[8] —
2017 121,680[9][8] —
2023 178,958[10] —
Sources:[7]

Apart from Sunnis, there is a small Zikri minority, and a few Hindus living in Awaran as well.

The major tribes are the Shahwani, Bizenjo, Muhammad Hassani, Sajidi, Siapad, Mirwani, Rakhshani, Sumalani and Qambrani.[11]

Religions in Awaran district (2023)[12]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 99%
Other
 
 1%

Languages

[edit]

Languages of Awaran district (2023)

  Balochi (98.58%)
  Brahui (1.17%)
  Others (0.66%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 98.58% of the population spoke Balochi and 1.17% Brahui as their first language.[12]

Balochi accounted for 99.7% of the population in the 1998 census.[13] The previous census of 1981 reported that 8% of the households in the then subdivision of Awaran had Brahui as a first language.[14]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Awaran District - A District Profile". United Nations and Balochistan Bureau of Statistics website. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  2. ^ 1998 Census report, p. 1.
  3. ^ "Awaran District Balochistan Flood Assessment p. 6. July 2007" (PDF). pdi.org website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "Awaran District". Government of Balochistan website. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Awaran". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  6. ^ Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names
  7. ^ a b "AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
  8. ^ a b c Awaran District Archived 12 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Population Census Organisation, Government of Pakistan. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  9. ^ "Awaran District population per 2017 census" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Area, Population by Sex, Sex Ratio, Population Density, Urban Population, Household Size and Annual Growth Rate, Census-2023, Balochistan" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  11. ^ 1998 Census report, p. 5.
  12. ^ a b "Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban, Census-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  13. ^ 1998 Census report, p. 16.
  14. ^ 1981 Census report, p. 84.

Bibliography

[edit]
  • 1981 District census report of Khuzdar. Census publication. Vol. 12. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1983.
  • 1998 District census report of Awaran. Census publication. Vol. 89. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Awaran District.

26°10′N 65°30′E / 26.167°N 65.500°E / 26.167; 65.500

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Awaran_District&oldid=1253843305"