Awaran District (Balochi and Urdu: ضلع آواران), is a district in the southern part of the Balochistan province of Pakistan in Kalat division.
Awaran District
ضلع آواران | |
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 Map of Pakistani districts with Awaran district highlighted in maroon | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Balochistan |
| Division | Qalat |
| Notified | 11 November 1992[1] |
| Headquarters | Awaran |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Engineer Ayesha Zehri |
| • District Health Officer | Dr Muhammad Aslam |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| • District of Balochistan | 29,510 km2 (11,390 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
| • District of Balochistan | 178,958 |
| • Density | 6.1/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 46,836 |
| • Rural | 132,122 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
| Number of Tehsils | 3 |
| Tehsils | Awaran Jhal Jhao Mashkai |
| Website | www.bdd.sdnpk.org/awaran.htm |
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
editThe 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 Councils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Demographics
editPopulation
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | N/A | — |
| 1961 | N/A | — |
| 1972 | N/A | — |
| 1981 | 110,353 | — |
| 1998 | 118,173 | +0.40% |
| 2017 | 121,680 | +0.15% |
| 2023 | 178,958 | +6.64% |
| Sources:[8] | ||
The history of the population of the district is as follows:[9][10][11][7] The major tribes are the Shahwani, Bizenjo, Muhammad Hassani, Sajidi, Siapad, Mirwani, Rakhshani, Sumalani and Qambrani.[12]
Religion
editMajority of population adheres to Islamic faith. Apart from Sunnis, there is a small Zikri minority, and a few Hindus living in Awaran as well.
Language
editAt the time of the 2023 census, 98.58% of the population spoke Balochi and 1.17% Brahui as their first language.[13]
Balochi accounted for 99.7% of the population in the 1998 census.[14] The previous census of 1981 reported that 8% of the households in the then subdivision of Awaran had Brahui as a first language.[15]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 1998 Census report, p. 1.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d "Awaran District". Government of Balochistan website. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b "AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ Awaran District Archived 12 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Population Census Organisation, Government of Pakistan. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Area, Population by Sex, Sex Ratio, Population Density, Urban Population, Household Size and Annual Growth Rate, Census-2023, Balochistan" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ 1998 Census report, p. 5.
- ^ a b "Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban, Census-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ 1998 Census report, p. 16.
- ^ 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.