Awaran District

Administration

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

Demographics

Population

Awaran District Population Census Organisation, Government of Pakistan. Retrieved 6 September 2010.

As of the 2023 census, Awaran district has 27,796 households and a population of 178,958. The district has a sex ratio of 104.93 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 36.34%: 44.28% for males and 27.95% for females. 62,549 (34.95% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 46,836 (26.17%) live in urban areas.

The major tribes are the Shahwani, Bizenjo, Muhammad Hassani, Sajidi, Siapad, Mirwani, Rakhshani, Sumalani, Qambrani, Shadainzai, Haibwari & Zehri(Channaal).{{bar box|title=Religions in Awaran district (2023)|titlebar=#FCD116|left1=Religion|right1=Percent|float=right|bars=

Religion

Majority of population adheres to Islamic faith. 1,785 (1.00%) were from religious minorities. Awaran is known for its Zikri minority and also has a small Hindu community.

Language

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

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

References

Bibliography

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