Nasirabad District

History

The division is named after the Khan of Kalat, Mir Nasir Khan I, who was one of the most respected rulers of Kalat; he ruled Kalat from (1747-1794), and founded the Brahvi-Baloch Confederation, with its center in Khanate of Kalat.

Nasirabad District was first part of state of Kalat until the formation of Kalat District on February 3, 1954. Nasirabad was then separated from Kalat district in 1974, while in 1987 the new district of Jafarabad was cleaved out of it. For three years, from July 1987 to December 1990, it was known as Tahseel Tamboo. Tamboo is a small village 40 km west of Dera Murad Jamali.

Administrative divisions

Tehsils

The district is administratively subdivided into four Tehsils, these are:

Union councils

These tehsils are further divided into union councils. Currently, there are 31 union councils and one municipal committee in the district:

Tehsil Dera Murad Jamali

• Municipal Committee Dera Murad Jamali
• Union Council Quba Sher Khan Sharqi
• Union Council Quba Sher Khan Gharbi
• Union Council Naseer Khan Umrani
• Union Council Jhuder Shimali
• Union Council Bedar Androon Sharqi
• Union Council Bedar Gharbi
• Union Council Manjhoti Sharqi
• Union Council Sardar Shahzada Khan Umrani
• Union Council Sikandarabad
• Union Council Manjhoti Gharbi
• Union Council Jhuder Janubi

Tehsil Chhatter

• Union Council Chhatter
• Union Council Phuleji
• Union Council Shah Pur
• Union Council Daulat Ghari Mir Nabi Bakhsh Khan
• Union Council Daulat Ghari Mir Hassan Khosa
• Union Council Shori Drabi

Tehsil Tamboo

• Union Council Manjhoo Shoori
• Union Council Aeri
• Union Council Gola Wah
• Union Council Ali Abad Shumali
• Union Council Mir Behram Khan Buledi
• Union Council Qadir Abad
• Union Council Kharoos Wah
• Union Council Fateh Mohammad
• Union Council Mir Wah
• Union Council Abdullah Bari
• Union Council Ali Abad

Tehsil Baba Kot

• Union Council Garhi Rehman
• Union Council Baba Kot
• Union Council Kuhna Tamboo

Demographics

Population

As of the 2023 census, Nasirabad district has 87,516 households and a population of 563,315. The district has a sex ratio of 104.54 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 28.96%: 36.43% for males and 21.18% for females. 216,847 (38.49% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 106,952 (18.99%) live in urban areas.

Religion

Islam is the largest religion. Hinduism is a minority religion while Christianity has around 1,400 followers in the district.

Language

At the time of the 2023 census, 43.21% of the population spoke Balochi, 22.27% Brahui, 21.16% Sindhi and 12.15% Saraiki as their first language.

References

References

1. "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN".
2. "Nasirabad Division".
3. "Pakistan Bureau of Statistics".
4. "Balochistan-Nasirabad -".
5. "BHC Dera Murad Jamali History".
6. "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Nasirabad – Government of Pakistan".
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8. "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN".
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11. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12".
12. "7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban".
13. "Pakistan Census 2017 District-Wise Tables: Jafarabad".
14. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9".
15. "Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban, Census-2023". [[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]].