Dasht Tehsil

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| official_name = Dasht

| name = Dasht Kech

| settlement_type = Tehsil

| image_skyline = Dasht Shuleeg Kech Balochistan.jpg

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| image_caption = Shooli, Dasht Tehsil

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| map_alt = Dasht Tehsil Kech

| map_caption = Map of Dasht Tehsil

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| map_caption1 = Location within Pakistan

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Pakistan

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Balochistan

| subdivision_type2 = Division

| subdivision_name2 = Makran

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 = Kech District

| population_total = 121065

| population_as_of = 2017

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| population_footnotes = {{cite web |title=Table-1 Area, Population by Sex, Sex Ratio, Population Density, Urban Proportion, Household Size and Annual Growth Rate (Kech District, 2017 Population Census) |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2017/results/11201.pdf |website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics |access-date=6 February 2024}}

| area_total_km2 = 3722

| leader_title = Assistant Commissioner

| leader_name = Jahanzaib Shahwani{{Cite web |title=District Kech – Mekran Website |url=https://commissionermekran.gob.pk/district-kech/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |language=en-US}}

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Dasht Tehsil ({{langx|ur|تحصیل دشت کیچ}}) is a tehsil of Kech District in Makran, Balochistan, Pakistan. Dasht Tehsil consists of two sub-tehsils, Balnigore and Dasht.

Geography

Dasht Teshsil is located in the south of Kech District. It is bordered by Gwadar District in the south, by Tump Tehsil in the northwest and Turbat Tehsil in the northeast.{{cite web|url=https://www.ppaf.org.pk/doc/programmes/Situational%20Analysis%20Report%20of%20PPR%20-%20District%20Profile%20Kech.pdf|title=DEVELOPMENT PROFILE OF KECH/TURBAT DISTRICT|website=ppaf.org.pk|date=2015-01-03|access-date=2024-02-15}}

= Subdivisions =

The tehsil is subdivided into six union councils: Balnegore, Darachko, Kombail, Koncheti, Khuddan and Zarain Bug. The headquarters of the tehsil is Khuddan.[http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=77&dn=Kech/Turbat Tehsils & Unions in the District of Kech/Turbat - Government of Pakistan] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120805122407/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=77&dn=Kech/Turbat |date=2012-08-05 }}{{Cite web |title=Balochistan-Kech - |url=https://pakistanalmanac.com/balochistan-kech/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |language=en-US}}{{cite web|url=http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/KECH_BLOCKWISE.pdf|title=Population And Household Detail Blockwise - Kech District of Balochistan|pages=4–7}}

Other populated places in the tehsil include Shooli, which is close to Gwadar District.

= Demographics =

As of the 2017 census, the tehsil's population is 121,065. Dasht is the most populated of the two sub-tehsils with 76,470 inhabitants, while Balnigore has 44,595.

Personalities

Well-known personalities from Dasht Tehsil include Baloch poet Jan Dashti.

References

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Category:Tehsils of Balochistan, Pakistan

Category:Kech District

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