Jhalawan

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Jhalawan (Brahui: جھالاوان) was an administrative division of the Khanate of Kalat, a princely state of Brahui that acceded to Pakistan in 1947. It was established in the 17th century and its boundary was fixed with Sindh in 1853. It was located in the southeastern part of Kalat State, north of Las Bela, west of the Kachi and Sindh and east of the Kharan and Makran.

Demographics

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|+ Religious groups in the Jhalawan Division of Kalat State (British Baluchistan era)

! rowspan="2" |Religious
group

! colspan="2" |1911{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25393764 |jstor=saoa.crl.25393764 |access-date=8 September 2024 |title=Census of India 1911. Vol. 4, Baluchistan : pt. 1, Report; pt. 2, Tables. |year=1911 |pages=11}}

! colspan="2" |1921{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25394124 |jstor=saoa.crl.25394124 |access-date=8 September 2024 |title=Census of India 1921. Vol. 4, Baluchistan : part I, Report; part II, Tables. |year=1921 |pages=165}}

! colspan="2" |1931{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25797115 |jstor=saoa.crl.25797115 |access-date=8 September 2024 |title=Census of India 1931. Vol. 4, Baluchistan. Pts. 1 & 2, Report [and] Imperial and provincial tables. |year=1931 |pages=390}}

! colspan="2" |1941{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215993 |jstor=saoa.crl.28215993 |access-date=8 September 2024 |title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 14, Baluchistan |year=1941 |pages=17}}

Population

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Islam 15px

| 83,914

| {{Percentage | 83914 | 84398 | 2 }}

| 79,293

| {{Percentage | 79293 | 79710 | 2 }}

| 88,780

| {{Percentage | 88780 | 88978 | 2 }}

| 52,194

| {{Percentage | 52194 | 52272 | 2 }}

Hinduism 15px

| 472

| {{Percentage | 472 | 84398 | 2 }}

| 417

| {{Percentage | 417 | 79710 | 2 }}

| 197

| {{Percentage | 197 | 88978 | 2 }}

| 78

| {{Percentage | 78 | 52272 | 2 }}

Sikhism 15px

| 12

| {{Percentage | 12 | 84398 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 79710 | 2 }}

| 1

| {{Percentage | 1 | 88978 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 52272 | 2 }}

Christianity 15px

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 84398 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 79710 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 88978 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 52272 | 2 }}

Zoroastrianism 15px

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 84398 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 79710 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 88978 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 52272 | 2 }}

Judaism 15px

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 84398 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 79710 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 88978 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 52272 | 2 }}

Jainism 15px

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 84398 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 79710 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 88978 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 52272 | 2 }}

Buddhism 15px

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 84398 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 79710 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 88978 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 52272 | 2 }}

Tribal

| {{N/a}}

| {{N/a}}

| {{N/a}}

| {{N/a}}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 88978 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 52272 | 2 }}

Others

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 84398 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 79710 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 88978 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 52272 | 2 }}

Total population

! 84,398

! {{Percentage | 84398 | 84398 | 2 }}

! 79,710

! {{Percentage | 79710 | 79710 | 2 }}

! 88,978

! {{Percentage | 88978 | 88978 | 2 }}

! 52,272

! {{Percentage | 52272 | 52272 | 2 }}

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References

  • [http://balochistanarchives.gob.pk/Virtual-Maps-hd/26]

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Further reading

  • {{EI2|last=Frye|first=R.N.|title=Ḏj̲ahlāwān|volume=2|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/djahlawan-SIM_1936?s.num=0&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-2&s.q=brahui}}
  • Swidler, N. (1972) "The Development of the Kalat Khanate" Journal of Asian and African Studies 7: pp. 115–21