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Nasirabad District

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Naseerabad District

| native_name = {{Nastaliq|ضلع نصیر آباد}}

| native_name_lang =

| settlement_type = District of Balochistan

| image_map = Pakistan - Balochistan - Nasirabad.svg

| mapsize =

| map_caption = Map of Balochistan with Nasirabad District highlighted

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Pakistan}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Balochistan}}

| subdivision_type2 = Division

| subdivision_name2 = Nasirabad

| named_for = Mir Nasir Khan I

| seat_type = Headquarters

| seat = Dera Murad Jamali

| parts_type = Administrative Tehsil

| parts_style = coll,para

| parts = 06

| p1 = Baba Kot Tehsil
Chattar Subdivision
Dera Murad Jamali Subdivision
Landhi Tehsil
Mir Hassan Khosa Tehsil
Tamboo Tehsil

| government_footnotes =

| government_type = District Administration

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Deputy Commissioner

| leader_name = Munir Ahmed Khan Kakar

| leader_title1 = Constituensy

| leader_name1 = NA-254 Nasirabad-cum-Kachhi-cum-Jhal Magsi

| leader_title2 = National Assembly Member

| leader_name2 = Khalid Hussain Magsi (BAP)

| unit_pref = Metric

| demographics_type1 = Literacy

| demographics1_footnotes = {{Cite web |url= https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_balochistan_district.pdf |title= Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN}}

| demographics1_title1 = Literacy rate

| timezone1 = PKT

| utc_offset1 = +05:00

| timezone1_DST = DST is not observed

| utc_offset1_DST =

| postal_code_type = ZIP Code

| postal_code = 80700

| area_code_type = NWD (area) code

| area_code = 0838

| iso_code = PK-BA

| area_total_km2 = 3387

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_max_m =

| elevation_min_m =

| elevation_m = 67

| elevation_ft =

| established_title = Established

| established_date = {{Start date and age|1974}}

| population_footnotes =

| population_as_of = 2023

| population_total = 563,315

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_urban = 106952 (19.70%)

| population_rural = 456,363 (80.30%)

| blank_info = 53402-XXXXXXX-X

| demographics1_info1 = {{bulleted list |

Total:
(28.96%) |

Male:
(36.43%) |

Female:
(21.18%)

}}

| blank_name = CNIC Code Nasirabad District

}}

Nasirabad or Naseerabad ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|ضلع نصیر آباد}}}}) is a district of Nasirabad Division{{Cite web |title=Nasirabad Division |url=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12859162 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=www.wikidata.org |language=en}} in Balochistan, Pakistan. The District was notified in 1974 by separating from Kalat District. For three years, it was called Tamboo District from July 1987 to December 1990, The district's headquarters are located at Dera Murad Jamali.According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Nasirabad District is 565,315.{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/census-2017-district-wise/results/117 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=www.pbs.gov.pk}}It is named after Naseer Ahmad who served there Deputy Commissioner in mid 80s and later became Commissioner of Nasirabad Division

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.{{Cite web |title=Balochistan-Nasirabad - |url=https://pakistanalmanac.com/balochistan-nasirabad/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |language=en-US}}

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.{{sfn|PCO|1999|p=13}} 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.{{Cite web |title=BHC Dera Murad Jamali History |url=https://bhc.gov.pk/district-judiciary/dera-murad-jamali/introduction/history |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=bhc.gov.pk}}

Administrative divisions

=Tehsils=

The district is administratively subdivided into four Tehsils, these are:\{{cite web|url=http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=84&dn=Nasirabad|title=Tehsils & Unions in the District of Nasirabad – Government of Pakistan|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326132606/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=84&dn=Nasirabad|archivedate=26 March 2012|url-status=dead}}

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!Tehsil

!Area

(km²){{Cite web |title=TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/dcr/table_1.pdf}}

!Pop.

(2023)

!Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

!Literacy rate

(2023){{Cite web |title=LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_balochistan_district.pdf}}

!Union Councils

Baba Kot Tehsil

|967

|53,661

|55.49

|15.41%

|...

Dera Murad Jamali

|281

|265,822

|945.99

|34.93%

|...

Landhi Tehsil

|266

|8,638

|32.47

|17.60%

|...

Chattar Tehsil

|961

|32,276

|33.59

|17.21%

|...

Meer Hassan Tesil

|229

|53,400

|233.19

|22.99%

|...

Tamboo Tehsil

|683

|149,518

|218.91

|28.80%

|...

=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

{{div col}}

  • 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

{{div col end}}

Tehsil Chhatter

{{div col}}

  • 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

{{div col end}}

Tehsil Tamboo

{{div col}}

  • 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

{{div col end}}

Tehsil Baba Kot

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

Demographics

{{Historical populations|1951|...|1961|21458|1972|43893|1981|129112|1998|245,894|2017|487,847|2023|563,315|align=left|percentages=pagr|footnote=Sources:{{cite web |title=Population by administrative units 1951-1998 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/1998/administrative_units.pdf |publisher = Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}}}

= 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.{{cite web |title=7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/dcr/table_1.pdf |website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}{{cite web |title=7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_balochistan_district.pdf |website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}} 216,847 (38.49% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.{{cite web |title=7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/dcr/table_5.pdf |website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics |publisher=}} 106,952 (18.99%) live in urban areas.{{cite web |title=7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/dcr/table_1.pdf |website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}

= Religion =

{{bar box

|title=Religions in Nasirabad district (2023)

|titlebar=#FCD116

|left1=Religion

|right1=Percent

|float=right

|bars=

{{bar percent|Islam|green|99.21}}

{{bar percent|Hinduism|darkorange|0.5}}

{{bar percent|Other|gray|0.29}}

}}

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|+Religions in present-day Nasirabad district

! rowspan="2" |Religion

! colspan="2" |2017{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Census 2017 District-Wise Tables: Jafarabad |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/census-2017-district-wise/results/114 |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}

! colspan="2" |2023{{cite web |title=7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/dcr/table_9.pdf |website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}

{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}

!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}

!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}

!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}

Islam 15px

| 484,229

| 99.26%

|560,020

|99.21%

Hinduism 16x16px

|3,213

|0.66%

|2,800

|0.5%

Others

|405

|0.08%

|1,629

|0.29%

Total Population

!487,847

!100%

!563,315

!100%

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

= Language =

{{Pie chart

|thumb = right

|caption = Languages of Nasirabad district (2023)

|label1 = Balochi |value1 = 43.21 |color1 = limegreen

|label2 = Brahui |value2 = 42.27 |color2 = crimson

|label4 = Saraiki |value4 = 6.15 |color4 = aqua

|label5 = Others |value5 = 1.21 |color5 = grey

}}

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.{{cite web |title=Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban, Census-2023 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/dcr/table_11.pdf |publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}

References

{{Reflist}}

Bibliography

  • {{Cite book| title = 1998 District census report of Nasirabad| location = Islamabad| publisher = Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan| series = Census publication | volume = 26| date = 1999| ref = {{harvid|PCO|1999}} }}

External links

{{Commons category}}

  • [http://www.balochistan.gov.pk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=821&Itemid=1107 Nasirabad District] at [http://www.balochistan.gov.pk/ www.balochistan.gov.pk]
  • [http://www.balochistanpolice.gov.pk/disttprofiles/nasirabad.php Nasirabad District] at [http://www.balochistanpolice.gov.pk/ www.balochistanpolice.gov.pk]

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Category:Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan