Zhob Division
{{Short description|Administrative division of Balochistan, Pakistan}}
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| native_name = {{lang|ur|{{nq|ژوب ڈویژن}}}}
{{lang|ps|{{script/Arabic|ږوب څانګه}}}}
{{lang|bal|{{script/Arabic|ژۏب ولایت}}}}
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| subdivision_name2 = Zhob
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| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1988
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| population_total = 927,579
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| population_urban = 11.98%
| population_rural = 88.02%
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| demographics_type1 = Ethnicities
| demographics1_footnotes = {{Cite web |url= https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/pcr/table_11.pdf|title= TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023}}
| demographics1_title1 = People
| demographics_type2 = Literacy
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| demographics1_info1 = {{bulleted list|Largest:
Pashtuns ({{Percentage | 917,012 | 927,429 | 2 }}) |Others:
Balochs ({{Percentage | 1,158 | 927,429 | 2 }})}}
|website ={{url|https://zhob.balochistan.gov.pk/}}
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Zhob Division is an administrative division of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. It was created in 1988 bifurcated from Quetta division. It remained abolished between 2000 and 2008 during the military rule of Pervez Musharraf, but later restored when his rule ended. CNIC Code of Zhob Division is 56.{{cite news |url=https://www.nation.com.pk/26-Oct-2008/commissionerate-system-restored |title=Commissionerate system restored |date=26 October 2008|access-date=2024-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109092219/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/26-Oct-2008/Commissionerate-system-restored |newspaper=The Nation newspaper|archive-date=2010-01-09 |url-status=live}}
Loralai Division is carved after splitting Zhob Division,{{Cite news|date=2021-06-30|title=New division, two districts created in Balochistan|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1632216|access-date=2024-02-07|newspaper=Dawn newspaper|language=en}} consisting of Barkhan District, Loralai District, Musakhail District and Duki District.
Demographics
= Population =
{{Historical populations|1951|...|1961|...|1972|171,989|1981|361,647|1998|468,695|2017|806,238|2023|927,579|align=center|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}}}}
According to 2023 census, Zhob division had a population of 927,579,{{Cite web |title=Area, population by sex, sex ratio, population density, urban population, household size and annual growth rate, Census-2023 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/pcr/table_1.pdf |website=www.pbs.gov.pk}} roughly equal to the population of Mauritius{{cite web |author=US Directorate of Intelligence |title=Country Comparison:Population |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html |archive-date=13 June 2007 |access-date=2011-10-01 |quote=Latvia 2,204,708, July 2011 est.}} or the US state of Delaware.{{cite web |title=2010 Resident Population Data |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archive-date=19 October 2013 |access-date=2011-09-30 |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |quote=New Mexico - 2,059,179}}
Districts
Tehsils
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!# !Tehsil !Area !Pop. (2023) !Density (ppl/km²) (2023) !Literacy rate (2023) !Districts |
| 1
|1,103 |152,516 |138.27 | | rowspan="6" |Qila Saifullah |
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|972 |29,693 |30.55 | |
| 3
|943 |83,795 |88.86 | |
| 4
|985 |20,640 |20.95 | |
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|383 |34,298 |89.55 | |
| 6
|2,445 |59,258 |24.24 | |
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| | | | | rowspan="5" |Zhob |
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|9,322 |284,620 |30.53 | |
| 9
|901 |25,094 |27.85 | |
| 10
|1,590 |5,810 |3.65 | |
| 11
|2,888 |25,150 |8.71 | |
| 12
|4,310 |191,687 |44.47 | |
[[List of constituencies of Pakistan|Constituencies]]
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!District !Provincial Assembly Constituency !National Assembly Constituency |
| Sherani
| rowspan="2" |PB-1 Sherani-Cum-Zhob | rowspan="4" |NA-251 Sherani-cum-Zhob-cum-Killa Saifullah |
| rowspan="2" |Zhob |
| PB-2 Zhob |
| Killa Saifullah |
Demographics
According to the 2023 census, Zhob division had a population of 927,579.{{Cite web |title=Area, population by sex, sex ratio, population density, urban population, household size and annual growth rate, Census-2023 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/pcr/table_1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240724141441/https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/pcr/table_1.pdf |archive-date=2024-07-24}}
See also
References
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