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Zhob District

Coordinates:31°10′N68°50′E/ 31.167°N 68.833°E/31.167; 68.833
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Zhob District
ضلع ژوب
ږوب ولسوالۍ‎
DistrictofBalochistan
Top:ZhobBazaar
Bottom: Mountains near Zhob
Map of Balochistan with Zhob District highlighted
Map of Balochistan with Zhob District highlighted
CountryPakistan
ProvinceBalochistan
DivisionZhob
Established1890
Founded byBritish government
HeadquartersZhob(Formally Fort Sandeman)
Government
• TypeDistrict Administration
•Deputy CommissionerN/A
• District Police OfficerN/A
• District Health OfficerN/A
Area
•DistrictofBalochistan15,987 km2(6,173 sq mi)
Population
(2023)[1]
•DistrictofBalochistan355,692
• Density22/km2(58/sq mi)
•Urban
46,976
•Rural
308,716
Time zonePKT
Number ofTehsils5
Main Language(s)Pashto

Zhob District(Pashto:ږوب ولسوالۍ,Urdu:ضلع ژوب) is adistrictin the northwestern part ofBalochistanprovince ofPakistan.The population of Zhob District was estimated at 355,692 in 2023.[1]Water fromZhob Riveris used for irrigation in the district.

Administration

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The 1998 census report lists two sub-divisions: Lower Zhob (comprising Zhob tehsil andSambazasub-tehsil) andKakar Khurasan(encompassing the tehsil of Qamar Din Karez and the subtehsil of Ashewat).[2]A government webpage lists these as Ashwat, Qamar Din Karez, Sambaza and Zhob, without indicating if any of them are sub-tehsils.[3]

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
196139,755—
197274,519+5.88%
1981134,660+6.80%
1998193,458+2.15%
2017310,354+2.52%
2023355,692+2.30%
Sources:[4]
Religions in Zhob district (2023)[5]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 99.51%
Christianity
 
 0.41%
Other or not stated
 
 0.08%

As of the2023 census,Zhob district has 47,901 households and a population of 355,692. The district has a sex ratio of 117.57 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 36.62%: 45.24% for males and 26.81% for females.[1][6]159,100 (44.75% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[7]46,976 (13.21%) live in urban areas.[1]1,732 (0.49% of the surveyed population) are religious minorities, mainly Christians and some Hindus.[5]

Languages of Zhob district (2023)

Pashto(97.65%)
Saraiki(1.49%)
Others (0.86%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 97.65% of the population spokePashtoand 1.49%Saraikias their first language.[8]

The majority of the population of Zhob district isPashtun.The tribes of Zhob district include theMandokhail,Khosti,Sherani,Kakar,Sulaimankhel,Harifal,Lawoon and Babar. A large number ofIDPswere settled within the confines of the district as part of the evacuation fromOperation Zarb-e-Azbthat took place to the north of Zhob.[citation needed]

Religious groups in Zhob District (British Baluchistanera)
Religious
group 		1901[9] 1911[10] 1921[11] 1931[12] 1941[13]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 99,599 96.3% 68,088 96.76% 52,302 92.3% 53,844 92.89% 55,987 91.04%
Hinduism 3,086 2.98% 1,391 1.98% 3,398 6% 2,839 4.9% 4,286 6.97%
Sikhism 610 0.59% 715 1.02% 826 1.46% 1,134 1.96% 1,076 1.75%
Christianity 133 0.13% 168 0.24% 141 0.25% 115 0.2% 146 0.24%
Judaism 1 0% 1 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Jainism 0 0% 1 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Zoroastrianism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0%
Buddhism — — 2 0% 1 0% 27 0.05% 0 0%
Tribal — — — — — — 0 0% 3 0%
Others 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 4 0.01% 0 0%
Total population 103,429 100% 70,366 100% 56,668 100% 57,963 100% 61,499 100%
Note:British Baluchistanera district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

References

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  1. ^abcd"7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1"(PDF).Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  2. ^PCO 1998,p. 10.
  3. ^"List of Tehsils/Talukas with respect to their Districts" Federal Bureau of Statistics, PakistanArchived30 December 2010 at theWayback Machine
  4. ^"Population by administrative units 1951-1998"(PDF).Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  5. ^ab"7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9"(PDF).pbscensus.gov.pk.Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  6. ^"7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12"(PDF).Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  7. ^"7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban"(PDF).Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  8. ^"7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban"(PDF).Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  9. ^"Census of India 1901. Vol. 5A, Baluchistan. Pt. 2, Imperial tables".1901. p. 5.JSTORsaoa.crl.25352844.Retrieved8 September2024.
  10. ^"Census of India 1911. Vol. 4, Baluchistan: pt. 1, Report; pt. 2, Tables".1911. p. 11.JSTORsaoa.crl.25393764.Retrieved8 September2024.
  11. ^"Census of India 1921. Vol. 4, Baluchistan: part I, Report; part II, Tables".1921. p. 165.JSTORsaoa.crl.25394124.Retrieved8 September2024.
  12. ^"Census of India 1931. Vol. 4, Baluchistan. Pts. 1 & 2, Report [and] Imperial and provincial tables".1931. p. 390.JSTORsaoa.crl.25797115.Retrieved8 September2024.
  13. ^"Census of India, 1941. Vol. 14, Baluchistan".1941. p. 17.JSTORsaoa.crl.28215993.Retrieved8 September2024.

Bibliography

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  • 1998 District Census report of Zhob.Census publication. Vol. 107. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
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