Dera Bugti District

Dera Bugti District

ضلع ڈیرہ بگٹی
ڈئره بگٹیءِ دمگ‎
Dera Bugti District ضلع ڈیرہ بگٹی; ڈئره بگٹیءِ دمگ‎
District of Balochistan
	Canyon in Dera Bugti district
	Map of Balochistan with Dera Bugti District highlighted
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Division	Sibi
Established	July 1983
Headquarters	Dera Bugti
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Azhar Ali
• District Police Officer	Essa Jan Rind
• District Health Officer	Dr. Muhammad Azam
Area
• District of Balochistan	10,160 km2 (3,920 sq mi)
Population (2023 Census of Pakistan)
• District of Balochistan	355,274
• Density	35/km2 (91/sq mi)
• Urban	108,447
• Rural	246,827
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils	4

Dera Bugti (Balochi: ڈئره بگٹیءِ دمگ‎, Urdu: ضلع ڈیرہ بگٹی) is a district within the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It was established as a separate district in 1983.^[1]

Administration

The district is administratively divided into the following five tehsils (subdivisions)

Tehsil^[2]	Area (km²)^[3]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Literacy rate (2023)^[4]
Dera Bugti	927	50,943	54.95	33.75%
Phelawagh^[5]
Sui^[5]	3,858	126,725	32.85
Baiker Tehsil	258	33,410	129.50	15.62%
Pirkoh^[5]

Demography

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	N/A	—
1961	N/A	—
1972	N/A	—
1981	N/A	—
1998	181,310	—
2017	313,110	+2.92%
2023	355,274	+2.13%
Sources:^[6]

At the time of the 2023 census district had a population of 355,274.^[7]

Religion

Religions in Dera Bugti district (2023)^[8]
Religion			Percent
Islam			99.48%
Hinduism			0.31%
Other			0.21%

Religious groups in Dera Bugti District (British Baluchistan era)
Religious group	1901^[9]		1911^[10]		1921^[11]		1931^[12]		1941^[13]
Religious group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	38,507	98.94%	34,395	98.93%	36,730	99.21%	54,903	99.42%	57,831	99.52%
Hinduism	412	1.06%	371	1.07%	294	0.79%	321	0.58%	281	0.48%
Sikhism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Christianity	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Zoroastrianism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Judaism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Jainism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Buddhism	—	—	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Tribal	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0%	0	0%
Others	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Total population	38,919	100%	34,766	100%	37,024	100%	55,224	100%	58,112	100%
Note: British Baluchistan era figures are for Marri-Bugti Country, which roughly corresponds to present-day Dera Bugti District. Marri-Bugti Country formed part of Sibi District during the British Baluchistan era.

Language

Languages of Dera Bugti district (2023)

Balochi (98.94%)

Saraiki (0.64%)

Others (0.42%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 98.94% of the population spoke Balochi, and 0.64% Saraiki as their first language.^[14]

References

^ PCO 1998, p. 13.
^ Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names
^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
^ "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b ^c "District And Tehsil Level Population Summary - Dera Bugti District (2017 Census of Pakistan)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
^ "Population" (PDF).
^ "Religions in Dera Bugti district" (PDF).
^ "Census of India 1901. Vol. 5A, Baluchistan. Pt. 2, Imperial tables". 1901. p. 5. JSTOR saoa.crl.25352844. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
^ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 4, Baluchistan : pt. 1, Report; pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 11. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393764. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
^ "Census of India 1921. Vol. 4, Baluchistan : part I, Report; part II, Tables". 1921. p. 165. JSTOR saoa.crl.25394124. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
^ "Census of India 1931. Vol. 4, Baluchistan. Pts. 1 & 2, Report [and] Imperial and provincial tables". 1931. p. 390. JSTOR saoa.crl.25797115. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
^ "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 14, Baluchistan". 1941. p. 17. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215993. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
^ https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/dcr/table_11.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

Bibliography

1998 District Census report of Dera Bugti. Census publication. Vol. 24. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.

External links

Dera Bugti District at www.balochistan.gov.pk
District Dera Bugti Archived 2018-04-26 at the Wayback Machine at www.balochistanpolice.gov.pk
Ansar Burney Trust - Information on the Human Rights situation in Dera Bugti and Kohlu, (Archived).

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[FOOTNOTEPCO199813-1] PCO 1998, p. 13.

[2] Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names

[3] "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).

[4] "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).

[PBS-5] "District And Tehsil Level Population Summary - Dera Bugti District (2017 Census of Pakistan)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2024.

[6] "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

[:1-7] "Population" (PDF).

[8] "Religions in Dera Bugti district" (PDF).

[Census1901B-9] "Census of India 1901. Vol. 5A, Baluchistan. Pt. 2, Imperial tables". 1901. p. 5. JSTOR saoa.crl.25352844. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

[Census1911B-10] "Census of India 1911. Vol. 4, Baluchistan : pt. 1, Report; pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 11. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393764. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

[Census1921B-11] "Census of India 1921. Vol. 4, Baluchistan : part I, Report; part II, Tables". 1921. p. 165. JSTOR saoa.crl.25394124. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

[Census1931B-12] "Census of India 1931. Vol. 4, Baluchistan. Pts. 1 & 2, Report [and] Imperial and provincial tables". 1931. p. 390. JSTOR saoa.crl.25797115. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

[Census1941B-13] "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 14, Baluchistan". 1941. p. 17. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215993. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

[14] ttps://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/dcr/table_11.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

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v t e Dera Bugti District
Towns and union councils	Baiker Gandoi Gulzar Kalchas Lope Sherani Loti Patra Sherani Phelawagh Saddar Dera Bugti Sangseela Shum Sui
Locations	Kacchi Plain Military College Sui Sui gas field

v t e Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
Provincial capital: Quetta
Kalat	Awaran Kalat Khuzdar Hub Lasbela Mastung Surab
Makran	Gwadar Kech Panjgur
Nasirabad	Jafarabad Jhal Magsi Kachhi Nasirabad Sohbatpur Usta Muhammad
Quetta	Chaman Killa Abdullah Pishin Karezat^d Quetta
Sibi	Dera Bugti Harnai Kohlu Sibi Ziarat
Zhob	Killa Saifullah Sherani Zhob
Rakhshan	Chagai^a Kharan^b Nushki^a Washuk^b Chaman^a
Loralai	Barkhan^c Loralai^c Musakhail^c Duki^c
^a - formerly part of Quetta Division; ^b - formerly part of Kalat Division; ^c - formerly part of Zhob Division ; ^d - abolished

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