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Loralai Division

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Loralai Division
Country Pakistan
Province Balochistan
CapitalLoralai
Established2021
Government
 • TypeDivisional Administration
 • CommissionerN/A
 • Regional Police OfficerN/A
Population
 (2023)
 • Division
870,000
 • Urban
11.45%
 • Rural
88.55%
Ethnicities
 • People
Literacy
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (39.89%)
  • Male:
    (49.90%)
  • Female:
    (28.88%)
Websiteloralai.balochistan.gov.pk

Loralai Division is an administrative division of Balochistan Province, Pakistan.[3] It was bifurcated from Zhob division in 2021.[4] The division consists of Barkhan, Loralai, Musakhail and Duki districts. CNIC code of Loralai Division is 56.

Demographics

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According to the 2023 census, Loralai Division had a population of 870,000.[5]

Districts

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# District[6] Headquater Area

(km²)[7]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit.

rate

(2023)

1 Barkhan Barkhan 3,514 210,249 59.8 33.62%
2 Duki Duki 4,233 205,044 48.4 44.18%
3 Musakhel Musa Khel Bazar 5,728 182,275 31.8 36.60%
4 Loralai Loralai 3,785 272,432 72.0 43.16%

Tehsils

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# Tehsil Area (km²)[8] Population (2023) Density (ppl/km²)

(2023)

Literacy rate

(2023)

Districts
1 Barkhan Tehsil 3,514 210,249 59.83 Barkhan
2 Duki Tehsil 938 137,294 146.37 Duki
3 Bori Tehsil 2,203 225,642 102.42 Loralai
4 Mekhtar Tehsil 1,582 46,790 29.58
5 Darug Tehsil 301 21,792 72.40 Musakhel
6 Kingri Tehseel 3,683 33,618 9.13
7 Musakhel Tehsil 658 49,809 75.70
8 Toisar Tehsil 539 56,818 105.41
# Provincial Assembly Constituency National Assembly Constituency District
1 PB-4 Musakhel-cum-Barkhan NA-252 Musakhel-cum-Barkhan-cum-Loralai-cum-Duki Musakhel
Barkhan
2 PB-5 Loralai Loralai
3 PB-6 Duki Duki

References

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  1. ^ "TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  3. ^ "New division, two districts created in Balochistan". 30 June 2021.
  4. ^ "New district, division established in Balochistan".
  5. ^ https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/pcr/table_1.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "Divisions/Districts of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 30 September 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2015. Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names
  7. ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
  8. ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).