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Zhob District

Coordinates: 31°10′N 68°50′E / 31.167°N 68.833°E / 31.167; 68.833
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Zhob District
ضلع ژوب
ږوب ولسوالۍ‎
District of Balochistan
Top: Zhob Bazaar
Bottom: Mountains near Zhob
Map of Balochistan with Zhob District highlighted
Map of Balochistan with Zhob District highlighted
Country Pakistan
Province Balochistan
DivisionZhob
Established1890
Founded byBritish government
HeadquartersZhob(Formally Fort Sandeman)
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerN/A
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • District of Balochistan15,987 km2 (6,173 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • District of Balochistan355,692
 • Density22/km2 (58/sq mi)
 • Urban
46,976
 • Rural
308,716
Time zonePKT
Number of Tehsils5
Main Language(s)Pashto

Zhob District (Pashto: ږوب ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع ژوب) is a district in the northwestern part of Balochistan province of Pakistan. The population of Zhob District was estimated at 355,692 in 2023.[1] Water from Zhob River is used for irrigation in the district.

Administration

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The 1998 census report lists two sub-divisions: Lower Zhob (comprising Zhob tehsil and Sambaza sub-tehsil) and Kakar 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.
1961 39,755—    
1972 74,519+5.88%
1981 134,660+6.80%
1998 193,458+2.15%
2017 310,354+2.52%
2023 355,692+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 the 2023 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 spoke Pashto and 1.49% Saraiki as their first language.[8]

The majority of the population of Zhob district is Pashtun. The tribes of Zhob district include the Mandokhail, Khosti, Sherani, Kakar, Sulaimankhel, Harifal, Lawoon and Babar. A large number of IDPs were settled within the confines of the district as part of the evacuation from Operation Zarb-e-Azb that took place to the north of Zhob.[citation needed]

Religious groups in Zhob District (British Baluchistan era)
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 Baluchistan era 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. ^ a b c d "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, Pakistan Archived 30 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  5. ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). www.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. JSTOR saoa.crl.25352844. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  13. ^ "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 14, Baluchistan". 1941. p. 17. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215993. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

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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