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.
Zhob District
ضلع ژوب ږوب ولسوالۍ | |
|---|---|
  Top: Zhob Bazaar Bottom: Mountains near Zhob | |
 Map of Balochistan with Zhob District highlighted | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Balochistan |
| Division | Zhob |
| Established | 1890 |
| Founded by | British government |
| Headquarters | Zhob(Formally Fort Sandeman) |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15,987 km2 (6,173 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
| • Total | 355,692 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PKT |
| Number of Tehsils | 5 |
| Main Language(s) | Pashto |
Administration
editThe 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
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% 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] | ||
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]
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 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% |
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|
— | — | 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
edit- ^ a b c d "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ PCO 1998, p. 10.
- ^ "List of Tehsils/Talukas with respect to their Districts" Federal Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan Archived 30 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "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.
Bibliography
edit- 1998 District Census report of Zhob. Census publication. Vol. 107. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
External links
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