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Dera Bugti District
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.

Administration

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

Tehsil Area

(km²)

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Literacy rate

(2023)

Union Councils
Dera Bugti 927 50,943 54.95 33.75%
Phelawagh
Sui 3,858 126,725 32.85
Baiker Tehsil 258 33,410 129.50 15.62%
Pirkoh

Demography

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951N/A—    
1961N/A—    
1972N/A—    
1981N/A—    
1998181,310—    
2017313,110+2.92%
2023355,274+2.13%
Sources:

As of the 2023 census, Dera Bugti district has 62,267 households and a population of 355,274. The district has a sex ratio of 121.10 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 24.07%: 34.40% for males and 11.88% for females. 152,457 (42.91% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 108,447 (30.52%) live in urban areas. 1,843 (0.52%) were from religious minorities, around 1,100 Hindus and 700 Christians.

Religion

Religious groups in Dera Bugti District (British Baluchistan era)
Religious
group 		1901 1911 1921 1931 1941
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

At the time of the 2023 census, 98.94% of the population spoke Balochi as their first language.

See also

References

  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).
  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.
  7. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  8. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  9. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  10. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  11. ^ "Census of India 1901. Vol. 5A, Baluchistan. Pt. 2, Imperial tables". 1901. p. 5. JSTOR saoa.crl.25352844. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 4, Baluchistan : pt. 1, Report; pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 11. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393764. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Census of India 1921. Vol. 4, Baluchistan : part I, Report; part II, Tables". 1921. p. 165. JSTOR saoa.crl.25394124. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ India Census Commissioner (1941). "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 14, Baluchistan". p. 17. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215993. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  16. ^ https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/dcr/table_11.pdf

Bibliography

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