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Duki District

Duki (Urdu: ضلع دوکی) is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.

Administration

Tehsil Area

(km²)

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Literacy rate

(2023)

Union Councils
Duki Tehsil 938 137,294 146.37 50.48% ...

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951N/A—    
1961N/A—    
1972N/A—    
1981N/A—    
1998115,976—    
2017152,977+1.47%
2023205,044+5.00%
Sources:

As of the 2023 census, Duki district has 43,059 households and a population of 205,044. The district has a sex ratio of 109.66 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 44.18%: 53.91% for males and 33.43% for females. 67,333 (32.84% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 9,783 (4.77%) live in urban areas.

Religion

Religions in present-day Duki district
Religion 1941 2017 2023
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 19,216 98.04% 152,771 99.87% 204,086 99.53%
Hinduism 356 1.82% 47 0.03% 39 0.02%
Christianity 26 0.13% 116 0.08% 799 0.39%
Others 2 0.01% 43 0.02% 120 0.06%
Total Population 19,600 100% 152,977 100% 205,044 100%

Language

Languages of Duki district (2023)

  Pashto (93.27%)
  Balochi (4.85%)
  Brahui (0.69%)
  Others (1.19%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 93.27% of the population spoke Pashto, 4.85% Balochi, and 0.69% Brahui as their first language.

Notes

  1. ^ Duki tehsil of erstwhile Loralai Agency, which roughly corresponds to the present district. District and tehsil borders have shifted since 1941.

References

  1. ^ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Loralai - Government Archived March 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
  3. ^ "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  5. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). 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. ^ "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 14, Baluchistan". Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Pakistan Census 2017 District-Wise Tables: Peshawar". Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  10. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  11. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

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