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Turbat District
Kech District (Urdu: ضلع کیچ) is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. This district's old name was Turbat District which was changed to its even older name Kech District in 1994-1995.

Administration

The district of Kech is administratively subdivided into the following tehsils, each of which contains several villages:

Tehsil Area

(km²)

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Literacy rate

(2023)

Union Councils
Mand Tehsil 1,456 56,772 38.99 54.19% ...
Tump Tehsil 1,945 147,041 75.60 47.17% ...
Turbat Tehsil 9,742 470,605 48.31 63.65% ...
Balnigor Tehsil 1,238 50,404 40.71 38.77% ...
Buleda Tehsil 1,997 107,847 54.00 35.36% ...
Dasht Tehsil 2,486 90,080 36.23 37.25% ...
Hoshab Tehsil ... ... ... 30.71% ...
Zamuran Tehsil 1,462 71,616 48.98 28.97% ...
Gayab Tehsil ... ... ... ... ...
Solband Tehsil ... ... ... ... ...

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951N/A—    
1961N/A—    
1972N/A—    
1981N/A—    
1998413,204—    
2017907,182+4.23%
20231,060,931+2.64%
Sources:

Population

As of the 2023 census, Kech district has 253,475 households and a population of 1,060,931. The district has a sex ratio of 109.82 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 49.65%: 55.23% for males and 43.46% for females. 328,574 (30.97% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 386,646 (36.44%) live in urban areas.

Religion

In the 2023 census, 0.41% (4,331) of the population was from religious minorities, mainly Christians.

Language

Balochi was the predominant language, spoken by 99.73% of the population, with very small minorities of Brahui, Sindhi and Kashmiri speakers.

References

  1. ^ "Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban, Census-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  2. ^ "Kech District background". Balochistan Police website. Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Kech/Turbat". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Zila, Tehsil & Town Councils Membership for Balochistan". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  5. ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
  6. ^ "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  8. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  9. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  10. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  11. ^ "Population by Sex, Religion and Rural/Urban, Census - 2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
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