Zhob District
ضلع ژوب
ږوب ولسوالۍ
ژۏب دمگ
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
  Total15,987 km2 (6,173 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
  Total310,354
  Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zonePKT
Number of Tehsils5
Main Language(s)Pashto

Zhob District (Pashto: ږوب ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع ژوب) is a district in the north west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. The population of Zhob District is estimated to 310,544 in 2017.[2] Zhob River is used for irrigation in the Zhob District.

Administration

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).[3] A government webpage lists these as Ashwat, Qamar Din Karez, Sambaza and Zhob, without indicating if any of them are sub-tehsils.[4]

Demography

At the time of the 2017 census the district had 44,839 households and a population of 310,354. Zhob had a sex ratio of 845 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 33.44%: 43.12% for males and 22.01% for females. 46,164 (14.87%) lived in urban areas. 118,986 (38.34%) were under 10 years of age. 1,107 (0.36%) people in the district were from religious minorities.[1]

Languages of Zhob district (2017)

  Pashto (96.03%)
  Saraiki (1.71%)
  Others (2.26%)

At the time of the 2017 census, 96.03% of the population spoke Pashto and 1.71% Saraiki as their first language.[1]

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. Currently a large number of IDPs and have been settled within the confines of the District as part of the evacuation from Operation Zarb-e-Azb taking place to the north of Zhob.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "District Census Tables: Zhob". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  2. "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk.
  3. PCO 1998, p. 10.
  4. "List of Tehsils/Talukas with respect to their Districts" Federal Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan Archived 30 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

  • 1998 District Census report of Zhob. Census publication. Vol. 107. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.

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