Loralai Division

Loralai Division
Loralai Division
Division
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Capital	Loralai
Established	2021
Government
• Type	Divisional Administration
• Commissioner	N/A
• Regional Police Officer	N/A
Population (2023)
• Division	870,000
• Urban	99,614 (11.45%)
• Rural	770,386 (88.55%)
Ethnicities
• People	Largest:; Pashtuns (; Others:; Balochs (;
Literacy
• Literacy rate	Total:; (39.89%); Male:; (49.90%); Female:; (28.88%);
Website	loralai.balochistan.gov.pk

Last updated August 20, 2025

Loralai Division is an administrative division of Balochistan Province, Pakistan.^[3] It was bifurcated from Zhob division in 2021.^[4] The division consists of Barkhan, Loralai, Musakhail and Duki districts. CNIC code of Loralai Division is 56.

Demographics

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	...	—
1961	...	—
1972	...	—
1981	...	—
1998	487,748	—
2017	736,209	+2.19%
2023	870,000	+2.82%
Sources:^[5]

According to the 2023 census, Loralai Division had a population of 870,000.^[6] roughly equal to the country of Mauritius ^[7] or the US state of South Dakota.^[8]

Districts

District^[9]	Headquarter	Area (km²)^[10]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Lit. rate (2023)
Barkhan	Barkhan	3,514	210,249	59.8	33.62%
Duki	Duki	4,233	205,044	48.4	44.18%
Musakhel	Musa Khel Bazar	5,728	182,275	31.8	36.60%
Loralai	Loralai	3,785	272,432	72.0	43.16%

Tehsils

Tehsil	Area (km²)^[11]	Population (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Literacy rate (2023)^[12]	Districts
Barkhan Tehsil	3,514	210,249	59.83	33.62%	Barkhan
Duki Tehsil	938	137,294	146.37	50.48%	Duki
Luni Tehsil	553	13,615	24.62	33.80%
Talao Tehsil	1,697	21,930	12.92	21.41%
Thal Chutyali Tehsil	1,045	32,205	30.82	38.10%
Bori Tehsil	2,203	225,642	102.42	46.82%	Loralai
Mekhtar Tehsil	1,582	46,790	29.58	24.55%	Loralai
Darug Tehsil	301	21,792	72.40	65.37%	Musakhel
Kingri Tehseel	3,683	33,618	9.13	45.37%
Musakhel Tehsil	658	49,809	75.70	34.51%
Tiyar Essot Tehsil	299	10,568	35.34	24.71%
Toisar Tehsil	539	56,818	105.41	26.06%
Zimri Plaseen Tehsil	248	9,670	38.99	15.02%

Constituencies

#	Provincial Assembly Constituency	National Assembly Constituency	District
1	PB-4 Musakhel-cum-Barkhan	NA-252 Musakhel-cum-Barkhan-cum-Loralai-cum-Duki	Musakhel
1	PB-4 Musakhel-cum-Barkhan		Barkhan
2	PB-5 Loralai		Loralai
3	PB-6 Duki		Duki

Demographics

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	...	—
1961	...	—
1972	...	—
1981	...	—
1998	...	—
2017	...	—
2023	870,000	—
Sources:^[13]

According to the 2023 census, Loralai division had a population of 870,000.^[14]

References

↑ "TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
↑ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
↑ "New division, two districts created in Balochistan". 30 June 2021.
↑ "New district, division established in Balochistan". 29 June 2021.
↑ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
↑ https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/pcr/table_1.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
↑ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Latvia 2,204,708, July 2011 est.
↑ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 2011-09-30. New Mexico - 2,059,179
↑ "Divisions/Districts of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 30 September 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2015. Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names
↑ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
↑ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
↑ "TABLE 12 : LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
↑ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
↑ "Area, population by sex, sex ratio, population density, urban population, household size and annual growth rate, Census-2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-24.

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[1] "TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).

[2] "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).

[3] "New division, two districts created in Balochistan". 30 June 2021.

[4] "New district, division established in Balochistan". 29 June 2021.

[5] "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

[6] ttps://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/pcr/table_1.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}

[cia2-7] US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Latvia 2,204,708, July 2011 est.

[8] "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 2011-09-30. New Mexico - 2,059,179

[9] "Divisions/Districts of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 30 September 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2015. Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names

[:02-10] "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).

[11] "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).

[12] "TABLE 12 : LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).

[13] "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

[14] "Area, population by sex, sex ratio, population density, urban population, household size and annual growth rate, Census-2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-24.

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v t e Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
Provincial capital: Quetta
Kalat	Awaran Kalat Khuzdar Hub Lasbela Mastung Surab
Makran	Gwadar Kech Panjgur
Nasirabad	Jafarabad Jhal Magsi Kachhi Nasirabad Sohbatpur Usta Muhammad
Quetta	Chaman Killa Abdullah Pishin Karezat ^d Quetta
Sibi	Dera Bugti Harnai Kohlu Sibi Lehri ^d Ziarat
Zhob	Killa Saifullah Sherani Zhob
Rakhshan	Chagai ^a Kharan ^b Nushki ^a Washuk ^b
Loralai	Barkhan ^c Loralai ^c Musakhail ^c Duki ^c
^a - formerly part of Quetta Division; ^b - formerly part of Kalat Division; ^c - formerly part of Zhob Division ; ^d - abolished

v t e Divisions of Pakistan
Balochistan	Kalat Loralai Makran Nasirabad Quetta Rakhshan Sibi Zhob
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Bannu Dera Ismail Khan Hazara Kohat Malakand Mardan Peshawar
Punjab	Bahawalpur Dera Ghazi Khan Faisalabad Gujranwala Gujrat Lahore Multan Rawalpindi Sahiwal Sargodha
Sindh	Hyderabad Karachi Larkana Mirpur Khas Shaheed Benazirabad Sukkur
Islamabad Capital Territory	None
Azad Jammu & Kashmir	Mirpur Muzaffarabad Poonch
Gilgit Baltistan	Baltistan Diamer Gilgit

Loralai Division

Contents

Demographics

Population

Districts

Tehsils

Constituencies

Demographics

Population

See also

References