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 [1]
• People	Largest: Pashtuns (70.14%) Others: Balochs (27.94%)
Literacy [2]
• Literacy rate	Total: (39.89%) Male: (49.90%) Female: (28.88%)
Website	loralai.balochistan.gov.pk

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%
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
			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]

See also

• Districts of Pakistan
  • Districts of Balochistan
• Tehsils of Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Balochistan
• Divisions of Pakistan
  • Divisions of Balochistan
  • Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Divisions of Punjab
  • Divisions of Sindh
  • Divisions of Azad Kashmir
  • Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan

References

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