Zhob Division

Zhob Division
ژوب ڈویژن
ږوب څانګه‎
ژۏب ولایت‎
Zhob Division ژوب ڈویژن; ږوب څانګه‎; ژۏب ولایت‎
Division
	Map of Zhob Division
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Capital	Zhob
Established	1988
Government
• Type	Divisional Administration
• Commissioner	N/A
• Regional Police Officer	N/A
Population (2023)
• Division	927,579
• Urban	11.98%
• Rural	88.02%
Ethnicities
• People	Largest:; Pashtuns (; Others:; Balochs (;
Literacy
• Literacy rate	Total:; (32.33%); Male:; (41.69%); Female:; (21.93%);

Last updated November 08, 2024

Zhob Division is an administrative division of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. It was created in 1988 bifurcated from Quetta division. It remained abolished between 2000 and 2008 during the military rule of Pervez Musharraf, but later restored when his rule ended. CNIC Code of Zhob Division is 56.^[3]

List of the Districts

#	District^[4]	Headquater	Area (km²)^[5]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Lit. rate (2023)
1	Zhob	Zhob	15,987	355,692	22.2	36.62%
2	Qilla Saifullah	Qilla Saifullah	6,831	380,200	55.7	32.96%
3	Sherani	Sherani	4,310	191,687	44.5	23.86%

List of the Tehsils

#	Tehsil	Area (km²)^[6]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Districts
1	Killa Saifullah Tehsil	1,103	152,516	138.27	Qila Saifullah
2	Loiband Tehsil	972	29,693	30.55
3	Muslim Bagh Tehsil	943	83,795	88.86
4	Badini	985	20,640	20.95
5	Kanmetharzai Tehsil	383	34,298	89.55
6	Shinki Tehsil	2,445	59,258	24.24
7	Qamar Din Karez Tehsil				Zhob
8	Zhob Tehsil	9,322	284,620	30.53
9	Ashwat Tehsil	901	25,094	27.85
10	Kashatu Tehsil	1,590	5,810	3.65
11	Sambaza Tehsil	2,888	25,150	8.71
12	Sherani Tehsil	4,310	191,687	44.47	Sherani

Demographics

According to 2023 census, Zhob division had a population of 927,579.^[7]

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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).
↑ "Commissionerate system restored". The Nation newspaper. 26 October 2008. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
1 2 "New division, two districts created in Balochistan". Dawn newspaper. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
↑ "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).
↑ "Area, population by sex, sex ratio, population density, urban population, household size and annual growth rate, Census-2023" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk.

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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] "Commissionerate system restored". The Nation newspaper. 26 October 2008. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

[:0-4] 1 2 "New division, two districts created in Balochistan". Dawn newspaper. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

[:02-5] "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).

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

[7] "Area, population by sex, sex ratio, population density, urban population, household size and annual growth rate, Census-2023" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk.

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