Zhob Division

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 [1]
• People	Largest: Pashtuns (98.88%) Others: Balochs (0.12%)
Literacy [2]
• Literacy rate	Total: (32.33%) Male: (41.69%) Female: (21.93%)
Website	zhob.balochistan.gov.pk

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]

Loralai Division is carved after splitting Zhob Division, ^[4] consisting of Barkhan District, Loralai District, Musakhail District and Duki District.

Demographics

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	...	—
1961	...	—
1972	171,989	—
1981	361,647	+8.61%
1998	468,695	+1.54%
2017	806,238	+2.90%
2023	927,579	+2.36%
Sources: [5]

According to 2023 census, Zhob division had a population of 927,579, ^[6] roughly equal to the population of Mauritius ^[7] or the US state of Delaware ^[8] .

Districts

#	District [4]	Headquarter	Area (km²) [9]	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%

Tehsils

#	Tehsil	Area (km²) [10]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Literacy rate (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

Constituencies

District	Provincial Assembly Constituency	National Assembly Constituency
Sherani	PB-1 Sherani-Cum-Zhob	NA-251 Sherani-cum-Zhob-cum-Killa Saifullah
Zhob
	PB-2 Zhob
Killa Saifullah	PB-3 Killa Saifullah

Demographics

According to the 2023 census, Zhob division had a population of 927,579. ^[11]

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

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.
4. "New division, two districts created in Balochistan". Dawn newspaper. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
5. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
6. "Area, population by sex, sex ratio, population density, urban population, household size and annual growth rate, Census-2023" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk.
7. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. 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 30 September 2011. New Mexico - 2,059,179
9. "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
10. "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
11. "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 24 July 2024.

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