Usta Muhammad District

Usta Muhammad (Balochi: استا محمد, Sindhi: اوستہ محمد) district lies in the southeastern part of the Pakistani province of Balochistan.^[3]

Usta Muhammad استا محمد
District of Balochistan
Usta Muhammad
Map of Balochistan with Usta Muhammad District highlighted
Coordinates: 28°10′42″N 68°2′35″E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Division	Nasirabad
Established	September 01 2022
Headquarters	Usta Mohammad
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	N/A
• District Police Officer	Anawar Badini
• MPA	Sardarzada Mir Faisal Khan Jamali
Area
• Total	953 km2 (368 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1][2]
• Total	263,202
• Density	280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Constituency Provincial	PB 14
Website	Official site

Usta Muhammad District is sub-divided into two tehsils. Usta Mohammad tehsil serves as the district headquarters.^[4] It was created in September 2022 by dividing Jaffarabad District.^[5]

Usta Muhammad district lies in the plains adjoining the Sindh province.

Administration

The district is administratively subdivided into the following two Tehsils:^[5]

• Usta Muhammad Tehsil^[5]
• Gandakha Tehsil^[5]

MC/TC

There are 20 Union Councils in Usta Muhammad District: Union Councils are given below:

Name of Tehsil	Municipal Corporation	No of Union Councils
Usta Muhammad	MCUsta	11
Gandakha	TC	09

Demographics

Religions in Usta Muhammad district (2017)[1]
Religion			Percent
Islam			98.30%
Hinduism			1.51%
Other or not stated			0.19%

At the time of the 2017 census the district had 27,372 households and a population of 260,865. Usta Muhammad district had a sex ratio of 963 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 29.52% - 39.72% for males and 19.02% for females. 76,753 (29.42%) lived in urban areas. 94,009 (36.03%) were under 10 years of age.^[1]

Languages of Usta Muhammad district (2017)

  Balochi (40.18%)

  Sindhi (24.71%)

  Saraiki (19.05%)

  Brahui (14.35%)

  Others (1.71%)

At the time of the 2017 census, 40.18% of the population spoke Balochi, 24.71% Sindhi, 19.05% Saraiki and 14.35% Brahui as their first language.^[1]

References

1. "Usta Muhammad District Population (Census - 2017) (Usta Muhammad Tehsil became a District in 2022)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
2. census when Usta Muhammad & Gandakha were tehsils of Jaffarabad
3. "Balochistan's new districts to bring prosperity: Farah". The Nation newspaper. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
4. PCO 2000, p. 1.
5. "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jaffarabad (new Usta Muhammad District created from old Jaffarabad District in 2022)". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2024.

Works cited

• 1998 District census report of Killa Abdullah. Census publication. Vol. 121. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.