Nasirabad District

Nasirabad or Naseerabad (Urdu: ضلع نصیر آباد) is a district of Nasirabad Division^[2] in Balochistan, Pakistan. The District was notified in 1974 by separating from Kalat District. For three years, it was called Tamboo District from July 1987 to December 1990, The district's headquarters are located at Dera Murad Jamali. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Nasirabad District is 565,315.^[3]

Naseerabad District ضلع نصیر آباد
District of Balochistan
Map of Balochistan with Nasirabad District highlighted
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Division	Nasirabad
Established	1974; 51 years ago (1974)
Named for	Mir Nasir Khan I
Headquarters	Dera Murad Jamali
Administrative Tehsil	06 Baba Kot Tehsil Chattar Subdivision Dera Murad Jamali Subdivision Landhi Tehsil Mir Hassan Khosa Tehsil Tamboo Tehsil
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Munir Ahmed Khan Kakar
• Constituensy	NA-254 Nasirabad-cum-Kachhi-cum-Jhal Magsi
• National Assembly Member	Khalid Hussain Magsi (BAP)
Area
• District of Balochistan	3,387 km2 (1,308 sq mi)
Elevation	67 m (220 ft)
Population  (2023)[1]
• District of Balochistan	563,315
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
• Urban	106,952 (19.7%)
• Rural	456,363
Time zone	UTC+05:00 (PKT)
• Summer (DST)	DST is not observed
ZIP Code	80700
NWD (area) code	0838
ISO 3166 code	PK-BA
CNIC Code Nasirabad District	53402-XXXXXXX-X

History

The division is named after the Khan of Kalat, Mir Nasir Khan I, who was one of the most respected rulers of Kalat; he ruled Kalat from (1747-1794), and founded the Brahvi-Baloch Confederation, with its center in Khanate of Kalat.^[4]

Nasirabad District was first part of state of Kalat until the formation of Kalat District on February 3, 1954. Nasirabad was then seprated from Kalat district in 1974, while in 1987 the new district of Jafarabad was cleaved out of it.^[5] For three years, from July 1987 to December 1990, it was known as Tahseel Tamboo. Tamboo is a small village 40 km west of Dera Murad Jamali.^[6] This District is named after Naseer Ahmed who served there as Deputy commissioner and later became Commissioner of Naseerabad Division.

Administrative divisions

Tehsils

The district is administratively subdivided into four Tehsils, these are:^[7]

Tehsil	Area (km²)[8]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Literacy rate (2023)[9]	Union Councils
Baba Kot Tehsil	967	53,661	55.49	15.41%	...
Dera Murad Jamali	281	265,822	945.99	34.93%	...
Landhi Tehsil	266	8,638	32.47	17.60%	...
Chattar Tehsil	961	32,276	33.59	17.21%	...
Meer Hassan Tesil	229	53,400	233.19	22.99%	...
Tamboo Tehsil	683	149,518	218.91	28.80%	...

Union councils

These tehsils are further divided into union councils. Currently, there are 31 union councils and one municipal committee in the district:

Tehsil Dera Murad Jamali

• Municipal Committee Dera Murad Jamali
• Union Council Quba Sher Khan Sharqi
• Union Council Quba Sher Khan Gharbi
• Union Council Naseer Khan Umrani
• Union Council Jhuder Shimali
• Union Council Bedar Androon Sharqi
• Union Council Bedar Gharbi
• Union Council Manjhoti Sharqi
• Union Council Sardar Shahzada Khan Umrani
• Union Council Sikandarabad
• Union Council Manjhoti Gharbi
• Union Council Jhuder Janubi

Tehsil Chhatter

• Union Council Chhatter
• Union Council Phuleji
• Union Council Shah Pur
• Union Council Daulat Ghari Mir Nabi Bakhsh Khan
• Union Council Daulat Ghari Mir Hassan Khosa
• Union Council Shori Drabi

Tehsil Tamboo

• Union Council Manjhoo Shoori
• Union Council Aeri
• Union Council Gola Wah
• Union Council Ali Abad Shumali
• Union Council Mir Behram Khan Buledi
• Union Council Qadir Abad
• Union Council Kharoos Wah
• Union Council Fateh Mohammad
• Union Council Mir Wah
• Union Council Abdullah Bari
• Union Council Ali Abad

Tehsil Baba Kot

• Union Council Garhi Rehman
• Union Council Baba Kot
• Union Council Kuhna Tamboo

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	N/A	—
1961	N/A	—
1972	N/A	—
1981	N/A	—
1998	245,894	—
2017	487,847	+3.67%
2023	563,315	+2.43%
Sources:[10]

Population

As of the 2023 census, Nasirabad district has 87,516 households and a population of 563,315. The district has a sex ratio of 104.54 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 28.96%: 36.43% for males and 21.18% for females.^[11][12] 216,847 (38.49% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.^[13] 106,952 (18.99%) live in urban areas.^[11]

Religion

Religions in Nasirabad district (2023)[14]
Religion			Percent
Islam			99.24%
Hinduism			0.47%
Other			0.29%

Religions in present-day Nasirabad district

Religion	2017[15]		2023[14]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	484,229	99.26%	559,020	99.24%
Hinduism	3,213	0.66%	2,666	0.47%
Others	405	0.08%	1,629	0.29%
Total Population	487,847	100%	563,315	100%

Islam is the largest religion. Hinduism is a minority religion while Christianity has around 1,400 followers in the district.

Language

Languages of Nasirabad district (2023)

  Balochi (43.21%)

  Brahui (22.27%)

  Sindhi (21.16%)

  Saraiki (12.15%)

  Others (1.21%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 43.21% of the population spoke Balochi, 22.27% Brahui, 21.16% Sindhi and 12.15% Saraiki as their first language.^[1]

References

1. "Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban, Census-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
2. "Nasirabad Division". www.wikidata.org. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
3. "Pakistan Bureau of Statistics". www.pbs.gov.pk. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
4. "Balochistan-Nasirabad -". Retrieved 9 August 2024.
5. PCO 1999, p. 13.
6. "BHC Dera Murad Jamali History". bhc.gov.pk. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
7. \"Tehsils & Unions in the District of Nasirabad – Government of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 26 March 2012.
8. "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
9. "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
10. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
11. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
12. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
13. "7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
14. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
15. "Pakistan Census 2017 District-Wise Tables: Jafarabad". Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

Bibliography

• 1998 District census report of Nasirabad. Census publication. Vol. 26. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.

External links

• Nasirabad District at www.balochistan.gov.pk
• Nasirabad District at www.balochistanpolice.gov.pk

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