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Dera Bugti District

Dera Bugti District
ضلع ڈیرہ بگٹی
ڈئره بگٹیءِ دمگ‎
District of Balochistan
Canyon in Dera Bugti district
Canyon in Dera Bugti district
Map of Balochistan with Dera Bugti District highlighted
Map of Balochistan with Dera Bugti District highlighted
Country Pakistan
Province Balochistan
DivisionSibi
EstablishedJuly 1983
HeadquartersDera Bugti
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerAzhar Ali
 • District Police OfficerEssa Jan Rind
 • District Health OfficerDr. Muhammad Azam
Area
10,160 km2 (3,920 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 Census of Pakistan)
355,274
 • Density35/km2 (91/sq mi)
 • Urban
108,447
 • Rural
246,827
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils4

Dera Bugti (Balochi: ڈئره بگٹیءِ دمگ‎, Urdu: ضلع ڈیرہ بگٹی) is a district within the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It was established as a separate district in 1983.[1]

Administration

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The district is administratively divided into the following five tehsils (subdivisions)

Tehsil[2] Area

(km²)[3]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Literacy rate

(2023)[4]

Union Councils
Dera Bugti 927 50,943 54.95 33.75%
Phelawagh[5]
Sui[5] 3,858 126,725 32.85
Baiker Tehsil 258 33,410 129.50 15.62%
Pirkoh[5]

Demography

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Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951N/A—    
1961N/A—    
1972N/A—    
1981N/A—    
1998181,310—    
2017313,110+2.92%
2023355,274+2.13%
Sources:[6]

As of the 2023 census, Dera Bugti district has 62,267 households and a population of 355,274. The district has a sex ratio of 121.10 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 24.07%: 34.40% for males and 11.88% for females.[7][8] 152,457 (42.91% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[9] 108,447 (30.52%) live in urban areas.[7] 1,843 (0.52%) were from religious minorities, around 1,100 Hindus and 700 Christians.[10]

Religion

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Religious groups in Dera Bugti District (British Baluchistan era)
Religious
group 		1901[11] 1911[12] 1921[13] 1931[14] 1941[15]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 38,507 98.94% 34,395 98.93% 36,730 99.21% 54,903 99.42% 57,831 99.52%
Hinduism 412 1.06% 371 1.07% 294 0.79% 321 0.58% 281 0.48%
Sikhism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Christianity 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Zoroastrianism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Judaism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Jainism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Buddhism — — 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Tribal — — — — — — 0 0% 0 0%
Others 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Total population 38,919 100% 34,766 100% 37,024 100% 55,224 100% 58,112 100%
Note: British Baluchistan era figures are for Marri-Bugti Country, which roughly corresponds to present-day Dera Bugti District. Marri-Bugti Country formed part of Sibi District during the British Baluchistan era.

Language

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At the time of the 2023 census, 98.94% of the population spoke Balochi as their first language.[16]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ PCO 1998, p. 13.
  2. ^ Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names
  3. ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
  4. ^ "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  5. ^ a b c "District And Tehsil Level Population Summary - Dera Bugti District (2017 Census of Pakistan)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  7. ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  8. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  9. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  10. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  11. ^ "Census of India 1901. Vol. 5A, Baluchistan. Pt. 2, Imperial tables". 1901. p. 5. JSTOR saoa.crl.25352844. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  12. ^ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 4, Baluchistan : pt. 1, Report; pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 11. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393764. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Census of India 1921. Vol. 4, Baluchistan : part I, Report; part II, Tables". 1921. p. 165. JSTOR saoa.crl.25394124. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Census of India 1931. Vol. 4, Baluchistan. Pts. 1 & 2, Report [and] Imperial and provincial tables". 1931. p. 390. JSTOR saoa.crl.25797115. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  15. ^ India Census Commissioner (1941). "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 14, Baluchistan". p. 17. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215993. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  16. ^ https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/dcr/table_11.pdf [bare URL PDF]

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