Rakhshan Division

Rakhshan Division
رخشان ڈویژن
رخشان ولایت‎
Division
Map of Rakhshan Division
Map of Rakhshan Division
CountryPakistan
ProvinceBalochistan
CapitalKharan
Established17 May 2017
Government
 • TypeDivisional Administration
 • CommissionerN/A
 • Regional Police OfficerN/A
Area
 • Division
98,596 km2 (38,068 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
 • Division
1,040,001
 • Density10.55/km2 (27.3/sq mi)
 • Urban
190,539 (18.32%)
 • Rural
849,462 (81.68%)
Ethnicities
[1]
 • People
Literacy
[2]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (36.84%)
  • Male:
    (45.65%)
  • Female:
    (27.19%)

Rakhshan Division is an administrative division of Balochistan Province, Pakistan.[3][4]

List of the Districts

# District Headquarter Area

(km2)[5]

Population

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km2) (2023)

Lit.

rate (2023)

1 Chagai Dalbandin 44,748 269,192 6.0 33.15%
2 Washuk Washuk 33,093 302,623 9.1 21.58%
3 Kharan Kharan 14,958 260,352 17.4 41.07%
4 Nushki Nushki 5,797 207,834 35.9 57.12%

List of the Tehsils

# Tehsil Area (km2)[6] Population (2023) Density (ppl/km2)

(2023)

Literacy rate

(2023)

Districts
1 Dalbandin Tehsil 7,791 122,918 15.78 Chagai
2 Nokundi Tehsil 16,092 30,625 1.90
3 Taftan Tehsil 9,318 19,259 2.07
4 Chagai Tehsil 3,975 73,482 18.49
5 Amuri tehsil
6 Chilgazi tehsil
7 Yak Machh 7,572 22,908 3.03
8 Kharan Tehsil 2,941 104,035 35.37 Kharan
9 Sar-Kharan Tehsil 3,539 86,015 24.30
10 Tohumulk Tehsil 6,347 49,803 7.85
11 Patkain Tehsil 2,131 20,499 9.62
12 Nushki Tehsil 3,731 190,905 51.17 Nushki
13 Dak Tehsil 2,066 16,929 8.19
14 Besima Tehsil 6,014 63,368 10.54 Washuk
15 Mashkel Tehsil 11,663 67,142 5.76
16 Washuk Tehsil 7,494 55,585 7.42
17 Nag Tehsil 4,338 57,467 13.25
18 Shahgori Tehsil 3,584 59,061 16.48

Constituencies

# District Provincial Assembly Constituency National Assembly Constituency
1 Washuk PB-31 Washuk NA-260 Chagai-cum-Nushki-cum-Kharan-cum-Washuk
2 Chagai PB-32 Chagai
3 Kharan PB-33 Kharan
4 Nushki PB-34 Nushki

Demographics

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951...—    
1961...—    
1972...—    
1981...—    
1998409,473—    
2017737,162+3.14%
20231,040,001+5.90%
Sources:[7]

According to 2023 census, Rakhshan Division had a population of 1,040,001,[8] roughly equal to the country of Djibouti[9] or the US state of Delaware.[10]

See also

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. ^ "BALOCHISTAN - Overview" (PDF). Relief Web. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  4. ^ "New districts". DAWN. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  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. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "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



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