Official Name: | Dasht |
Dasht Kech | |
Settlement Type: | Tehsil |
Image Alt: | Dasht Kech |
Blank Emblem Size: | 100px |
Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
Mapsize: | 280px |
Map Alt: | Dasht Tehsil Kech |
Map Caption1: | Location within Pakistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Balochistan |
Subdivision Type2: | Division |
Subdivision Name2: | Makran |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Kech District |
Population Total: | 121065 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3722 |
Leader Title: | Assistant Commissioner |
Leader Name: | Jahanzaib Shahwani[2] |
Blank Name Sec2: | Number of Union Councils |
Blank Info Sec2: | 6 |
Timezone1: | PST |
Utc Offset1: | +05:00 |
Dasht Tehsil (ur|تحصیل دشت کیچ) is a tehsil of Kech District in Makran, Balochistan, Pakistan. Dasht Tehsil consists of two sub-tehsils, Balnigore and Dasht.
Dasht Teshsil is located in the south of Kech District. It is bordered by Gwadar District in the south, by Tump Tehsil in the northwest and Turbat Tehsil in the northeast.[3]
The tehsil is subdivided into six union councils: Balnegore, Darachko, Kombail, Koncheti, Khuddan and Zarain Bug. The headquarters of the tehsil is Khuddan.[4] [5] [6]
Other populated places in the tehsil include Shooli, which is close to Gwadar District.
As of the 2017 census, the tehsil's population is 121,065. Dasht is the most populated of the two sub-tehsils with 76,470 inhabitants, while Balnigore has 44,595.
Well-known personalities from Dasht Tehsil include Baloch poet Jan Dashti.