Dera Bugti District | |
Native Name: | |
Settlement Type: | District of Balochistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Division |
Subdivision Name2: | Sibi |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Dera Bugti |
Government Type: | District Administration |
Leader Title: | Deputy Commissioner |
Leader Name: | Azhar Ali |
Leader Title1: | District Police Officer |
Leader Name1: | Essa Jan Rind |
Leader Title2: | District Health Officer |
Leader Name2: | Dr. Muhammad Azam |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 10160 |
Population As Of: | 2023 Census of Pakistan |
Population Total: | 355,274 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 108447 |
Population Rural: | 246,827 |
Timezone1: | PST |
Utc Offset1: | +5 |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | July 1983 |
Blank Name Sec1: | District Council |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Number of Tehsils |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 4 |
Demographics1 Title1: | Main language(s) |
Demographics1 Info1: | Balochi |
Dera Bugti (Balochi:, Urdu:) is a district within the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It was established as a separate district in 1983.
The district is administratively divided into the following five tehsils (subdivisions)
Tehsil[1] | Area(km²)[2] | Pop.(2023) | Density(ppl/km²) (2023) | Literacy rate(2023)[3] | Union Councils | |
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Dera Bugti | 927 | 50,943 | 54.95 | 33.75% | ||
Phelawagh[4] | ||||||
Sui | 3,858 | 126,725 | 32.85 | |||
Baiker Tehsil | 258 | 33,410 | 129.50 | 15.62% | ||
Pirkoh |
At the time of the 2023 census district had a population of 355,274.[5]
1901[6] | 1911[7] | 1921[8] | 1931[9] | 1941[10] | |||||||||||
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38,507 | 34,395 | 36,730 | 54,903 | 57,831 | |||||||||||
412 | 371 | 294 | 321 | 281 | |||||||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
Tribal | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Total population | 38,919 | 34,766 | 37,024 | 55,224 | 58,112 | ||||||||||
At the time of the 2023 census, 98.94% of the population spoke Balochi, and 0.64% Saraiki as their first language.[11]