Kalat Division Explained

Kalat Division or Qalat Division is an administrative division of Balochistan Province of Pakistan.^[1] Its capital city is Khuzdar founded on 14 October 1955. CNIC Code of Kalat Division is 51. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Kalat Division is 2,719,964 (2.7 million).

History

Kalat Division was established after the dissolution of the Balochistan state union on 14 October 1955. When the Baluchistan States Union became Kalat Division, Khuzdar was established as the divisional headquarters. At the time of its establishment, the division had four districts (04) Kalat, Makran, Lasbela, and Kharan district.

In 1960, Lasbela district transferred to form Karachi-Bela division. On 1 July 1971, Makran district separates from Kalat Division to form a separate division. In 1972, Lasbela district again become a part of Kalat division. In 1974, a new district Khuzdar created from Kalat district and added in Kalat Division.

In 1991, Mastung district spelt from Kalat district territory included in Kalat Division. In 1992, Awaran district split from khuzdar district and added in Kalat Division.

In 2007, Washuk district created from Kharan district territory and added in Kalat Division.

On 17 May 2015, Kharan and Washuk district shifted from Kalat Division to newly established Rakhshan Division. In 2017, Surab district created from Kalat district territory included in Kalat Division.

Recently, in 2022, Hub district split from Lasbela district and added in Kalat division.

Districts

	District	Headquarter	Area(km²)[2]	Pop.(2023)	Density(ppl/km²) (2023)	Lit. rate(2023)
1	Awaran	Awaran	29,510	178,958	6.1	36.34%
2	Hub	Hub	6,716	382,885	57	36.47%
3	Lasbela	Uthal	15,153	680,977	44.9	36.47%
4	Surab	Surab	762	279,038	366.5	37.44%
5	Mastung	Mastung	3,308	313,271	94.7	45.97%
6	Khuzdar	Khuzdar	35,380	997,214	28.2	38.59%
7	Kalat[3]	Kalat	7,654	271,560	35.5	39.70%

Tehsils

	Tehsil	Area (km²)[4]	Population (2023)	Density (ppl/km²)(2023)	Literacy rate(2023)	Districts
1	Awaran Tehsil	13,075	45,774	3.50		Awaran
2	Gishkaur Tehsil	4,578	31,462	6.87
3	Jhal Jhao Tehsil	6,381	28,132	4.41
4	Korak Jahoo Tehsil	3,058	27,652	9.04
5	Mashkay Tehsil	2,418	45,938	19.00
6	Gaddani Tehsil	419	29,215	69.73		Hub
7	Sonmiani Tehsil	2,616	67,991	25.99
8	Hub Tehsil	868	233,443	268.94
9	Sakran Tehsil
10	Dureji Tehsil	2,813	52,236	18.57
11	Kalat Tehsil	3,788	167,405	44.19		Kalat
12	Mangochar Tehsil	1,148	80,138	69.81
13	Gazg Tehsil	1,390	8,286	5.96
14	Johan Tehsil	1,328	15,731	11.85
15	Khuzdar Tehsil	6,112	359,358	58.80		Khuzdar
16	Nall	1,791	103,631	57.86
17	Wadh	2,118	116,229	54.88
18	Zehri Tehsil	4,021	150,928	37.53
19	Baghbana Tehsil
20	Aranji Tehsil	7,456	50,533	6.78
21	Greshek Tehsil	2,622	69,665	26.57
22	Karkh Tehsil	1,352	35,990	26.62
23	Moola Tehsil	3,283	32,689	9.96
24	Ornach Tehsil	3,368	41,811	12.41
25	Saroona Tehsil	3,257	36,380	11.17
26	Uthal Tehsil	1,756	88,933	50.65		Lasbela
27	Lakhra Tehsil	1,954	46,744	23.92
28	Bela Tehsil	1,527	129,264	84.65
29	Kanraj Tehsil	1,190	15,996	13.44
30	Liari Tehsil	2,010	17,155	8.53
31	Dasht Mastung Tehsil	1,047	67,935	64.89		Mastung
32	Mastung Tehsil	692	162,319	234.57
33	Khad Koocha Tehsil	640	46,316	72.37
34	Kardigap Tehsil	929	36,701	39.51
35	Dasht e Goran	215	27,503	127.92		Surab
36	Gidder	205	89,631	437.22
37	Shaheed meharabad zehri	109	66,435	609.50
39	Surab Tehsil	233	95,469	409.74

	Provincial Assembly Constituency	National Assembly Constituency	District
1	PB-18 Khuzdar-I	NA-256 Khuzdar	Khuzdar
2	PB-19 Khuzdar-II
3	PB-20 Khuzdar-III
4	PB-21 Hub	NA-257 Hub-cum-Lasbela-cum-Awaran	Hub
5	PB-22 Lasbela		Lasbela
6	PB-23 Awaran		Awaran
7	PB-35 Surab	NA-261 Surab-cum-Kalat-cum-Mastung	Surab
8	PB-36 Kalat		Kalat
9	PB-37 Mastung		Mastung

Demographics

According to 2023 census, Kalat Division had a population of 2,721,018.^[5]

See also

• Divisions of Pakistan

References

27.5°N 66°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Divisions/Districts of Pakistan . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060930093025/http://www.ecp.gov.pk/content/District.html . 2006-09-30 . 5 July 2023 . Election Commission of Pakistan website.
   Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names
2. Web site: TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB .
3. Web site: Tehsils and Unions in the District of Kalat . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120326132342/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=85&dn=Kalat . 26 March 2012 . 5 July 2023 . National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website.
4. Web site: TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN .
5. Web site: Population by Sex, Religion and Rural/Urban, Census - 2023 . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.