| Pishin District | |
| Native Name: | Urdu: {{nq|ضلع پشین Pushto; Pashto: {{script/Arabic|پښين ولسوالۍ Baluchi: {{script/Arabic|پشین دمگ |
| Settlement Type: | District of Balochistan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quetta |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Pishin |
| Government Type: | District Administration |
| Leader Title: | Deputy Commissioner |
| Leader Name: | Zahid Khan |
| Leader Title2: | District Police Officer |
| Leader Name2: | N/A |
| Leader Title3: | District Health Officer |
| Leader Name3: | N/A |
| Area Total Km2: | 6,218 |
| Elevation M: | 1,555 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Total: | 736,903 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 243785 |
| Population Rural: | 591,697 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Number of Tehsils |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 5 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Blank Name Sec2: | District Council |
| Blank Name: | National Assembly Seats (2023) |
| Blank Info: | Total (1)
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| Blank1 Name: | Balochistan Assembly Seats (2023) |
| Blank1 Info: | Total (3) |
| Timezone: | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Area Code Type: | Calling code |
| Area Code: | 826[1] |
Pishin (ps|پښين, ur|{{nq|ضلع پشین), IPA: pʂin/pçin, is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. District Pishin is located at a strategic point and is 45km² from the provincial headquarters, Quetta. In 1975, it was bifurcated from Quetta District, while in 1993 part of it was split off to form the new district of Killa Abdullah.
Again in 2022, part of it created the new district of Karezat. The name Pishin is a modernized form of ‘Pushang’, which is how the city was designated in (mainly pre-modern) Persian sources (Arabic sources using 'Fushang'). Myth attributes the origin of the Persian designation to a son of the mythical Emperor Afrasiab. Fushing was the spelling used in the records of Afghan government. The population of Pishin District was 300,000 in 2005.[2]
Pishin District is subdivided into five tehsils or sub-districts:
| Tehsil | Area(km²)[3] | Pop.(2023) | Density(ppl/km²) (2023) | Literacy rate(2023)[4] | Union Councils | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barshore Tehsil | 2,288 | 141,994 | 62.06 | 47.61% | ... | |
| Hurramzai Tehsil | 418 | 147,844 | 353.69 | 39.67% | ... | |
| Pishin Tehsil | 1,199 | 325,641 | 271.59 | 52.50% | ... | |
| Saranan Tehsil | 83 | 65,157 | 785.02 | 48.33% | ... | |
| Bostan Tehsil | 186 | 49,721 | 267.32 | 45.19% | ... |
As of the 2023 census, Pishin district has 147,185 households and a population of 835,482. The district has a sex ratio of 104.34 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 51.07%: 65.85% for males and 36.05% for females.[5] [6] 318,031 (38.07% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[7] 243,785 (29.18%) live in urban areas.[8] 2,441 (0.29% of the surveyed population) are religious minorities, mainly Christians.[9] Pashto is the predominant language, spoken by 99.07% of the population.[10]
Pishin's main ethnic groups are Pashtuns who belong to the Tareen, Syed, Kakar, and Achakzai tribes. However, the Tareen tribe is known to be the ruling one among them.
| 1941[11] | 2017[12] [13] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,245 | 35,067 | ||||
| 447 | 3 | ||||
| 183 | |||||
| 15 | 473 | ||||
| 4 | |||||
| Total population | 1,890 | 35,547 | |||
| 1901[14] | 1911[15] | 1921[16] | 1931[17] | 1941[18] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96,600 | 106,702 | 103,456 | 107,945 | 113,288 | |||||||
| 11,752 | 13,746 | 22,300 | 26,718 | 28,629 | |||||||
| 3,743 | 4,564 | 6,139 | 7,370 | 5,441 | |||||||
| 1,798 | 2,430 | 4,848 | 5,255 | 8,787 | |||||||
| 151 | 137 | 151 | 161 | 73 | |||||||
| 43 | 47 | 16 | 15 | 11 | |||||||
| 0 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 7 | |||||||
| 12 | 159 | 40 | 42 | ||||||||
| Tribal | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Others | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | ||||||
| Total population | 114,087 | 127,648 | 137,082 | 147,541 | 156,289 | ||||||
The main crops in the area are wheat, barley, corn (maize), potatoes, grapes, apple, pomegranate, almond, apricot, plum and peach which are grown in the valleys. Sheep and goats are also herded.[19]