Nasirabad (Urdu: ضلع نصیر آباد) is a district in the centre-west of Balochistan, Pakistan. Nasirabad's headquarters are at Dera Murad Jamali.
Naseerabad District
ضلع نصیر آباد | |
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District of Balochistan | |
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Province | ![]() |
Division | Nasirabad |
Headquarters | Dera Murad Jamali |
Government | |
• Type | District Administration |
• Deputy Commissioner | Muhammad Qasim |
• District Police Officer | N/A |
• District Health Officer | N/A |
Area | |
• Total | 3,387 km2 (1,308 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 487,847 |
• Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
The original name of the district was Temple Dera, named after Captain H. M. Temple,[citation needed] a career British civil servant, who served as the Political Agent for Sibi from 1891 to 1892. Among the local population it is still known as 'Tipul', a corruption of the word 'temple'.[citation needed]
Formerly part of Kalat District, Nasirabad was granted the status of a separate district in 1974, while in 1987 the new district of Jaffarabad was cleaved out of it.[2] For three years, from July 1987 to December 1990, it was known as Tahseel Tamboo. Tamboo is a small village 40 km west of Dera Murad Jamali.[citation needed]
The district is administratively subdivided into four Tehsils, these are:[3]
These tehsils are further divided into union councils. Currently, there are 31 union councils and one municipal committee in the district:
Tehsil Dera Murad Jamali
Tehsil Chhatter
Tehsil Tamboo
Tehsil Baba Kot
Tehsil Landhi
At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 487,847, of which 251,564 were males and 236,282 females. Rural population was 391,531 (80.26%) while the urban population was 96,316 (19.74%). The literacy rate was 23.30% - the male literacy rate was 33.22% while the female literacy rate was 12.97%. Islam was the predominant religion with 99.26%, while Hindus are 0.66% of the population.[1]
At the time of the 2017 census, 39.05% of the population spoke Balochi, 22.89% Brahui, 21.22% Sindhi and 15.21% Saraiki as their first language.[1]
Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan | ||
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Provincial capital: Quetta | ||
Kalat | ![]() | |
Makran | ||
Nasirabad | ||
Quetta | ||
Sibi |
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Zhob | ||
Rakhshan | ||
Loralai | ||
a - formerly part of Quetta Division; b - formerly part of Kalat Division; c - formerly part of Zhob Division |
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