Kharan ( bal, ھاران; ur, ) is a town in
Kharan District
Kharan district ( bal, هاران/خاران; ur, ) is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.
Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 162,766, of which 84,631 were males and 78,135 females. Rural ...
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Balochistan
Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...
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Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. It is located at 28°35'0N 65°25'0E with an altitude of 692 metres (2273 feet). It is also division headquarters of Rakhshan Division. It is populated with many Baloch tribes and clans.
Former Federal Shariat Court and Balochistan High Court chief justice Mohammad Noor Meskanzai belongs to this town.
Demographics
The total population of town in the
1981 Pakistan Census was recorded as 10,472 that increases up to 27,806 according to the
Census of 1998. As per the
2017 Census of Pakistan
The 2017 Census of Pakistan was a detailed enumeration of the Pakistani population which began on 15 March 2017 and ended on 25 May 2017. It was the first census taken in the country in the 21st century, nineteen years after 1998 Census of Pakist ...
, the population of the town was recorded as 44,655 with an increase of about 60.6% in just 19 years.
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Kharan is a dry land.
References
Populated places in Kharan District
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