Nasirabad ( ur, ) is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

in the centre-west of

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. ...

, Pakistan. Nasirabad's headquarters are at

Dera Murad Jamali Dera Murad Jamali ( ur, ), often abbreviated as D.M. Jamali, is a city (and district headquarters) located in Nasirabad District, Balochistan, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none ...

. The original name of the district was Temple Dera, named after Captain H. M. Temple, 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'. 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. 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.

Administrative divisions

Tehsils

The district is administratively subdivided into four

Tehsils A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

, these are:\ *

(district headquarters) * Chhatter * Baba Kot * Tamboo

Union councils

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 *Municipal Committee Dera Murad Jamali *Union Council Quba Sher Khan Sharqi *Union Council Quba Sher Khan Gharbi *Union Council Naseer Khan Umrani *Union Council Jhuder Shimali *Union Council Bedar Androon Sharqi *Union Council Bedar Gharbi *Union Council Manjhoti Sharqi *Union Council Sardar Shahzada Khan Umrani *Union Council Sikandarabad *Union Council Manjhoti Gharbi *Union Council Jhuder Janubi Tehsil Chhatter *Union Council Chhatter *Union Council Phuleji *Union Council Shah Pur *Union Council Daulat Ghari Mir Nabi Bakhsh Khan *Union Council Daulat Ghari Mir Hassan Khosa *Union Council Shori Drabi Tehsil Tamboo *Union Council Manjhoo Shoori *Union Council Aeri *Union Council Gola Wah *Union Council Ali Abad Shumali *Union Council Mir Behram Khan Buledi *Union Council Qadir Abad *Union Council Kharoos Wah *Union Council Fateh Mohammad *Union Council Mir Wah *Union Council Abdullah Bari *Union Council Ali Abad Tehsil Baba Kot *Union Council Garhi Rehman *Union Council Baba Kot *Union Council Kuhna Tamboo Tehsil Landhi

Demographics

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 Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

are 0.66% of the population. 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.

References

Bibliography

External links

Nasirabad District
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www.balochistan.gov.pk

Nasirabad District
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www.balochistanpolice.gov.pk
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