Surab District ( Balochi: سۏراپ), ( Brahui and

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located in central

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province,

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. Prior to its creation as a separate district in 2017, Surab was part of

Kalat District Kalat or Qalat ( Balochi and Brahui: ; ur, ) is a district in Balochistan, Pakistan. It is one of 26 in that province, and encompasses an area of . The population of the district is estimated to be over 400,000 in 2005. The district is governe ...

Administration

The headquarters of Surab district is Surab.

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 200,857, of which 102,427 were males and 98,430 females. Rural population was 165,260 (82.28%) while the urban population was 35,597 (17.72%). The literacy rate was 44.46% - the male literacy rate was 53.17% while the female literacy rate was 35.37%. 48 people in the district were from religious minorities. Brahui was the predominant language, spoken by 98.57% of the population. Surab is largely based on a tribal society and one of the main tribes would be the Muhammad Hassani tribe.

References

Districts of Pakistan Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan {{Balochistan-geo-stub

Administration

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