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. ...
province of
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 ...
.
Washuk
Washuk (Urdu
Urdu (;"Urdu" '' 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 ...
in
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. ...
province. It was declared a separate district in 2007, but its governance issues are largely managed by Kharan's district administration.
It is further subdivided into 3 ''
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 ...
'' or subdistricts, 10 union councils and 216 ''mauzas'' (
villages
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
).
Geography
Washuk District is spread over 33,093 km2, of which only 71,520
hectares
The hectare (; SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), or 10,000 m2, and is primarily used in the measurement of land. There are 100 hectares in one square kilometre. An acre is ab ...
are arable. The rest consists mostly of barren desert and mountains of the
Central Makran Range
The Central Makran Range is a mountain range in the Makran region, in southwestern section of Balochistan Province, in southwestern Pakistan.
Geography
It is one of three ranges in the mountain ranges system. The range's peaks are in elevation ...
.
Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 175,712, of which 91,841 were males and 83,870 females. Rural population was 153,877 (87.57%) while the urban population was 21,835 (12.43%). The literacy rate was 23.86% - the male literacy rate was 30.56% while the female literacy rate was 16.75%. 68 people in the district were from religious minorities.
At the time of the 2017 census, 83.71% of the population spoke Balochi and 14.99% Brahui as their first language.
Education
According to the ''
Alif Ailaan
Alif Ailaan ( ur, ) was a nonprofit organization working in the field of education in Pakistan from 2013 to 2018. Launched by a team of media and communications specialists, the program aimed to highlight education on priority basis in Pakistan ...
Pakistan District Education Rankings The Pakistan District Education Rankings are a series of 5 consecutive annual publications by Alif Ailaan, first published in 2013.
Pakistan District Education Rankings 2018
The last district rankings published by Alif Ailaan were in 2022.
Top ...
'' ''2014'', Washuk is ranked 131 out of 146 districts in
Pakistan
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in terms of the quality of education. For facilities and
infrastructure
Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and priv ...
, the district is ranked 132 out of 146.
A detailed picture of the district's education performance is also available online.