Zhob District

District of Balochistan in Pakistan

Zhob District ضلع ژوب ږوب ولسوالۍ‎
District of Balochistan
Top: Zhob Bazaar Bottom: Mountains near Zhob
Map of Balochistan with Zhob District highlighted
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Division	Zhob
Established	1890
Founded by	British government
Headquarters	Zhob(Formally Fort Sandeman)
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	N/A
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• Total	15,987 km² (6,173 sq mi)
Population (2017)^[1]
• Total	310,354
• Density	19/km² (50/sq mi)
Time zone	PKT
Number of Tehsils	5
Main Language(s)	Pashto

Zhob District (Pashto: ږوب ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع ژوب) is a district in the northwestern part of Balochistan province of Pakistan. The population of Zhob District was estimated at 310,544 in 2017.^[2] Water from Zhob River is used for irrigation in the district.

Administration

The 1998 census report lists two sub-divisions: Lower Zhob (comprising Zhob tehsil and Sambaza sub-tehsil) and Kakar Khurasan (encompassing the tehsil of Qamar Din Karez and the subtehsil of Ashewat).^[3] A government webpage lists these as Ashwat, Qamar Din Karez, Sambaza and Zhob, without indicating if any of them are sub-tehsils.^[4]

Demography

At the 2017 census, the district had 44,839 households and a population of 310,354. Zhob had a sex ratio of 845 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 33.44%: 43.12% for males and 22.01% for females. 46,164 (14.87%) lived in urban areas. 118,986 (38.34%) were under 10 years of age. 1,107 (0.36%) people in the district were from religious minorities.^[1]

Languages of Zhob district (2017)

Pashto (96.03%)

Saraiki (1.71%)

Others (2.26%)

At the 2017 census, 96.03% of the population spoke Pashto and 1.71% Saraiki as their first language.^[1]

The majority of the population of Zhob district is Pashtun. The tribes of Zhob district include the Mandokhail, Khosti, Sherani, Kakar, Sulaimankhel, Harifal, Lawoon and Babar. A large number of IDPs were settled within the confines of the district as part of the evacuation from Operation Zarb-e-Azb that took place to the north of Zhob.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "District Census Tables: Zhob". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
^ "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk.
^ PCO 1998, p. 10.
^ "List of Tehsils/Talukas with respect to their Districts" Federal Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan Archived 30 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

1998 District Census report of Zhob. Census publication. Vol. 107. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.