Nasirabad District

Naseerabad District ضلع نصیر آباد
District of Balochistan
Map of Balochistan with Nasirabad District highlighted
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Division	Nasirabad
Headquarters	Dera Murad Jamali
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Muhammad Qasim
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• Total	3,387 km2 (1,308 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	487,847
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Nasirabad (Urdu: ضلع نصیر آباد) is a district in the centre-west of Balochistan, Pakistan. The district's headquarters are located at Dera Murad Jamali.

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, these are:

• Dera Murad Jamali (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

Religions in Nasirabad district (2017)
Religion			Percent
Islam			99.26%
Hinduism			0.66%
Other or not stated			0.08%

At the time of the 2017 census the district had 64,302 households and a population of 487,847. Nasirabad had a sex ratio of 939 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 23.30% - 33.22% for males and 12.97% for females. 96,316 (19.74%) lived in urban areas. 192,195 (39.40%) were under 10 years of age.

Languages of Nasirabad district (2017)

  Balochi (39.05%)

  Brahui (22.89%)

  Sindhi (21.22%)

  Saraiki (15.21%)

  Others (1.63%)

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.

Bibliography

• 1998 District census report of Nasirabad. Census publication. Vol. 26. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.

External links

• Nasirabad District at www.balochistan.gov.pk
• Nasirabad District at www.balochistanpolice.gov.pk