Jhalawan

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Administrative division of Kalat

Map of the Baluchistan Agency.

Jhalawan (Brahui: جھالاوان) was an administrative division of the Khanate of Kalat, a princely state of Brahui that acceded to Pakistan in 1947. It was established in the 17th century and its boundary was fixed with Sindh in 1853. It was located in the southeastern part of Kalat State, north of Las Bela, west of the Kachi and Sindh and east of the Kharan and Makran.

## Demographics

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Religious groups in the Jhalawan Division of Kalat State (British Baluchistan era)  Religious
group  | 1911[1] | 1921[2] | 1931[3] | 1941[4]

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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | %
Islam | 83,914  | 99.43%  | 79,293  | 99.48%  | 88,780  | 99.78%  | 52,194  | 99.85%
Hinduism | 472  | 0.56%  | 417  | 0.52%  | 197  | 0.22%  | 78  | 0.15%
Sikhism | 12  | 0.01%  | 0  | 0%  | 1  | 0%  | 0  | 0%
Christianity | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%
Zoroastrianism | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%
Judaism | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%
Jainism | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%
Buddhism | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%
Tribal | —  | —  | —  | —  | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%
Others  | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%  | 0  | 0%
Total population  | 84,398  | 100%  | 79,710  | 100%  | 88,978  | 100%  | 52,272  | 100%

## References

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* [1]

1. ^ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 4, Baluchistan : pt. 1, Report; pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 11\. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393764. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
2. ^ "Census of India 1921. Vol. 4, Baluchistan : part I, Report; part II, Tables". 1921. p. 165\. JSTOR saoa.crl.25394124. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
3. ^ "Census of India 1931. Vol. 4, Baluchistan. Pts. 1 & 2, Report [and] Imperial and provincial tables". 1931. p. 390\. JSTOR saoa.crl.25797115. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
4. ^ "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 14, Baluchistan". 1941. p. 17\. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215993. Retrieved 8 September 2024.

## Further reading

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* Frye, R.N. (1965). "Ḏj̲ahlāwān". In Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume II: C–G. Leiden: E. J. Brill. OCLC 495469475.
* Swidler, N. (1972) "The Development of the Kalat Khanate" Journal of Asian and African Studies 7: pp. 115–21

## External links

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* Kalat District - Planning and Development Department of Balochistan Government
* The Land and People of Baluchistan
* A synopsis of the modern history of Balochistan and the state of Kalat Archived 8 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
* Genealogy of the Khans of Kalat

*[Pop.]: Population
*[%]: percentage