Quetta Division

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Administrative division of Balochistan, Pakistan

Division in Balochistan, Pakistan

Quetta Division

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کویٹه ولایت‎

Division

Map of Quetta Division

Country|  Pakistan
Province|  Balochistan
Capital| Quetta
Established| 14 October 1955
Government

• Type| Divisional Administration
• Commissioner| Muhammad Hamza Shafqaat (BPS-20 PAS)
• Regional Police Officer| Abdul Hayee Baloch (BPS-20 PSP)
Population

(2023)

• Division

| 4,259,163
• Urban

| 46.37%
• Rural

| 53.63%
Language Speakers

[1]

• Speakers|

* Largest:
Pashto (76.54%)
* Others:
Brahvi (9.08%)

Literacy

[2]

• Literacy rate|

* Total:
(51.68%)
* Male:
(61.62%)
* Female:
(41.06 %)

Website| quetta.balochistan.gov.pk

Quetta Division is an administrative division of Balochistan Province, Pakistan, being the third tier of government. CNIC Code of Quetta Division is 54.

In 2015, the Balochistan Assembly unanimously passed a resolution calling upon the provincial government to establish a new Rakhshan Division comprising the districts of Nushki, Chagai, Kharan, and Washuk which were parts of Quetta and Kalat.

## History

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In 14 October 1955, Quetta was created as an administration division of Balochistan Province.

## List of the Districts

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#  | District  | Headquater  | Area

(km²)[3]

| Population

(2023)

| Density

(ppl/km²) (2023)

| Lit.

rate (2023)

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1  | Chaman | Chaman | 1,341  | 466,218  | 347.7  | 39.97%
2  | Pishin | Pishin | 6,218  | 835,482  | 134.6  | 51.07%
3  | Quetta | Quetta | 3,447  | 2,595,492  | 754.3  | 56.29%
4  | Qila Abdullah | Jungle Pir Alizai | 3,553  | 361,971  | 102.3  | 36.40%

## List of the Tehsils

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#  | Tehsil  | Area (km²)[3] | Population (2023)  | Density (ppl/km²)

(2023)

| Literacy rate

(2023)

| Districts

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1  | Barshore Tehsil | 2,288  | 141,994  | 62.06  |  | Pishin
2  | Hurramzai Tehsil | 418  | 147,844  | 353.69  |
3  | Pishin Tehsil | 1,199  | 325,641  | 271.59  |
4  | Saranan Tehsil | 83  | 65,157  | 785.02  |
5  | Bostan Tehsil | 186  | 49,721  | 267.32  |
6  | Chiltan Tehsil |  |  |  |  | Quetta
7  | Zarghoon Tehsil |  |  |  |
8  | Panjpai Tehsil | 1,205  | 21,371  | 17.74  |
9  | Sadar Tehsil | 1,283  | 330,421  | 257.54  |
10  | Kuchlak Tehsil | 180  | 310,246  | 1,723.59  |
11  | Sariab Tehsil | 221  | 572,854  | 2,592.10  |
12  | Gulistan Tehsil | 1,536  | 126,474  | 82.34  |  | Qila Abdullah
13  | Killa Abdullah Tehsil | 413  | 165,738  | 401.30  |
14  | Dobandi Tehsil | 1,604  | 69,759  | 43.49  |
15  | Karezat Tehsil | 1,240  | 59,756  | 48.19  |  | Karezat
16  | Khanozai Tehsil |  |  |  |

## Constituencies

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#  | District  | Provincial Assembly Constituency  | National Assembly Constituency

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1  | Quetta | PB-38 Quetta-I | NA-262 Quetta-I
PB-39 Quetta-II
PB-40 Quetta-III
PB-43 Quetta-VI | NA-263 Quetta-II
PB-44 Quetta-VII
PB-45 Quetta-VIII
PB-41 Quetta-IV | NA-264 Quetta-III
PB-42 Quetta-V
PB-46 Quetta-IX
2  | Pishin | PB-47 Pishin-I | NA-265 Pishin
PB-48 Pishin-II
PB-49 Pishin-II
3  | Killa Abdullah | PB-50 Killa Abdullah | NA-266 Killa Abdullah-cum-Chaman
4  | Chaman | PB-51 Chaman

## Demographics

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According to the 2023 census, Quetta division had a population of 4,259,163.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
2. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
3. ^ a b "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
4. ^ https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/balochistan/pcr/table_1.pdf [bare URL PDF]

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Divisions of Pakistan

Balochistan|

* Kalat
* Makran
* Nasirabad
* Quetta
* Rakhshan
* Sibi
* Zhob
* Loralai

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|

* Bannu
* Dera Ismail Khan
* Hazara
* Kohat
* Malakand
* Mardan
* Peshawar

Punjab|

* Bahawalpur
* Dera Ghazi Khan
* Faisalabad
* Gujranwala
* Gujrat
* Lahore
* Mianwali
* Multan
* Rawalpindi
* Sahiwal
* Sargodha

Sindh|

* Hyderabad
* Karachi
* Larkana
* Mirpur Khas
* Sukkur
* Shaheed Benazirabad

Islamabad Capital Territory|

None

Azad Jammu & Kashmir|

* Mirpur
* Muzaffarabad
* Poonch

Gilgit Baltistan|

* Gilgit
* Baltistan
* Diamer

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