Surab District formerly (Shaheed Sikandarabad District) (Balochi: سۏراپ) (Brahui and Urdu: ) is a district located in Kalat Division of Balochistan province, Pakistan. Prior to its creation as a separate district in 2017, Surab was part of Kalat District.
Administration The town of Surab serves as the headquarters of the district. It has following tehsils:
TehsilArea (km2)Population (2023)Density (ppl/km2) (2023)Literacy rate
(2023)Union CouncilsDasht e Goran21527,503127.9238.85%...Zehri Tehsil21527,503127.9238.85%...Gidder20589,631437.2236.31%...Shaheed meharabad zehri10966,435609.5042.85%...Surab Tehsil23395,469409.7434.34%...
Demographics
Population As of the 2023 census, Surab district has 51,227 households and a population of 279,038. The district has a sex ratio of 103.11 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 37.44%: 45.16% for males and 29.58% for females. 114,615 (41.08% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 36,468 (13.07%) live in urban areas.
Surab is largely based on a tribal society and one of the main tribes would be the Muhammad Hassani tribe.
Religion In the 2023 census, 822 (0.29%) people in the district were from religious minorities, mainly Christians.
Language
At the time of the 2023 census, 96.75% of the population spoke Brahui and 2.90% Balochi as their first language.
See also Districts of Pakistan Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan Tehsils of Pakistan Tehsils of Balochistan, Pakistan Divisions of Pakistan Divisions of Balochistan, Pakistan
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