Lasbela District

Lasbela District (Urdu: لسبیلہ Lasbēla [ləsˈbeːla], Lasi: لسٻيلو‎ Lasɓēlō [ləsˈɓeːloː], Balochi: لسبݔله Lasbèla [lasˈbeːla]) is a coastal district of Balochistan province of Pakistan.

Lasbela District ضلعِ لسبیلہ لسٻيلو ضلعو‎ لسبݔله دمگ
District
Top: Princess of Hope in Hingol National Park Bottom: Gondrani Cave City
Map of Balochistan with Lasbela District highlighted
Coordinates: 20°13′38″N 66°18′22″E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Division	Kalat
Established	June 1954[1]
Headquarters	Uthal
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Jam Kamal Khan
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• Total	8,437 km2 (3,258 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]
• Total	680,977
• Density	81/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils	5

Administration

The district of Lasbela is administratively divided in four tehsils, one sub-tehsil and 22 Union Councils.^[3]

• Uthal^[3][1][4]
• Bela^[1][4]
• Lakhra^[3]
• Kanraj^[3]
  • Sub-Tehsil Liari^[3]

Union Councils are given below:

Tehsil Uthal

1. Uthal^[4]
2. Wayara
3. Kenwari
4. Lakhra^[4]
5. Sheh

Tehsil Bela

1. Bela
2. Welpat Shumali
3. Welpat Junubi
4. Kathor
5. Gador

Geography

The main rivers of Lasbela are Porali River with its tributaries, Winder River and Wirhab River. Other rivers are the Phor and Hingol which rise in Awaran District before flowing through Lasbela on their way to the Arabian Sea.^[5]

Demographics

Religions in Lasbela district (2023)[2]
Religion			Percent
Islam			97.05%
Hinduism			2.42%
Christianity			0.37%
Other			0.16%

In the 2023 census, Islam was the predominant religion with 97.05%, while Hindus were 2.42% of the population.^[2]

Languages of Lasbela district (2023)

  Balochi (75.32%)

  Sindhi (incl. Lasi) (9.96%)

  Brahui (8.09%)

  Pashto (2.56%)

  Others (4.07%)

In the 1951 Census of Pakistan, 80% of population of former state of Las Bela was reported to be speaker of Sindhi, forming a majority. The share of Balochi was 19%.^[6] At the time of the 2023 census, the share of Sindhi fell to 9.96% while that of Balochi rose to 75.32%. Other first languages include Brahui (8.09%) and Pashto (2.56%).^[7]

Education

The Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Science is located in Uthal.

Economy

In the south east, an oil refinery Cnergyico was constructed in 2014 at Hub in Lasbela District which is capable of processing 120,000 barrels of oil. Furthermore, a power station is located adjacent to refinery, that produces about 1350 MW of power.^[8]

Bibliography

• 1998 District census report of Lasbela. Census publication. Vol. 57. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.

References

1. "History of Lasbela". Lasbela District Government website. 1 August 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
2. "Population by Sex, Religion and Rural/Urban, Census - 2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
3. "Tehsils & Unions- Lasbela District". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
4. Saleem Shahid and Abdul Wahid Shahwani (24 February 2019). "Efforts on to rescue people from Balochistan's flood-hit areas". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 20 July 2021.
5. 1998 Census report, p. 2.
6. "Census of Pakistan, VOLUME 2 1951. Baluchistan: Report & Tables" (PDF). Manager of Publications, Government of Pakistan, Karachi. 1951.
7. "Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban, Census-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
8. Saad Hasan (4 July 2014). "A matter of weeks: Byco ready to utilise its Hub refinery". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 20 July 2021.

External links

• Lasbela District at Balochistan Government website

25°45′N 66°35′E