Duki District

For other places with the same name, see Duki (disambiguation).

Duki (Urdu: ضلع دوکی) is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.^[2]

Duki District ضلع دوکی دوکي ولسوالۍ‎
District of Balochistan
Hairan Haiderzai Mound
Map of Balochistan with Duki District highlighted
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Division	Loralai
Established	2016
Headquarters	Duki
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Barkat Ali Baloch
• District Police Officer	Syed Asim Shafi
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• District of Balochistan	4,233 km2 (1,634 sq mi)
Population  (2023)
• District of Balochistan	205,044
• Density	48/km2 (130/sq mi)
• Urban	9,783
• Rural	195,261
Literacy [1]
• Literacy rate	Total: (44.18%) Male: (53.91%) Female: (33.43%)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PKT)

Administration

Tehsil	Area (km²)[3]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Literacy rate (2023)[4]	Union Councils
Duki Tehsil	938	137,294	146.37	50.48%	...
Luni Tehsil	553	13,615	24.62	33.80%	...
Talao Tehsil	1,697	21,930	12.92	21.41%	...
Thal Chutyali Tehsil	1,045	32,205	30.82	38.10%	...

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	N/A	—
1961	N/A	—
1972	N/A	—
1981	N/A	—
1998	115,976	—
2017	152,977	+1.47%
2023	205,044	+5.00%
Sources:[5]

As of the 2023 census, Duki district has 43,059 households and a population of 205,044. The district has a sex ratio of 109.66 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 44.18%: 53.91% for males and 33.43% for females.^[6][7] 67,333 (32.84% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.^[8] 9,783 (4.77%) live in urban areas.^[6]

Religion

Religion in contemporary Duki District

Religious group	1941[9]		2017[10]		2023[11]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	19,216	98.04%	152,771	99.87%	204,086	99.53%
Hinduism	356	1.82%	47	0.03%	39	0.02%
Christianity	26	0.13%	116	0.08%	799	0.39%
Others	2	0.01%	43	0.02%	120	0.06%
Total Population	19,600	100%	152,977	100%	205,044	100%
Note: 1941 census data is for Duki tehsil of erstwhile Loralai Agency, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Duki district. District and tehsil borders have changed since 1941.

Language

Languages of Duki district (2023)

1. Pashto (93.3%)
2. Balochi (4.85%)
3. Brahui (0.69%)
4. Others (1.19%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 93.27% of the population spoke Pashto, 4.85% Balochi, and 0.69% Brahui as their first language.^[12]

See also

• Districts of Pakistan
  • Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Districts of Punjab, Pakistan
  • Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Districts of Sindh, Pakistan
  • Districts of Azad Kashmir
  • Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan

• Tehsils of Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Balochistan
• Divisions of Pakistan
  • Divisions of Balochistan

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