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Kharan Tehsil
Tehsil in Balochistan, Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kharan (Balochi: ھاران; Urdu: خاران) is a tehsil (sub-division) in Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is located at 28°35'0N 65°25'0E with an altitude of 692 metres (2273 feet).[3] It is populated by many Baloch clans. Former Federal Shariat Court and Balochistan High Court chief justice Mohammad Noor Meskanzai belongs to this tehsil.[4]
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As of the 2023 census, Kharan tehsil had 14,023 households and a population of 104,035. The tehsil had 56,659 males and 47,370 females with sex ration of 120 and a literacy rate of 48.63%: 59.17% for males and 36.60% for females.[6] 41,997 (40.36% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[7] 80,806 (77.67%) live in urban areas.[8] As per the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the population of the tehsil was recorded as 66,438.
Religion
In the 2023 census, 2,263 (2.20%) people in the tehsil were from religious minorities, mainly Hindus.[9]
Language
At the time of the 2023 census, 88.39% of the population spoke Balochi and 11.27% Brahui as their first language.[10]
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