Quetta Division

Quetta Division

کوټه څانګه‎‎
کویٹه ولایت‎‎
Quetta Division کوټه څانګه‎‎; 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)
Area
• Division	14,559 km2 (5,621 sq mi)
Population (2023)
• Division	4,259,163
• Density	290/km2 (760/sq mi)
• Urban	1,974,854 (46.37%)
• Rural	2,284,309 (53.63%)
Language Speakers
• Speakers	Largest:; Pashto (76.54%); Others:; Brahvi (9.08%);
Literacy
• 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.

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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.

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#	District	Headquarter	Area (km²)^[4]	Population (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Lit. rate (2023)
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%

#	Tehsil	Area (km²)^[4]	Population (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Districts
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				Karezat

Provincial Assembly Constituency	National Assembly Constituency	District
PB-38 Quetta-I	NA-262 Quetta-I	Quetta
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
PB-47 Pishin-I	NA-265 Pishin	Pishin
PB-48 Pishin-II
PB-49 Pishin-II
PB-50 Killa Abdullah	NA-266 Killa Abdullah-cum-Chaman	Killa Abdullah
PB-51 Chaman	NA-266 Killa Abdullah-cum-Chaman	Chaman

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	...	—
1961	...	—
1972	...	—
1981	880,618	—
1998	1,699,957	+3.94%
2017	4,174,562	+4.84%
2023	4,259,163	+0.33%
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Quetta Division

History

List of the Districts

List of the Tehsils

Constituencies

Demographics

Population

See also

References

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