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Surab District
District in Balochistan, Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Surab District (Balochi: سۏراپ) (Brahui and Urdu: سوراب) 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.[3]
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Administration
The town of Surab serves as the headquarters of the district. It has following tehsils:
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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.[7][8] 114,615 (41.08% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[9] 36,468 (13.07%) live in urban areas.[7]
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.[1]
Language
At the time of the 2023 census, 96.75% of the population spoke Brahui and 2.90% Balochi as their first language.[10]
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References
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