Qalat Division

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Qalat Division
Division
Map of Qalat Division
Map of Qalat Division
Country Pakistan
Province Balochistan
CapitalKhuzdar
Government
 • CommissionerN/A

Qalat Division or Kalat Division is an administrative division of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. Its capital city is Khuzdar. The area of Qalat Division is 140,612 km².

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 Qalat.

Districts[]

It contains the following districts:[1]

Demographics[]

According to 2017 census, Qalat division had a population of 2,513,200, which includes 1,309,400 males and 1,203,698 females. Qalat division constitutes 14,505 Hindus, 2,495,105 Muslims, 1996 Christians followed by 634 scheduled castes and 960 others.

Religions in Kalat Division (2017)

  Hinduism (0.57%)
  Islam (99.28%)
  Christianity (0.07%)
  Scheduled Caste (0.02%)
  Other (0.03%)

See also[]

  • Divisions of Pakistan

References[]

  1. ^ Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
    Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names

Coordinates: 27°30′N 66°00′E / 27.500°N 66.000°E / 27.500; 66.000


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