Kech District

Kech District
ضلع کیچ
کیچ دمگ
Turbat District
District
Katak Fort
Bottom: Fields in Tejaban
Map of Balochistan with Kech District highlighted in maroon
Map of Balochistan with Kech District highlighted in maroon
Country Pakistan
Province Balochistan
DivisionMakran
HeadquarterTurbat
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerN/A
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • Total
22,539 km2 (8,702 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
 • Total
1,060,931
 • Density47.1/km2 (122/sq mi)
Literacy
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (49.65%)
  • Male:
    (55.23%)
  • Female:
    (43.46%)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils5

Kech District (Balochi: ضلع کیچ) is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. This district's old name was Turbat District which was changed to its even older name Kech District in 1994–1995.

On 24 February 2026, The Tump tehsil upgraded to district status after the bifurcation of Kech district.

Administration

The district of Kech is administratively subdivided into the following tehsils, each of which contains several villages:

Tehsil Area

(km2)

 Pop.

(2023)

 Density

(ppl/km2)

(2023)

 Literacy rate

(2023)

 Union Councils
Turbat Tehsil 9,742 470,605 48.31 63.65% ...
Balnigor Tehsil 1,238 50,404 40.71 38.77% ...
Buleda Tehsil 1,997 107,847 54.00 35.36% ...
Dasht Tehsil 2,486 90,080 36.23 37.25% ...
Hoshab Tehsil 2,213 66,566 30.08 30.71% ...

Demographics

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
195183,631—    
196170,326−1.72%
1972147,978+7.00%
1981379,467+11.03%
1998413,204+0.50%
2017907,182+4.23%
20231,060,931+2.64%
Sources:

As of the 2023 census, Kech district has 253,475 households and a population of 1,060,931. The district has a sex ratio of 109.82 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 49.65%: 55.23% for males and 43.46% for females. 328,574 (30.97% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 386,646 (36.44%) live in urban areas.

Language

Balochi was the predominant language, spoken by 98.9% of the population, with very small minorities of Urdu, Kashmiri, and Brahui, and speakers.

Languages of Kech District (2023 Census)
  1. Balochi (98.9%)
  2. Urdu (0.26%)
  3. Kashmiri (0.10%)
  4. Brahui (0.03%)
  5. Others (0.71%)

Religion

In the 2023 census, 0.41% (4,331) of the population was from religious minorities, mainly Christians.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban, Census-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  2. ↑ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Kech District background". Balochistan Police website. Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Kech/Turbat". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan. Retrieved 27 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Zila, Tehsil & Town Councils Membership for Balochistan". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  9. 1 2 "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  10. ↑ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  11. ↑ "7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  12. ↑ "Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on Population Growth - Pakistan Bureau of Statistics" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  13. ↑ "Population by Sex, Religion and Rural/Urban, Census - 2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

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