Sanjawi

Sanjawi
سنځاوۍ
City
Sanjawi is located in Pakistan
Sanjawi
Sanjawi
Location within Pakistan
Sanjawi is located in Balochistan, Pakistan
Sanjawi
Sanjawi
Location within Balochistan, Pakistan
Coordinates: 30°15′57″N 68°18′45″E / 30.26583°N 68.31250°E / 30.26583; 68.31250
Country Pakistan
ProvinceBalochistan
DistrictZiarat
TehsilSanjawi
Population
 (2023)
 • Total
45,539
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Sanjawi (Pashto: سنځاوۍ), also spelled Sanzawi or Sinjawi, is a town in Balochistan, Pakistan, with a population of 124,000. It serves as the capital of Sanjawi Tehsil – an administrative subdivision of Ziarat District.

Balochi and Wanetsi (Tareeno), which is a unique and archaic dialect of Pashto, are spoken in the town.

Sanjawi is located about 32 km (20 mi) from Loralai, and 192 km (120 miles) from provincial capital Quetta.

Demographics

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951...—    
1961...—    
1972...—    
1981...—    
1998...—    
2017...—    
202345,539—    
Source:

As of the 2023 census, Sanjawi has a population of 45,539.

Languages

Languages of Sanjawi (2023 Census)
  1. Pashto (97.1%)
  2. Saraiki (1.21%)
  3. Balochi (0.67%)
  4. Punjabi (0.53%)
  5. Urdu (0.23%)
  6. Others (0.26%)

Notable people

  1. ↑ Tehsils & Unions in the District of Ziarat - Government of Pakistan Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Hallberg, G. 1992. Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri. Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, 4.
  3. ↑ "AREA & POPULATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS BY RURAL/URBAN: 1951-1998 CENSUSES" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  4. ↑ "AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on Population Growth - Pakistan Bureau of Statistics" (PDF). www.pbs.gov.pk. Retrieved 2025-11-19.