Pishin District

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Pishin District
ضلع پشین
پښين ولسوالۍ‎
پشین دمگ‎
District of Balochistan
View of Bala Niganda Village
View of Bala Niganda Village
Map of Balochistan with Pishin District highlighted
Map of Balochistan with Pishin District highlighted
Country Pakistan
Province Balochistan
DivisionQuetta
HeadquartersPishin
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerZahid Khan
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • District of Balochistan6,218 km2 (2,401 sq mi)
Elevation
1,555 m (5,102 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • District of Balochistan736,903
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
 • Urban
243,785
 • Rural
591,697
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Calling code826[1]
National Assembly Seats (2023)Total (1)


  •   MMA (1)
Balochistan Assembly Seats (2023)Total (3)


Number of Tehsils5
Websitequetta.balochistan.gov.pk/district-pishin/

Pishin (Pashto: پښين, Urdu: ضلع پشین), IPA: pʂin/pçin, is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. District Pishin is located at a strategic point and is 45km² from the provincial headquarters, Quetta. In 1975, it was bifurcated from Quetta District, while in 1993 part of it was split off to form the new district of Killa Abdullah.[2]

Again in 2022, part of it created the new district of Karezat. The name Pishin is a modernized form of ‘Pushang’, which is how the city was designated in (mainly pre-modern) Persian sources (Arabic sources using 'Fushang'). Myth attributes the origin of the Persian designation to a son of the mythical Emperor Afrasiab. Fushing was the spelling used in the records of Afghan government. The population of Pishin District was 300,000 in 2005.[3]

Administration

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Pishin District is subdivided into five tehsils or sub-districts:

  1. Pishin Tehsil
  2. Huramzai Tehsil
  3. Karezat Tehsil
  4. Saranan Tehsil
  5. Barshore Tehsil

Demographics

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1961 58,957—    
1972 131,923+7.60%
1981 202,256+4.86%
1998 367,183+3.57%
2017 736,903+3.73%
2023 835,482+2.11%
Sources:[4]

As of the 2023 census, Pishin district has 147,185 households and a population of 835,482. The district has a sex ratio of 104.34 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 51.07%: 65.85% for males and 36.05% for females.[5][6] 318,031 (38.07% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[7] 243,785 (29.18%) live in urban areas.[5] 2,441 (0.29% of the surveyed population) are religious minorities, mainly Christians.[8] Pashto is the predominant language, spoken by 99.07% of the population.[9]

Pishin's main ethnic groups are Pashtuns who belong to the Tareen, Syed, Kakar, and Achakzai tribes. However, the Tareen tribe is known to be the ruling one among them.

Religious groups in Pishin City (1941 & 2017)
Religious
group 		1941[10]: 13–14  2017[11][12]
Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 1,245 65.87% 35,067 98.65%
Hinduism 447 23.65% 3 0.01%
Sikhism 183 9.68% — —
Christianity 15 0.79% 473 1.33%
Ahmadiyya — — 4 0.01%
Total population 1,890 100% 35,547 100%
Religious groups in Quetta–Pishin District (British Baluchistan era)
Religious
group 		1901[13] 1911[14] 1921[15] 1931[16] 1941[17]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 96,600 84.67% 106,702 83.59% 103,456 75.47% 107,945 73.16% 113,288 72.49%
Hinduism 11,752 10.3% 13,746 10.77% 22,300 16.27% 26,718 18.11% 28,629 18.32%
Christianity 3,743 3.28% 4,564 3.58% 6,139 4.48% 7,370 5% 5,441 3.48%
Sikhism 1,798 1.58% 2,430 1.9% 4,848 3.54% 5,255 3.56% 8,787 5.62%
Zoroastrianism 151 0.13% 137 0.11% 151 0.11% 161 0.11% 73 0.05%
Judaism 43 0.04% 47 0.04% 16 0.01% 15 0.01% 11 0.01%
Jainism 0 0% 9 0.01% 8 0.01% 32 0.02% 7 0%
Buddhism — — 12 0.01% 159 0.12% 40 0.03% 42 0.03%
Tribal — — — — — — 0 0% 0 0%
Others 0 0% 1 0% 5 0% 5 0% 11 0.01%
Total population 114,087 100% 127,648 100% 137,082 100% 147,541 100% 156,289 100%
Note: British Baluchistan era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Agriculture and Farming

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The main crops in the area are wheat, barley, corn (maize), potatoes, grapes, apple, pomegranate, almond, apricot, plum and peach which are grown in the valleys. Sheep and goats are also herded.[18]

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Dialing Codes". PTCL. Archived from the original on 9 November 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. ^ PCO 2000, p. 1.
  3. ^ "Home - Government of Balochistan". balochistan.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
  4. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  5. ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  6. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  7. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  8. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  9. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  10. ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME XIV BALUCHISTAN". Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Final Results (Census-2017)". Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  12. ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017) TABLE 9 - POPULATION BY SEX, RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN" (PDF). Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Census of India 1901. Vol. 5A, Baluchistan. Pt. 2, Imperial tables". 1901. p. 5. JSTOR saoa.crl.25352844. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 4, Baluchistan : pt. 1, Report; pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 11. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393764. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Census of India 1921. Vol. 4, Baluchistan : part I, Report; part II, Tables". 1921. p. 165. JSTOR saoa.crl.25394124. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  16. ^ "Census of India 1931. Vol. 4, Baluchistan. Pts. 1 & 2, Report [and] Imperial and provincial tables". 1931. p. 390. JSTOR saoa.crl.25797115. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 14, Baluchistan". 1941. p. 17. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215993. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Pishin | Pakistan". Encyclopædia Britannica.

Bibliography

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  • 1998 District census report of Pishin. Census publication. Vol. 113. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
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