Loralai (District)

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Loralai District
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Balochistan
Seat : Loralai
Coordinates : 30 ° 20 ′  N , 69 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 30 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  N , 69 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E
Area : 9 830  km²
 
Residents : 397,400 (2017)
Population density : 40 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, position of Loralai district highlighted

The Loralai District is an administrative district in Pakistan in the Balochistan Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of Loralai .

The district has an area of ​​9830 km² and according to the 2017 census 397,400 inhabitants. The population density is 40 inhabitants / km².

geography

The district is located northeast of Balochistan Province, which is in western Pakistan. Geographically, the district is mountainous and valleys run through the various mountain ranges in which the majority of the inhabitants live.

climate

The climate in Loralai is dry, but it varies with altitude; At high altitudes it is cold and dry, but significantly warmer at low altitudes.

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into three tehsil :

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 2.46% annually. Around 16% of the population live in urban regions and around 84% in rural regions. 212,451 men and 184,948 women live in 55,876 households, resulting in a gender ratio of 114.9 men per 100 women and thus a common surplus of men for Pakistan. The majority of the population consists of Pashtuns .

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population aged 10 and over was 44% (women: 22%, men: 61%).

year population
1998 250.147
2017 397,400

economy

Most of the workers are employed in agriculture.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017. August 29, 2017, accessed May 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Pakistani Districts wise Population Census 2017. Accessed May 30, 2019 .
  3. ↑ District Development Profile: Musakhail. Retrieved June 28, 2019 .
  4. ^ Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (2016). Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2014-15. Government of Pakistan, accessed June 29, 2019 .