Musakhel (district)

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Musakhel district
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Balochistan
Seat : Musakhel Bazaar
Coordinates : 30 ° 55 '  N , 69 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 30 ° 55 '0 "  N , 69 ° 51' 0"  E
Area : 5 728  km²
 
Residents : 167,017 (2017)
Population density : 29 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, position of Musakhel district highlighted

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

The district has an area of ​​5728 km² and according to the 2017 census 167,017 inhabitants. The population density is 29 inhabitants / km².

geography

The district is located northeast of the Balochistan Province, which is located in the west of Pakistan and borders the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces . The district is mostly mountainous with two main mountains running north to south known as Surghar and Torghar .

climate

The climate of Musakhail is semi-arid and can be classified in the temperature category of "warm summer and mild winter". Summer is longer than winter and lasts about 7 months from April to October. The rainy season is mostly in the months of April and August.

history

The district was formed in 1992 from parts of Loralai .

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into two tehsil :

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 1.16% annually. About 8% of the population live in urban areas and about 92% in rural areas. 90,240 men and 76,777 women live in 24,826 households, resulting in a gender ratio of 117.5 men per 100 women, which is a frequent male surplus for Pakistan. The majority of the population consists of Pashtuns .

The literacy rate in 2014/15 among the population aged 10 and over was 43% (women: 28%, men: 57%).

year population
1998 134.056
2017 167.017

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. ^ A b 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 .