Usta Muhammad (Balochi: استا محمد, Sindhi: اوستہ محمد) district lies in the southeastern part of the Pakistani province of Balochistan.[4]
Usta Muhammad District is sub-divided into two tehsils. Usta Mohammad tehsil serves as the district headquarters.[5] It was created in September 2022 by dividing Jaffarabad District.[6]
Usta Muhammad district lies in the plains adjoining the Sindh province.
Administration
The district is administratively subdivided into the following two Tehsils:[6]
| Tehsil | Area
(km²)[7] |
Pop.
(2023) |
Density
(ppl/km²) (2023) |
Literacy rate
(2023)[8] |
Union Councils | Municipal Corporation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usta Muhammad Tehsil | 399 | 210,870 | 528.50 | 38.17% | 11 | MCUsta |
| Gandakha Tehsil | 554 | 81,190 | 146.55 | 24.59% | 09
|
TC |
Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census the district had 27,372 households and a population of 260,865. Usta Muhammad district had a sex ratio of 963 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 29.52% - 39.72% for males and 19.02% for females. 76,753 (29.42%) lived in urban areas. 94,009 (36.03%) were under 10 years of age.[1]
At the time of the 2017 census, 40.18% of the population spoke Balochi, 24.71% Sindhi, 19.05% Saraiki and 14.35% Brahui as their first language.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Usta Muhammad District Population (Census - 2017) (Usta Muhammad Tehsil became a District in 2022)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ census when Usta Muhammad & Gandakha were tehsils of Jaffarabad
- ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
- ^ "Balochistan's new districts to bring prosperity: Farah". The Nation newspaper. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ PCO 2000, p. 1.
- ^ a b "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jaffarabad (new Usta Muhammad District created from old Jaffarabad District in 2022)". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
- ^ "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
Works cited
- 1998 District census report of Killa Abdullah. Census publication. Vol. 121. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
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