Chaman District (, ) is a district of
Balochistan Province
Balochistan (; ; , ) is a province of Pakistan. Located in the southwestern region of the country, Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by land area but is the least populated one. It is bordered by the Pakistani provinces of Khybe ...
,
Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...
.
Chaman District was created after the bifurcation of
Qila Abdullah District
Kila Abdullah District or Qilla Abdullah ( ) is a district in the northwestern part of Balochistan province of Pakistan.
Kila Abdullah was separated from Pishin District and made a new district in June 1993.
The district is located within the h ...
in 2021.
Administrative divisions
It contains the following
Tehsils
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Demographics
As of the
2023 census, Chaman district has 61,915 households and a population of 466,218. The district has a sex ratio of 127.40 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 39.97%: 47.73% for males and 30.60% for females.
182,044 (39.05% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.
130,139 (27.91%) live in urban areas.
1,654 (0.35% of the surveyed population) are religious minorities, mainly Christians and some Hindus.
Pashto
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is the predominant language, spoken by 99.37% of the population.
See also
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Divisions of Pakistan
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List of districts in Balochistan
The province of Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan is the least populated province of Pakistan and the largest province by area, is divided into 37 Districts of Pakistan, districts and eight Divisions of Balochistan, divisions.
History
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References
Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
Chaman District
Populated places in Balochistan, Pakistan
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