Sakran is a town and administrative subdivision (

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

) of

Hub District Hub District ( Balochi, Lasi, ), is a coastal administrative district and located at southern part of Balochistan Province of Pakistan. The district was created after bifurcation of Lasbela District in 2022. It is located south of the Balochi ...

in the province of

Balochistan, Pakistan 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 ...

. Most of the population are Baloch & Lasi, and minority are

Pashto Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ...

. The main tribes are Bezanjo, Rakhsani, Marri, Rind, Gurginari, Mohammed Hasni,

Sasoli The Sasoli () is an ethnic Brahui tribe in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is one of the eight nuclear Brahui tribes, and predominantly speaks the Brahui language Brahui ( ; ; also romanised as Brahvi or Brohi) is a Dravidian languag ...

, Qalandrani,

Mengal Mengal () is an ethnic Brahui tribe inhabiting Balochistan, Pakistan. It belongs to the Jhalawani branch of the Brahui tribes, and is bilingual in Brahui and Balochi. Origins According to the official list by Mir Ahmad Yar, the last Khan of ...

, Meerwani, Qambrani,

Shaikh Shaikh usually refers to: * Sheikh, as an alternate Romanization; a term for elders, tribal leaders, and royalty in Arabic-influenced cultures It may also refer to: Communities * Shaikhs in South Asia, a social and ethnic grouping in South Asia ...

, Jamot, Moondra, Wahora, and

Kakar The Kakar (Pashto: کاکړ) is a Gharghashti Pashtun tribe, based in Afghanistan, parts of Iran, and northern Balochistan in Pakistan. Origins of the tribe Kakars are descendants of Dani (or Daani) who was the son of Gharghasht. Gharghasht wa ...

. 99% are Muslim while the remainder are Hindu and Christians. The tehsil was part of

Lasbela District Lasbela District ( , , ) is a coastal district and part of the Kalat Division situated in the south-east of Balochistan, Pakistan. Located approximately northwest of Karachi, the district is geographically and economically significant. A ...

until 2022, when the district was split to create Hub District: containing this tehsil along with Dureji Tehsil, Gadani Tehsil,

Hub Tehsil Hub (also known as ''Hub Chowki'' , , ) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Hub District in the province of Balochistan, Pakistan. As of the 2023 census, the tehsil has a population of 233,443, with over 80% residing in urban areas, i ...

, and

Sonmiani Tehsil Sonmiani, also referred to as Windar, is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Hub District in the province of Balochistan, Pakistan. In 2023, the tehsil had a population of 67,991, more than half residing in urban areas, including its admin ...

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