Khuzdar District

Khuzdar District
ضلع خضدار
هزدارءِ دمگ‎
District of Balochistan
Top: Cave of Lahoot Lamakan
Bottom: Moola Chotok
Map of Balochistan with Khuzdar District highlighted
Map of Balochistan with Khuzdar District highlighted
Country Pakistan
Province Balochistan
DivisionQalat
Established1974
HeadquartersKhuzdar
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerN/A
 • District Police OfficerMohammad Zafar Ali
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
[1]
 • District of Balochistan35,380 km2 (13,660 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
 • District of Balochistan997,214
 • Density28/km2 (73/sq mi)
 • Urban
364,378 (36.54%)
 • Rural
632,836 (63.46%)
Languages
 • Main language(s)Brahui language, Balochi, Urdu & English
Literacy
[3]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (38.59%)
  • Male:
    (44.91%)
  • Female:
    (31.42%)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils4

Khuzdar (Balochi: هزدارء‍ِ دمگ‎; Urdu and Brahui: ضلع خضدار) is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The city of Khuzdar serves as the district's headquarters.

Until its establishment as a district in 1974 it was part of Kalat District. In November 1992 part of the territory of Khuzdar was split off to form the new district of Awaran.[4]

  1. ^ 1998 Census report, p. 1.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
  4. ^ 1998 Census report, pp. 1, 8.