Zhob Division

Zhob Division
ژوب ڈویژن
ږوب څانګه‎
ژۏب ولایت‎
Division
Map of Zhob Division
Map of Zhob Division
Country Pakistan
Province Balochistan
CapitalZhob
Established1988
Government
 • TypeDivisional Administration
 • CommissionerN/A
 • Regional Police OfficerN/A
Population
 (2023)
 • Division927,579
 • Urban
11.98%
 • Rural
88.02%
Ethnicities
[1]
 • People
Literacy
[2]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (32.33%)
  • Male:
    (41.69%)
  • Female:
    (21.93%)

Zhob Division is an administrative division of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. It was created in 1988 bifurcated from Quetta division. It remained abolished between 2000 and 2008 during the military rule of Pervez Musharraf, but later restored when his rule ended. CNIC Code of Zhob Division is 56.[3]

Loralai Division is carved after splitting Zhob Division,[4] consisting of Barkhan District, Loralai District, Musakhail District and Duki District.

  1. ^ "TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Commissionerate system restored". The Nation newspaper. 26 October 2008. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  4. ^ "New division, two districts created in Balochistan". Dawn newspaper. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2024.