Usta Muhammad District

Usta Muhammad
استا محمد
Usta Muhammad
Map of Balochistan with Usta Muhammad District highlighted
Map of Balochistan with Usta Muhammad District highlighted
Coordinates: 28°10′42″N 68°2′35″E / 28.17833°N 68.04306°E / 28.17833; 68.04306
Country Pakistan
Province Balochistan
DivisionNasirabad
EstablishedSeptember 01 2022
HeadquartersUsta Mohammad
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerN/A
 • District Police OfficerAnawar Badini
 • MPASardarzada Mir Faisal Khan Jamali
Area
 • Total953 km2 (368 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1][2]
 • Total263,202
 • Density280/km2 (720/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Constituency ProvincialPB 14
WebsiteOfficial site

Usta Muhammad (Balochi: استا محمد, Sindhi: اوستہ محمد) district lies in the southeastern part of the Pakistani province of Balochistan.[3]

Usta Muhammad District is sub-divided into two tehsils. Usta Mohammad tehsil serves as the district headquarters.[4] It was created in September 2022 by dividing Jaffarabad District.[5]

Usta Muhammad district lies in the plains adjoining the Sindh province.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2017census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ census when Usta Muhammad & Gandakha were tehsils of Jaffarabad
  3. ^ "Balochistan's new districts to bring prosperity: Farah". The Nation newspaper. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  4. ^ PCO 2000, p. 1.
  5. ^ "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.