Awaran District

Awaran District, is a district in the southern part of the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is part of the Kalat division.
It was created as a separate district on 11 November 1992; previously it was a sub-division of Khuzdar District. It is considered one of the poorest districts in the province.
Awaran district is bordered by Gwadar to its south, Lasbela to its east, Kech and Panjgur to its west, Khuzdar to its north east and Washuk to its north west.

Administration

The district is administratively subdivided into the following five tehsils, which are sub-divided into eight union councils:

Tehsil	Area	Population	Density	Literacy rate	Union Councils
Awaran	13,075	45,774	3.50	42.90%	Awaran Teertage
Gishkaur	4,578	31,462	6.87	36.34%	Gishkaur
Jhal Jhao	6,381	28,132	4.41	26.62%	Camp Jahoo
Korak Jhao	3,058	27,652	9.04	26.71%	Korak
Mashkai	2,418	45,938	19.00	41.21%	Gajjar Nokjo Parwar

Demographics

Population

As of the 2023 census, Awaran district has 27,796 households and a population of 178,958. The district has a sex ratio of 104.93 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 36.34%: 44.28% for males and 27.95% for females. 62,549 are under 10 years of age. 46,836 live in urban areas.
The major tribes are the Shahwani, Bizenjo, Muhammad Hassani, Sajidi, Siapad, Mirwani, Rakhshani, Sumalani, Qambrani, Shadainzai, Haibwari & Zehri.

Religion

Majority of population adheres to Islamic faith. 1,785 were from religious minorities. Awaran is known for its Zikri minority and also has a small Hindu community.

Language

At the time of the 2023 census, 98.58% of the population spoke Balochi and 1.17% Brahui as their first language.
Balochi accounted for % of the population in the 1998 census. The previous census of 1981 reported that % of the households in the then subdivision of Awaran had Brahui as a first language.