Kech District


Kech District is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. This district's old name was Turbat District which was changed to its even older name Kech District in 1994–1995.

Administration

The district of Kech is administratively subdivided into the following tehsils, each of which contains several villages:
TehsilArea
Pop.
Density
Literacy rate
Union Councils
Mand Tehsil1,45656,77238.9954.19%...
Tump Tehsil3,945147,04175.6047.17%...
Turbat Tehsil9,742470,60548.3163.65%...
Balnigor Tehsil1,23850,40440.7138.77%...
Buleda Tehsil1,997107,84754.0035.36%...
Dasht Tehsil2,48690,08036.2337.25%...
Hoshab Tehsil2,21366,56630.0830.71%...
Zamuran Tehsil1,46271,61648.9828.97%...
Gayab Tehsil...............
Solband Tehsil...............

Demographics

Population

As of the 2023 census, Kech district has 253,475 households and a population of 1,060,931. The district has a sex ratio of 109.82 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 49.65%: 55.23% for males and 43.46% for females. 328,574 are under 10 years of age. 386,646 live in urban areas.

Language

was the predominant language, spoken by 98.9% of the population, with very small minorities of Urdu, Kashmiri, and Brahui, and speakers.

Religion

In the 2023 census, 0.41% of the population was from religious minorities, mainly Christians.