Surab District


Shaheed Sikandarabad District is a district located in Kalat Division of Balochistan province, Pakistan. Prior to its creation as a separate district in 2017, Surab was part of Kalat District.

Administration

The town of Surab serves as the headquarters of the district. It has following tehsils:
TehsilArea Population Density
Literacy
rate
Union Councils
Dasht e Goran21527,503127.9238.85%...
Gidder20589,631437.2236.31%...
Shaheed meharabad zehri10966,435609.5042.85%...
Surab Tehsil23395,469409.7434.34%...

Demographics

Population

As of the 2023 census, Surab district has 51,227 households and a population of 279,038. The district has a sex ratio of 103.11 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 37.44%: 45.16% for males and 29.58% for females. 114,615 are under 10 years of age. 36,468 live in urban areas.
Surab is largely based on a tribal society and one of the main tribes would be the Muhammad Hassani tribe.

Religion

In the 2023 census, 822 people in the district were from religious minorities, mainly Christians.

Language

At the time of the 2023 census, 96.75% of the population spoke Brahui and 2.90% Balochi as their first language.