Musakhel District

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Musakhel District

Area	km²
Population () • Density	• /km²
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
Established • District Nazim • District Naib Nazim • District Council • Number of Tehsils	• Sardar Asmatullah • Molvi Siraj-ud-Din • seats •
Main language(s)
Website	[1]

Musakhel is a district in the north west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Musakhel was notified as a district on 1st January 1992 when Loralai District was divided into three districts, named Musakhel, Barkhan, and Loralai. Previously, Musakhel was one of the 4 sub-divisions of Loralai district.^[1]. For administrative purposes, the whole district is one sub-division, i.e., Musakhel, and is further divided into one tehsil (Musakhel) and one sub-tehsil (Kingri). Musakhel tehsil is divided into 3 Qanungo circles, Saddar Musakhel, Toisar, and Drug which are the patwar circles as well. The whole of Kingri sub-tehsil is one Qanungo circle and patwar circle.

In the year 2006, another Tehsil was created in the name of Drug Tehsil consisting of 2 union councils which shows clear disparity with the Toisar people having 4 union councils & the area triple than the Drug Tehsil.

[edit] Subdivisions

The district is administratively subdivided into the following tehsils.

[edit] Population

The population of Musakhel District is estimated to be over 300,000 in 2005. Over 99% of the people of the area are Muslims.

[edit] References

This article needs additional citations for verification.
Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2008)

Administrative Divisions of Balochistan (Pakistan)
Capital	Quetta
Districts	Awaran \| Barkhan \| Bolan \| Chagai \| Dera Bugti \| Gwadar \| Jafarabad \| Jhal Magsi \| Kalat \| Kech \| Kharan \| Khuzdar \| Kohlu \| Lasbela \| Loralai \| Mastung \| Musakhel \| Nasirabad \| Nushki \| Panjgur \| Pishin \| Qilla Abdullah \| Qilla Saifullah \| Quetta \| Sibi \| Zhob \| Ziarat