Surab District

District in Balochistan, Pakistan

District of Balochistan in Pakistan

Surab District (Balochi: سۏراپ), (Brahui and Urdu: سوراب), is a district located in central Balochistan province, Pakistan. Prior to its creation as a separate district in 2017, Surab was part of Kalat District.^[2]

Administration

The town of Surab serves as the headquarters of the district.

Demographics

In the 2023 census, 822 (0.29%) people in the district were from religious minorities, mainly Christians.^[1] Brahui was the predominant language, spoken by 96.75% of the population.^[3]

Surab is largely based on a tribal society and one of the main tribes would be the Muhammad Hassani tribe.

See also

• Surab, Pakistan
• Kalat District
• Balochistan, Pakistan

References

1. "Population by Sex, Religion and Rural/Urban, Census - 2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
2. "Surab District was previously part of Kalat District before 2017". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
3. "Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban, Census-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.