Surab District (Balochi: سۏراپ), (Brahui and Urdu: ), 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.

Administration

The headquarters of Surab district is Surab.

Surab District

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census the district had 25,170 households and a population of 200,752. Surab had a sex ratio of 961 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 44.46% - 53.17% for males and 35.37% for females. 35,597 (17.72%) lived in urban areas. 87,269 (43.47%) were under 10 years of age. 48 (0.02%) people in the district were from religious minorities. Brahui was the predominant language, spoken by 98.57% of the population.

Surab District

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

Surab District

See also

Surab, Pakistan

Kalat District

Balochistan, Pakistan

References

Districts of Pakistan

Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan