Duki District

For other places with the same name, see Duki (disambiguation).

Duki District ضلع دوکی دوکي ولسوالۍ‎ دوکی دمگ‎
District of Balochistan
Hairan Haiderzai Mound
Map of Balochistan with Duki District highlighted
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Division	Loralai
Established	2016
Headquarters	Duki
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	N/A
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• District of Balochistan	4,233 km^2 (1,634 sq mi)
Population  (2023)
• District of Balochistan	205,044
• Density	48/km^2 (130/sq mi)
• Urban	9,783
• Rural	195,261
Time zone	UTC+5 (PKT)

Duki (Urdu: ضلع دوکی) is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.^[1]

Administration

Tehsil	Area (km²)[2]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Literacy rate (2023)[3]	Union Councils
Duki Tehsil	938	137,294	146.37	50.48%	...

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	N/A	—
1961	N/A	—
1972	N/A	—
1981	N/A	—
1998	115,976	—
2017	152,977	+1.47%
2023	205,044	+5.00%
Sources:[4]

As of the 2023 census, Duki district has 43,059 households and a population of 205,044. The district has a sex ratio of 109.66 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 44.18%: 53.91% for males and 33.43% for females.^[5][6] 67,333 (32.84% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.^[7] 9,783 (4.77%) live in urban areas.^[5]

Religion

Religions in present-day Duki district

Religion	1941[8][a]		2017[9]		2023[10]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	19,216	98.04%	152,771	99.87%	204,086	99.53%
Hinduism	356	1.82%	47	0.03%	39	0.02%
Christianity	26	0.13%	116	0.08%	799	0.39%
Others	2	0.01%	43	0.02%	120	0.06%
Total Population	19,600	100%	152,977	100%	205,044	100%

Language

Languages of Duki district (2023)

  Pashto (93.27%)

  Balochi (4.85%)

  Brahui (0.69%)

  Others (1.19%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 93.27% of the population spoke Pashto, 4.85% Balochi, and 0.69% Brahui as their first language.^[11]

Notes

1. Duki tehsil of erstwhile Loralai Agency, which roughly corresponds to the present district. District and tehsil borders have shifted since 1941.

References

1. Tehsils & Unions in the District of Loralai - Government Archived March 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
2. "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
3. "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
4. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
5. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
6. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
7. "7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
8. "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 14, Baluchistan". Retrieved 14 October 2021.
9. "Pakistan Census 2017 District-Wise Tables: Peshawar". Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
10. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
11. "7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

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