Kech District

District in Balochistan, Pakistan

Kech District ضلع کیچ کیچ دمگ‎ Turbat District
District
Katak Fort Bottom: Fields in Tejaban
Map of Balochistan with Kech District highlighted in maroon
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Division	Makran
Headquarter	Turbat
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	N/A
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• Total	22,539 km² (8,702 sq mi)
Population (2017)^[1]
• Total	909,116
• Density	40/km² (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils	5

Kech District (Urdu: ضلع کیچ) is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. This district's old name was Turbat District which was changed to its even older name Kech District in 1994-1995.^[2]

Administration

The district of Kech is administratively subdivided into the following tehsils, each of which contains several villages:^[3]^[4]

Buleda^[4]
Zamuran
Turbat^[4]
Mand
Dasht^[4]
Tump
Hoshab

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census, the district had 137,052 households and a population of 909,116. Kech had a sex ratio of 840 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 62.66% - 68.17% for males and 56.17% for females. 33.29% of the population lived in urban areas. 28.56% of the population was under 10 years of age. 0.19% (1,710) of the population were from religious minorities, mainly Hindus. Balochi was the predominant language, spoken by 97.57% of the population, with small minorities of Brahui, Sindhi and Kashmiri speakers.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 12 June 2023.
^ "Kech District background". Balochistan Police website. Archived from the original on 12 December 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Kech/Turbat". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Zila, Tehsil & Town Councils Membership for Balochistan". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2023.