Kharan Tehsil
Tehsil in Balochistan, Pakistan
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Kharan (Balochi: ھاران; Urdu: خاران) is a tehsil (sub-division) in Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan. It is located at 28°35'0N 65°25'0E with an altitude of 692 metres (2273 feet).[3] It is populated by many Baloch clans. Former Federal Shariat Court and Balochistan High Court chief justice Mohammad Noor Meskanzai belongs to this tehsil.[4]
Kharan Tehsil
تحصیل خاران | |
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Tehsil | |
  Kharan Tehsil  Kharan Tehsil | |
| Coordinates: 28°35′0″N 65°25′0″E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Balochistan |
| Division | Rakhshan |
| District | Kharan |
| Headquarter | Kharan |
| Area | |
• Tehsil | 2,941 km2 (1,136 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 692 m (2,270 ft) |
| Population | |
• Tehsil | 104,035 |
| • Density | 35.37/km2 (91.62/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 80,806 (77.67%) |
| • Rural | 23,229 (22.33%) |
| Literacy (2023) | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Demographics
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | ... | — |
| 1961 | ... | — |
| 1972 | ... | — |
| 1981 | ... | — |
| 1998 | ... | — |
| 2017 | 66,438 | — |
| 2023 | 104,035 | +7.76% |
| Sources:[5] | ||
As of the 2023 census, Kharan tehsil had 14,023 households and a population of 104,035. The tehsil had 56,659 males and 47,370 females with sex ration of 120 and a literacy rate of 48.63%: 59.17% for males and 36.60% for females.[6] 41,997 (40.36% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[7] 80,806 (77.67%) live in urban areas.[8] As per the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the population of the tehsil was recorded as 66,438.
Religion
In the 2023 census, 2,263 (2.20%) people in the tehsil were from religious minorities, mainly Hindus.[9]
Language
At the time of the 2023 census, 88.39% of the population spoke Balochi and 11.27% Brahui as their first language.[10]
