Makran Division

Makran Division

مکران ڈویژن
Makran Division مکران ڈویژن
Division
	Map of Makran Division
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Capital	Turbat
Established	1 July 1970
Government
• Type	Divisional Administration
• Commissioner	N/A
• Regional Police Officer	N/A
Area
• Division	52,067 km2 (20,103 sq mi)
Population (2023)
• Division	1,875,872
• Density	36.03/km2 (93.3/sq mi)
• Urban	703,374 (37.50%)
• Rural	1,172,498 (62.5%)
Ethnicities
• People	Largest:; Balochs (99.37%); Others:; Brahvis (0.07%);
Literacy
• Literacy rate	Total:; (47.69%); Male:; (53.02%); Female:; (41.73%);

Makran Division (Baloch: مکران) is an administrative division of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. It is the eastern component of the larger Makran region shared between Pakistan and Iran, located in southern Balochistan along the Gulf of Oman coast. CNIC Code of Makran Division is 52.

History

Previously, Makran was a state. In 3 October 1952 Makran joined Pakistan and with some other states also merged to form the Baluchistan States Union.

On 14 October 1955, after the dissolution of the Baluchistan States Union, Makran was given the status of a district of Kalat Division.

In 1958, Gwadar town was brought from Oman, included in Makran District and created a tehsil.

On 1 July 1970, Makran was created a division of Balochistan Province by the bifurcation of Kalat Division and with three tehsils of Makran district Turbat, Panjgur and Gwadar upgraded to district status.

#	District^[3]	Headquater	Area (km²)^[4]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Lit. rate (2023)
1	Panjgur	Panjgur	16,891	509,781	30.2	42.07%
2	Gwadar	Gwadar	12,637	305,160	24.2	50.30%
3	Kech	Turbat	22,539	1,060,931	47.0	49.65%

#	Tehsil	Area (km²)^[5]	Population (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Districts
1	Gwadar Tehsil	2,590	147,673	57.02	Gwadar
2	Jiwani Tehsil	454	35,004	77.10
3	Ormara Tehsil	2,796	27,832	9.95
4	Pasni Tehsil	4,822	74,128	15.37
5	Suntsar Tehsil	1,975	20,523	10.39
6	Mand Tehsil	1,456	56,772	38.99	Kech
7	Tump Tehsil	1,945	147,041	75.60
8	Turbat Tehsil	9,742	470,605	48.31
9	Balnigor Tehsil	1,238	50,404	40.71
10	Buleda Tehsil	1,997	107,847	54.00
11	Dasht Tehsil	2,486	90,080	36.23
12	Zamuran Tehsil	1,462	71,616	48.98
13	Gayab Tehsil
14	Solband Tehsil
15	Gowargo Tehsil	1,471	31,718	21.56	Panjgur
16	Panjgur Tehsil	2,945	392,277	133.20
17	Paroom Tehsil	3,378	31,113	9.21
18	Gichk Tehsil	8,387	33,578	4.00

According to 2023 census, Makran division had a population of 1,875,872.^[6]

Religious groups in Makran Division (British Baluchistan era)
Religious group	1911^[7]		1921^[8]		1931^[9]		1941^[10]
Religious group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	71,758	99.74%	71,625	99.67%	68,213	99.64%	86,406	99.72%
Hinduism	137	0.19%	216	0.3%	233	0.34%	206	0.24%
Christianity	40	0.06%	11	0.02%	11	0.02%	20	0.02%
Sikhism	2	0%	8	0.01%	3	0%	17	0.02%
Zoroastrianism	4	0.01%	0	0%	0	0%	1	0%
Buddhism	1	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Judaism	0	0%	0	0%	2	0%	1	0%
Jainism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Tribal	—	—	—	—	0	0%	0	0%
Others	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Total population	71,942	100%	71,860	100%	68,462	100%	86,651	100%
Note: British Baluchistan era figures are for the Makran Division of Kalat State, which roughly corresponds to present-day Makran Division.