Kech District
Kech District (Balochi: 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. On 24 February 2026, The Tump tehsil upgraded to district status after the bifurcation of Kech district.
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Kech District (Balochi: 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. On 24 February 2026, The Tump tehsil upgraded to district status after the bifurcation of Kech district.
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• Name — Kech District • Other Name — Turbat District • Settlement Type — District • Image Caption — Katak Fort Bottom: Fields in Tejaban • Image Map — Pakistan - Balochistan - Kech.svg • Map Caption — Map of Balochistan with Kech District highlighted in maroon • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Pakistan • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Balochistan • Subdivision Type2 — Division • Subdivision Name2 — Makran • Seat Type — Headquarter • Seat — Turbat • Government Type — District Administration • Leader Title — Deputy Commissioner • Leader Title1 — District Police Officer • Leader Title2 — District Health Officer • Unit Pref — Metric • Area Total Km2 — 22,539 • Population As Of — 2023 • Population Total — 1,060,931 • Population Density Km2 — 47.1 • Demographics Type1 — Literacy • Demographics1 Title1 — Literacy rate • Timezone1 — PST • Utc Offset1 — +5 • Blank1 Name Sec1 — Number of Tehsils • Blank1 Info Sec1 — 5 Kech District (Balochi: 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. On 24 February 2026, The Tump tehsil upgraded to district status after the bifurcation of Kech district.
Administration
Administration
The district of Kech is administratively subdivided into the following tehsils, each of which contains several villages: • Tehsil — Area (km 2) — Pop. (2023) — Density (ppl/km 2) (2023) — Literacy rate (2023) — Union Councils • Turbat Tehsil — 9,742 — 470,605 — 48.31 — 63.65% —... • Balnigor Tehsil — 1,238 — 50,404 — 40.71 — 38.77% —... • Buleda Tehsil — 1,997 — 107,847 — 54.00 — 35.36% —... • Dasht Tehsil — 2,486 — 90,080 — 36.23 — 37.25% —... • Hoshab Tehsil — 2,213 — 66,566 — 30.08 — 30.71% —...
Population
Population
As of the 2023 census, Kech district has 253,475 households and a population of 1,060,931. The district has a sex ratio of 109.82 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 49.65%: 55.23% for males and 43.46% for females. 328,574 (30.97% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 386,646 (36.44%) live in urban areas.
Language
Language
Balochi was the predominant language, spoken by 98.9% of the population, with very small minorities of Urdu, Kashmiri, and Brahui, and speakers.
Religion
Religion
In the 2023 census, 0.41% (4,331) of the population was from religious minorities, mainly Christians.
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