Nasirabad District
| Nasirabad/Naseerabad District T-Pul | |
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| District | |
 Map of Balochistan with Nasirabad District highlighted | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Balochistan |
| Headquarters | Dera Murad Jamali |
| Government | |
| • Chairman District Council | [Sardar Changaiz Khan Sasoli] |
| • Deputy Commissioner | [Naseer Nasar] |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
Nasirabad (Balochi: نصیر آباد) is a district in the centre-west of Balochistan, Pakistan.
Nasirabad's headquarters are at Dera Murad Jamali. Its original name was Temple Dera, named after Captain H. M. Temple, a career British civil servant, who served as the Political Agent for Sibi from 1891 to 1892. Among the local population it is still known as 'Tipul', a corruption of the word 'temple'.
The district was created in 1974, formerly part of Sibi District. For three years, from July 1987 to December 1990, it was known as Tamboo district. Tamboo is a small village 40 km west of Dera Murad Jamali.
Administrative divisions
The district is administratively subdivided into four tehsils, these are:[1]
- Dera Murad Jamali (district headquarters)
- Chhatter
- Tamboo
- Baba Kot
Union councils
These tehsils are further divided into union councils. Currently, there are 31 union councils and one municipal committee in the district:
Tehsil Dera Murad Jamali
- Municipal Committee Dera Murad Jamali
- Union Council Quba Sher Khan Sharqi
- Union Council Quba Sher Khan Gharbi
- Union Council Naseer Khan Umrani
- Union Council Jhuder Shimali
- Union Council Bedar Androon Sharqi
- Union Council Bedar Gharbi
- Union Council Manjhoti Sharqi
- Union Council Sardar Shahzada Khan Umrani
- Union Council Sikandarabad
- Union Council Manjhoti Gharbi
- Union Council Jhuder Janubi
Tehsil Chhatter
- Union Council Chhatter
- Union Council Phuleji
- Union Council Shah Pur
- Union Council Daulat Ghari Mir Nabi Bakhsh Khan
- Union Council Daulat Ghari Mir Hassan Khosa
- Union Council Shori Drabi
Tehsil Tamboo
- Union Council Manjhoo Shoori
- Union Council Aeri
- Union Council Gola Wah
- Union Council Ali Abad Shumali
- Union Council Mir Behram Khan Buledi
- Union Council Qadir Abad
- Union Council Kharoos Wah
- Union Council Fateh Mohammad
- Union Council Mir Wah
- Union Council Abdullah Bari
- Union Council Allah Abad
Tehsil Baba Kot
- Union Council Garhi Rehman
- Union Council Baba Kot
- Union Council Kuhna Tamboo
Population
The population of Nasirabad district is estimated to be over 1037,000 in 2013. Over 98% of the people of the area are Muslims.
Language
According to the 1998 population census of Pakistan following are the major languages of the district:
- Saraiki 40% (known as Mulki being local saraiki dialect effected by Sindhi spoken by Jamot tribes)
- Balochi 30%
- Brahui 26%
- Others 4% Punjabi, Pashto, and Urdu
Official languages are Urdu and Blochi.
References
- ↑ \"Tehsils & Unions in the District of Nasirabad - Government of Pakistan". Archived from the original on 26 March 2012.
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Coordinates: 27°22′48″N 67°54′59″E / 27.38000°N 67.91639°E