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Sohbatpur District

Sohbatpur District () is a district in the Pakistani province of Balochistan.

It was created in May 2013 from parts of Jafarabad District.

The district has a population of over 240‚000.

Geography

The district borders the Naseerabad, Jafarabad and Dera Bugti districts of Balochistan, and Jacobabad and Kashmore districts of Sindh.

Administration

Sohbatpur District consists of the following Tehsils:

The district has eight police stations.

Demographics

Population

As of the 2023 census, Sohbatpur district has 33,734 households and a population of 240,106. The district has a sex ratio of 103.06 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 41.02%: 53.26% for males and 28.42% for females. 103,225 (42.99% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 14,728 (6.13%) live in urban areas.

Religion

In the 2023 census, Islam was the predominant religion with 98.99%, while Hindus constituted 0.75% of the population.

Language

At the time of the 2023 census, 67.39% of the population spoke Balochi, 17.63% Sindhi, 7.92% Brahui and 6.38% Saraiki as their first language.

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