Bolan District

Infobox Pakistan district
district = Bolan District
area = 8,036
population = 450,000
pop_year = 2005 Estimate
density =
established = December 1991
nazim = Mir Sardar Khan Rind
naib_nazim = Syed Naseer Ahmed Shah
tehsils =6
region = Balochistan
languages = Balochi,sindhi
website = http://www.bdd.sdnpk.org/Bolan.htm


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Bolan ( _ur. بولان) district is in the centre of Balochistan province of Pakistan. [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=100&dn=Bolan Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bolan - Government of Pakistan] ] The Bolan area remained under one district Kachhi until 31 December 1991. The Deputy Commissioner’s office started functioning on 17 May 1992, Bolan became one of the four districts of Naseerabad Division - until the abolition of Divisions in 2000. The district is named after the historic Bolan Pass. The pass, 85 kilometres long, extends from Kolpur, the highest place in Bolan district with an altitude of 2,200 metres above sea level. The area included in the Bolan district is 8,036 sq. km. Tehsils and Mozas of the Bolan district are: Mach, Dhadar, Nari Bala, Sanni, Khattan, Bhag and Lehri.

Administration

The district is administratively subdivided into the following tehsils:

* Bhag
* Dhadar
* Mach
* Sani

Population

From centuries the main tribe of bolan is kurd and chief of bolan and the most promenent personality of bolan is Sardar Dinnar Khan Kurd.The population of Bolan districts in 2005 is estimated to be over 450,000. Muslims constitute over 99% of the population. There is a small Hindu minority in Bhag sub-division. The major Baloch tribes of the district are: Kurd, Raisani, Rind,and Jamot. Airy and Sheikh also main population of tehsil Bhag

Main Tribes

Kurd, Raisani, Rind, Abro.

References