Sherani Subdistrict

Sherani Subdistrict or Sherani Sub-Division is an administrative division of Zhob District, Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is named after the Shirani tribe, some of whom live there. The population was 83,771 (census 1998) [ [http://www.bdd.sdnpk.org/shiraniteh.htm "Zhob Administrative Structure" The Planning and Development Department of the Government of Balochistan] ] Sherani Subdistrict is entirely rural, but there are four villages of note: Ahmadi Dirga (Ahmedi Derga), Shinghar, Tsappar Kili and Manikhawa (Mani Kwa). The subdistrict lies within the Sulaiman mountain range, and the highest point is Takht-e-Sulaiman.

People

Pashto is the primary language spoken by 98% of the people in the district, [http://www.bdd.sdnpk.org/districts/Zhob/population%20Zhob.html "Population Zhob" The Planning and Development Department of the Government of Balochistan] ] the people are primarily Pashtun, and overwhelming Muslim.

Administration

There is one tehsil in the Sherani Subdistrict, the Sherani Sub-Tehsil. [ [http://www.statpak.gov.pk/depts/pco/statistics/admin_unit/admin_list_tehsil.html "List of Tehsils/Talukas with respect to their Districts" Federal Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan] ] There are six administrative councils in Sherani Subdistrict: [ [http://www.bdd.sdnpk.org/districts/Zhob/administrative%20structure%20Zhob.html "Population by Sex and Rural/urban Distribution 1998 Census - Balochistan - Shirani Sub-Tehsil" The Planning and Development Department of the Government of Balochistan] ]
*Kapip with 13 members
*Manikwa with 14 members
*Dhanasher with 13 members
*Mughalkot with 17 members
*Shinghar with 13 members
*Ahmedi Derga with 12 members

ervices

There are two branch post offices in Sherani Subdistrict, one at the village of Manikhawa and the other at Shinghar, near Ahmadi Dirga [http://www.bdd.sdnpk.org/districts/Zhob/economic%20infrastructure%20and%20communications%20Zhob.html "Economic Infrastructure and Communications Zhob" The Planning and Development Department of the Government of Balochistan] ] The only telephone service is in Manikhawa. There is no airport. The only metaled road is the one from Zhob to Danasar which passes through Manikhawa. There are no rail lines.

Economy

The economy is agricultural with wheat as the primary crop followed by fruit orchards and fodder for stock animals. [ [http://www.bdd.sdnpk.org/districts/Zhob/agriculture%20Zhob.html "Agricukture/Horticulture Zhob" The Planning and Development Department of the Government of Balochistan] ] Unexploited deposits of coal have been reported in the Shinghar area, near Ahmadi Dirga. [ [http://www.bdd.sdnpk.org/districts/Zhob/mineral%20Zhob.html "Minerals Zhob" The Planning and Development Department of the Government of Balochistan] ]

Migration

After the Durand Line was drawn in 1893 there was a large influx of people from Afghanistan into the subdustrict. Since 1979, the subdistrict has received a large influx of refugees from Afghanistan. Estimates are as high as 4,000 for the subdistrict. At the same time, large numbers of Shirani tribesmen have gone to Gulf countries, seeking a better livelihood.

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External links

* [http://www.bdd.sdnpk.org/zhob.html Map of Subdistricts of Zhor District] ]