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Duki District ضلع دوکی دوکي ولسوالۍ‎ دوکی دمگ‎
District of Balochistan
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Map of Balochistan with Duki District highlighted
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Division	Loralai
Established	2016
Headquarters	Duki
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	N/A
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• District of Balochistan	4,233 km (1,634 sq mi)
Population
• District of Balochistan	205,044
• Density	48/km (130/sq mi)
• Urban	9,783
• Rural	195,261
Time zone	UTC+5 (PKT)

Duki (Urdu: ضلع دوکی) is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan.

Administration

Demographics

As of the 2023 census, Duki district has 43,059 households and a population of 205,044. The district has a sex ratio of 109.66 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 44.18%: 53.91% for males and 33.43% for females. 67,333 (32.84% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 9,783 (4.77%) live in urban areas.

Religion

Religions in present-day Duki district

Religion	1941		2017		2023
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	19,216	98.04%	152,771	99.87%	204,086	99.53%
Hinduism	356	1.82%	47	0.03%	39	0.02%
Christianity	26	0.13%	116	0.08%	799	0.39%
Others	2	0.01%	43	0.02%	120	0.06%
Total Population	19,600	100%	152,977	100%	205,044	100%

Language

Languages of Duki district (2023)

At the time of the 2023 census, 93.27% of the population spoke Pashto, 4.85% Balochi, and 0.69% Brahui as their first language.

Notes

1. Duki tehsil of erstwhile Loralai Agency, which roughly corresponds to the present district. District and tehsil borders have shifted since 1941.

References

1. Tehsils & Unions in the District of Loralai - Government Archived March 26, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
2. "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
3. "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, BALOCHISTAN" (PDF).
4. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
5. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
6. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
7. "7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
8. "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 14, Baluchistan". Retrieved 14 October 2021.
9. "Pakistan Census 2017 District-Wise Tables: Peshawar". Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
10. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
11. "7th Population and Housing Census: Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

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v t e Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
Provincial capital: Quetta
Kalat	Awaran Kalat Khuzdar Hub Lasbela Mastung Surab
Makran	Gwadar Kech Panjgur
Nasirabad	Jafarabad Jhal Magsi Kachhi Nasirabad Sohbatpur Usta Muhammad
Quetta	Chaman Killa Abdullah Pishin Karezat Quetta
Sibi	Dera Bugti Harnai Kohlu Sibi Ziarat
Zhob	Killa Saifullah Sherani Zhob
Rakhshan	Chagai Kharan Nushki Washuk Chaman
Loralai	Barkhan Loralai Musakhail Duki
- formerly part of Quetta Division; - formerly part of Kalat Division; - formerly part of Zhob Division ; - abolished

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