Loralai District

Template:Template other Loralai District (Template:Langx) is a district in the northeast of Balochistan province of Pakistan. The town of Loralai serves as the district headquarters.

Administration

Loralai District has the following tehsils in it:Template:Static row numbers

Tehsil	Area (km²)	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Literacy rate (2023)	Union Councils
Bori Tehsil	2,203	225,642	102.42	46.82%	...
Mekhtar Tehsil	1,582	46,790	29.58	24.55%	...

Demographics

Population

As of the 2023 census, Loralai district has 38,214 households and a population of 272,432. The district has a sex ratio of 110.13 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 43.16%: 54.27% for males and 30.81% for females. 101,407 (37.65% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 59,601 (21.88%) live in urban areas.

Religion

In the 2023 census, 1,611 (0.6%) were from religious minorities.

Religion in contemporary Loralai District

Religious group	1941		2017		2023
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam File:Star and Crescent.svg	15,722	84.23%	243,245	99.51%	267,753	99.40%
Hinduism File:Om.svg	1,712	9.17%	578	0.24%	435	0.16%
Sikhism File:Khanda.svg	1,116	5.98%	—	—	14	0.01%
Christianity File:Christian cross.svg	75	0.40%	540	0.22%	1,096	0.41%
Others	41	0.22%	83	0.03%	66	0.02%
Total Population	18,666	100%	244,446	100%	269,364	100%
Note: 1941 census data is for Bori tehsil of erstwhile Loralai Agency, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Loralai district. District and tehsil borders have changed since 1941.

Religious groups in Loralai District (British Baluchistan era)

Religious group	1911		1921		1931		1941
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam File:Star and Crescent.svg	76,755		78,451		81,812		79,273
Hinduism File:Om.svg	3,006		3,631		3,504		3,129
Sikhism File:Khanda.svg	936		289		562		1,124
Christianity File:Christian cross.svg	71		101		209		159
Zoroastrianism File:Faravahar.svg	1		0		0		0
Jainism File:Jain Prateek Chihna.svg	0		1		0		0
Judaism File:Star of David.svg	0		0		0		0
Buddhism File:Dharma Wheel (2).svg	0		0		0		0
Tribal	—	—	—	—	0		0
Others	0		0		0		0
Total population	80,769		82,473		86,087		83,685
Note: British Baluchistan era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Language

At the time of the 2023 census, 96.25% of the population spoke Pashto, 1.13% Balochi, 0.97% Saraiki and 0.72% Punjabi as their first language.

Education

• University of Loralai

According to the Pakistan District Education Rankings, district Loralai is ranked at number 97 out of the 141 ranked districts in Pakistan on the education score index. This index considers learning, gender parity and retention in the district.

Literacy rate in 2014–15 of population 10 years and older in the district is estimated at 44% whereas for females it is only 22%.

Post primary access is a major issue in the district with 89% schools being at primary level. Whereas high schools constitute only 3% of government schools in the district. This is also reflected in the enrolment figures for academic year 2016–17 with 12,192 students enrolled in class 1 to 5 and only 586 students enrolled in class 9 and 10.

Gender disparity is another issue in this district. Only 28% schools in the district are girls’ schools. Access to education for girls is a major issue in the district and is also reflected in the low literacy rates of females.

Moreover, the schools in the district lack basic facilities. According to Alif Ailaan district education rankings 2017, the district is ranked at number 135 out of the 155 districts of Pakistan for primary school infrastructure. At the middle school level, it is ranked at number 137 out of the 155 districts. These rankings take into account the basic facilities available in schools including drinking water, working toilet, availability of electricity, existence of a boundary wall and general building condition. 7 out of 10 schools do not have electricity in them whereas 3 out of 4 schools lack a toilet and more than half of the schools do not have a boundary wall. 2 out of 5 schools do not have clean drinking water.

Localities

• Loralai
• Zangiwal

See also

• Districts of Pakistan
  • Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Districts of Punjab, Pakistan
  • Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Districts of Sindh, Pakistan
  • Districts of Azad Kashmir
  • Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan
• Divisions of Pakistan
  • Divisions of Balochistan
  • Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Divisions of Punjab
  • Divisions of Sindh
  • Divisions of Azad Kashmir
  • Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan

External links

• Loralai District at