Districts of Pakistan

The Districts of Pakistan form the third tier of government in Pakistan,

ranking as subdivisions of the provinces of Pakistan. Prior to August 2000, the
provinces contained administrative units called divisions which contained
districts as the fourth level of government. In August 2000, the divisions were
abolished as an administrative tier, and the provinces are now directly divided
into districts.
Overview
Subdivision Number of Districts
Balochistan Province 27
North-West Frontier Province 24
Punjab Province 35
Sindh Province 20
Islamabad Capital Territory 1
7 Tribal Agencies plus 6 Frontier
Federally Administered Tribal Area
Regions
Azad Kashmir 7
Northern Areas 6
120 Districts plus 7 Tribal
Pakistan
Agencies

Districts are further subdivided into tehsils which may contain villages or
municipalities. There are over five thousand local governments in Pakistan.
Since 2001, these have been led by democratically elected local councils, each
headed by a Nazim (the word means "supervisor" in Urdu, but is sometimes
translated as "mayor"). Women have been allotted a minimum of 33% seats in
these councils; there is no upper limit to the number of women in these
councils.
Prior to 2001, there were 106 districts but with the reorganisation, these were
reduced to 102 by the merger of the five districts of Karachi Central, Karachi
East, Karachi South, Karachi West and Malir to form Karachi District. The five
districts had formed the division of Karachi which was abolished. The number of
districts rose to 106 again in December 2004, when four new districts[1] were
created in the province of Sindh of which one (Umerkot) had existed until 2000
and three districts (Kashmore, Qambar and Jamshoro) were newly created.
In May 2005, the Punjab provincial government created a new district[2] by
raising the status of the Nankana Sahib from a tehsil of Sheikhpura District to
a district in its own right.
In Azad Kashmir, the second tier of government is formed by two
administrative divisions with a third tier of seven districts. In the Northern
Areas, there are six districts divided between two informal regions. The Azad
Kashmir and Northern Area districts are not included in the lists below.
Islamabad Capital Territory
Population Density
Districts Area (km²)
(1998) (people/km²)
Islamabad 906 805,235 889
Federally Administered Tribal Ar
Population Density
Agency Area (km²)
(1998) (people/km²)
Bajaur 595,227
Khyber 546,730
Kurram 448,310
Mohmand 334,453
North Waziristan 361,246
Orakzai 225,441
South Waziristan 429,841
Six Frontier Regions combined 235,083
FATA 27,220 3,176,331 117

Districts of Balochistan
There are 27 districts in Balochistan province.

Districts and Tehsils of Balochistan

Population Density
District Area (km²)
(1998) (people/km²)
Awaran 29,510 118,173 4
Barkhan 3,514 103,545 29
Bolan 7,499 288,056 38
Chagai 50,545 202,564 4
Dera Bugti 10,160 181,310 18
Gwadar 12,637 185,498 15
Jaffarabad 2,445 432,817 177
Jhal Magsi 3,615 109,941 30
Kalat 6,622 237,834 36
Kech (Turbat) 22,539 413,204 18
Kharan 48,051 206,909 4
Khuzdar 35,380 417,466 12
Kohlu 7,610 99,846 13
Lasbela 15,153 312,695 21
Loralai 9,830 295,555 30
Mastung 5,896 179,784 30
Musakhel 5,728 134,056 23
Nasirabad 3,387 245,894 73
Nushki*
Panjgur 16,891 234,051 14
Pishin 7,819 367,183 47
Qilla Abdullah 3,293 370,269 112
Qilla Saifullah 6,831 193,553 28
Quetta 2,653 744,802 281
Sibi 7,796 180,398 23
Zhob 20,297 275,142 14
Ziarat 1,489 33,340 22
Balochistan Province 347,190 6,563,885 19
istricts marked with * were recently created and no data is available yet.

Districts of the North-West Frontier Province

There are 24 districts in the North-West Frontier Province.

Districts and Tehsils of NWFP

Population Density
District Area (km²)
(1998) (people/km²)
Abbottabad 1,967 880,666 448
Bannu 1,227 675,667 551
Batagram 1,301 307,278 236
Buner 1,865 506,048 271
Charsadda 996 1,022,364 1,026
Chitral 14,850 318,689 21
Dera Ismail Khan 7,326 852,995 116
Hangu 1,097 314,529 287
Haripur 1,725 692,228 401
Karak 3,372 430,796 128
Kohat 2,545 562,644 221
Kohistan 7,492 472,570 63
Lakki Marwat 3,164 490,025 155
Lower Dir 1,582 717,649 454
Malakand 952 452,291 475
Mansehra 4,579 1,152,839 252
Mardan 1,632 1,460,100 895
Nowshera 1,748 874,373 500
Peshawar 1,257 2,019,118 1,606
Shangla 1,586 434,563 274
Swabi 1,543 1,026,804 665
Swat 5,337 1,257,602 236
Tank 1,679 238,216 142
Upper Dir 3,699 575,858 156
North-West Frontier
74,521 17,735,912 238
Province

Districts of Punjab
There are 35 districts in Punjab province.

Districts and Tehsils of Punjab

Population Density
District Area (km²)
(1998) (people/km²)
Attock 6,857 1,274,935 186
Bahawalnagar 8,878 2,061,447 232
Bahawalpur 24,830 2,433,091 98
Bhakkar 8,153 1,051,456 129
Chakwal District 6,524 1,083,725 166
Dera Ghazi Khan 11,922 1,643,118 138
Faisalabad 5,856 5,429,547 927
Gujranwala 3,622 3,400,940 939
Gujrat 3,192 2,048,008 642
Hafizabad 2,367 832,980 352
Jhang 8,809 2,834,545 322
Jhelum 3,587 936,957 261
Kasur 3,995 2,375,875 595
Khanewal 4,349 2,068,490 476
Khushab 6,511 905,711 139
Lahore 1,772 6,318,745 3,566
Layyah 6,291 1,120,951 178
Lodhran 2,778 1,171,800 422
Mandi Bahauddin 2,673 1,160,552 434
Mianwali 5,840 1,056,620 181
Multan 3,720 3,116,851 838
Muzaffargarh 8,249 2,635,903 320
Narowal 2,337 1,265,097 541
Nankana Sahib*
Okara 4,377 2,232,992 510
Pakpattan 2,724 1,286,680 472
Rahim Yar Khan 11,880 3,141,053 264
Rajanpur 12,319 1,103,618 90
Rawalpindi 5,286 3,363,911 636
Sahiwal 3,201 1,843,194 576
Sargodha 5,854 2,665,979 455
Sheikhupura 5,960 3,321,029 557
Sialkot 3,016 2,723,481 903
Toba Tek Singh 3,252 1,621,593 499
Vehari 4,364 2,090,416 479
Punjab Province 205,345 73,621,290 359
Districts marked with * were recently created and no data is available yet.
Districts of Sindh
There are 20 districts in Sindh province.

Districts and Tehsils of Sindh

Population Density
District Area (km²)
(1998) (people/km²)
 Badin 6,726 1,136,044 169
Dadu 19,070 1,688,811 89
Ghotki 6,083 970,549 160
Hyderabad 5,519 2,891,488 524
Jacobabad 5,278 1,425,572 270
Jamshoro*
Karachi 3,527 9,856,318 2,795
Kashmore*
Khairpur 15,910 1,546,587 97
Larkana 7,423 1,927,066 260
Mirpurkhas 2,925 1,569,030 536
Naushahro Feroze 2,945 1,087,571 369
Nawabshah 4,502 1,071,533 238
Qambar*
Sanghar 10,728 1,453,028 135
Shikarpur 2,512 880,438 350
Sukkur 5,165 908,373 176
Tharparkar 19,638 914,291 47
Thatta 17,355 1,113,194 64
Umarkot *
Sindh Province 135,306 30,439,893 225

Pakistan has four provinces North West Frontier, Sindh, Punjab, Province and Balochistan.

Each Province is further divided into districts. There are 34 districts in punjab, 16 in Sindh, 26 in
Balochistan and 24 in NWFP.

Districts Of NWFP
1. Peshawar 10. Batagram 17. Nowshera
2. Charsada 11. Mansehra 18. Kohat
3. Mardan 12. Abbottabad 19. Hangu
4. Swabi 13. Haripur 20. Karak
5. Bunner 14. Chitral 21. Bannu
6. Swat 15. Upper Dir 22. Lakki Marwat
7. Shangla 16. Lower Dir 23. D.I. Khan
8. Malakand 24. Tank
9. Kohistan

Punjab
1. Attock 12. Khanewal 23. Rawalpindi
2. Bhakkar 13. Lahore 24. Jhelum
3. Bahawalnagar 14. Lodhran 25. Khushab
4. Bahawalpur 15. Layyah 26. Kasur
5. Chakwal 16. Mandi-Bahaudddin 27. Rahimyarkhan
6. Dera Ghazi Khan 17. Multan 28. Rajanpur
7. Faisalabad 18. Mianwali 29. Sahiwal
8. Gujrat 19. Muzaffargarh 30. Sargodha
9. Gujranwala 20. Narowal 31. Sheikhupura
10. Jhang 21. Okara 32. Gujrat
11. Hafizabad 22. Pakpattan 33. Toba Tek Singh
34. Vehari

Sindh
1. Karachi 9. Nawabshah
2. Hyderabad 10. Noshero Feroz
3. Badin 11. Tharparkar
4. Thatta 12. Mirpurkhas
5. Dadu 13. Sanghar
6. Sukkur 14. Larkana
7. Ghotki 15. Jacobabad
8. Khairpur 16. Shikarpur

Balochistan
1. AWARAN 9. KALAT 18. MASTUNG
2. BARKHAN 10. KECH 19. MUSAKHEL
3. BOLAN 11. KHARAN 20. NASIRABAD
4. CHAGAI 12. KOHLU 21. PANJGUR
5. DERABUGTI 13. KHUZDAR 22. PISHIN
6. GAWADAR 14. KILLA ABDULLAH 23. QUETTA
7. JAFFARABAD 15. KILLA SAIFULLAH 24. SIBI
8. JHALMAGSI 16. LASBELA 25. ZHOB
17. LORALAI 26. ZIARAT