Awaran District

Awaran District (Balochi and Urdu: ضلع آواران), is a district in the southern part of the Balochistan province of Pakistan in Kalat division.

[3] It is located in the south of the Balochistan province in Kalat division.

The district is administratively subdivided into the following five tehsils,[4] which are sub-divided into eight union councils:[5] (2023) (2023)[8] Teertage Nokjo Parwar[5] [10] [11] As of the 2023 census, Awaran district has 27,796 households and a population of 178,958.

The major tribes are the Shahwani, Bizenjo, Muhammad Hassani, Sajidi, Siapad, Mirwani, Rakhshani, Sumalani, Qambrani, Shadainzai, Haibwari & Zehri(Channaal).

[18] The previous census of 1981 reported that 8% of the households in the then subdivision of Awaran had Brahui as a first language.