Quetta Division is an administrative division of Balochistan Province, Pakistan, being the third tier of government. CNIC Code of Quetta Division is 54.
In 2015, the Balochistan Assembly unanimously passed a resolution calling upon the provincial government to establish a new Rakhshan Division comprising the districts of Nushki, Chagai, Kharan, and Washuk which were parts of Quetta and Kalat.
History The Quetta Division, comprising present-day Quetta, Pishin, Killa Abdullah, and Chaman districts, historically formed part of the Shal uplands and functioned as a frontier zone linking southern Afghanistan with northern Balochistan. The region was inhabited predominantly by Pashtun tribes, including the Kasi, Tareen, Achakzai, and Kakar, who controlled agricultural land, mountain passes, and trade routes connecting Kandahar with the Bolan Pass and the Indus plains.
On 14 October 1955, Quetta was created as an administration division of Balochistan Province.
List of the Districts #DistrictHeadquarterArea (km²)Population (2023)Density (ppl/km²) (2023)Lit. rate (2023)1Quetta East2Quetta West3QuettaQuetta3,4472,595,492754.356.29%4MastungMastung3,553361,971102.336.40%
List of the Tehsils #TehsilArea (km²)Population (2023)Density (ppl/km²) (2023)Literacy rate (2023)Districts1Barshore Tehsil2,288141,99462.06Pishin2Hurramzai Tehsil418147,844353.693Pishin Tehsil1,199325,641271.594Saranan Tehsil8365,157785.025Bostan Tehsil18649,721267.326Chiltan TehsilQuetta7Zarghoon Tehsil8Panjpai Tehsil1,20521,37117.749Sadar Tehsil1,283330,421257.5410Kuchlak Tehsil180310,2461,723.5911Sariab Tehsil221572,8542,592.1012Gulistan Tehsil1,536126,47482.34Qila Abdullah13Killa Abdullah Tehsil413165,738401.3014Dobandi Tehsil1,60469,75943.4915Karezat Tehsil1,24059,75648.19Karezat16Khanozai Tehsil
Constituencies
Provincial Assembly ConstituencyNational Assembly ConstituencyDistrictPB-38 Quetta-INA-262 Quetta-IQuettaPB-39 Quetta-IIPB-40 Quetta-IIIPB-43 Quetta-VINA-263 Quetta-IIPB-44 Quetta-VIIPB-45 Quetta-VIIIPB-41 Quetta-IVNA-264 Quetta-IIIPB-42 Quetta-VPB-46 Quetta-IXPB-47 Pishin-INA-265 PishinPishinPB-48 Pishin-IIPB-49 Pishin-IIPB-50 Killa AbdullahNA-266 Killa Abdullah-cum-ChamanKilla AbdullahPB-51 ChamanChaman
Demographics
Population
According to the 2023 census, Quetta division had a population of 4,259,163 roughly equal to the country of Georgia or the US state of Kentucky.
See also
Districts of Pakistan Districts of Balochistan List of tehsils of Pakistan Tehsils of Balochistan Divisions of Pakistan Divisions of Balochistan Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Divisions of Punjab Divisions of Sindh Divisions of Azad Kashmir Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan
References