PROFILE (NUSHKI DISTRICT)

CREATION OF THE DISTRICT & BRIEF FACTS/HISTORY

History of District Noshki

1. Nushki is indeed a piece of geological wonderland on Earth, was formed recently after the bifurcation of Chagai District (2004). The total area of district is 5797 sq/km while the total population is178796. It is adjacent with Afghanistan in north the border is 97km.
2. The town was named after its nine flour Chukees (watermills) on its “Jo” (canal). But according to some historians it is believed that the town got its name after a banquet when Mughals officials were killed. The word Nushki is derived from two Persian words, “Nosh” to chomp and “Ke’hn” to acquire; literary it meant to get finish or to kill with. Mughals rulers oppressed the people by collecting levy unlawfully, so to get rid of that one night the Badini clan invited the Mughals and according to the plan they did, and the town named “Nosh Kehn” later on “Nosh Key” and now Nushki.

 TOPOGRAPHY

3. Nushki district is situated 144 kilometers south west of Quetta. It lies between 29°55’ 0″to 29° 33′ 0″ north latitudes and 66° 1′ 0″ to 66° 1′ 0″ east longitudes. The district is stretched over 5797 square kilometers, almost 1.75% of the province’s land area, with a population of about 1, 44, 469.
4. Nushki borders to Shorawak, Afghanistan in the north, District Kharan in the south, District Mastung in the east and Chagai in the west. In general, the district can be classified as mountainous region having plains and sandunes ranges north and east, which lie at an elevation of 2900 ft (880meters) above the sea level. From this point the Flat Balochistan Desert stretches away north wards and west wards to the Helmund River.The district is bound on the north by the desert region of Afghanistan (which lies south of the Helmund River), on the east by the Sarlath hilly range and Mastung district. The northern boundary of the district, which separates it from Afghanistan, was demarcated in 1896 by a joint Afghan-British commission.

2. AREA OF THE DISTRICT. 5797sq km

3. Bordering Districts .                                       East: Mastung, South Kharan, North-West Chagai

West Afghanistan

4. TEHSIL NOSHKI Sub Tehsil Daak.                No of UCs 08

5. POPULATION A TOTAL: –                                 178796                 Rural 132,410                      Urban 46,386

6. HISTORICAL /TOURISTS: –                             Zangi Nawar, Dosey Dam, Khaisar Nala, Nathoo Desert

7. MINERALS: –                                                        NIL

8. LAND OWNERSHIP:                                       Settled (Tribes) 86893 Acre. State Land. 9713 Acre Total: – 96606 Acre

9. SEASONAL VEGETABLES / FRUITS: –          Grapes, Watermelon, date palm, Pomegranate,Tomato’s, Potato’s, Onion, Okra, cucurbits,      

APPROXIMATE LIVESTOCK SIZE.                       61179

10. MAJOR TRIBES.                                              Mengal, Badini, Jamaldini, Mohammad Hassani,

Bareach, Sasoli, Syed

11. AVAILABLE HEALTH FACILITIES

MAJOR DISEASES

1.         RTI (Respiratory tract infection)2. Gastro, 3. Typhoid 4. Pneumonia 5. Malaria

12. EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES: –

UNIVERSITY: –                                                                             SBK Women University Sub-Campus =01

COLLEGES

SCHOOLS

PRIVATE SCHOOLS

13. MAJOR SOURCE OF REVENUE/MEANS LIVELIHOOD: -Agriculture (Agric Business)

14. Total Current Covid-19 Cases: – 11

15        DETAIL OF RIVERS, STREAMS, DAMS, ETC: –

RIVERS/STEAMS: –            Bornala, Khaisar Nala, Dosey Nala

DAMS :           1. Galangoor Delay Action Dam, 2. Ghazol Delay Action Dam District,

3.Palian Delay Action Dam,4. Munjaro Check Cum Diversion Dam