Harnai District
Harnai District
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Harnai (
is the principal town of this district and serves as its administrative headquarters.Until 2007, Harnai had been a tehsil of
The predominant
History
The name Harnai refers to an influential Hindu personality, Harnam Das, supposed founder of Harnai town, the capital of Harnai District. The town is quite close to Loralai, Ziarat, Sibi, and Quetta. Harnai is surrounded by imposing hills on all sides. The encircling hill ranges have the resounding names of 'Khalifat' and 'Zarghun'. Harnai proper has a population of about 200,000. The majority of the population of Harnai are Tareens and they mostly speak a unique dialect, or language,
Geography and climate
Harnai is surrounded by mountainous ranges. The minimum and maximum winter temperature of the area is −2˚C to 20˚C. The summer is extreme in the area and the minimum and maximum temperature fall between 20˚C to 48˚C. Harnai has a fertile rainy season during monsoon time. In general, Harnai has pleasant weather in the winter season. Harnai is one of the most beautiful cities of the Balochistan Province with plenty of water available in the streams. It is the only area of the production of fresh vegetables and fruits with fresh and clean water in the whole of Balochistan.
Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census the district had 16,994 households and a population of 97,017.[1] Harnai had a sex ratio of 867 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 36.24% - 49.86% for males and 20.28% for females. 24,562 (25.31%) lived in urban areas. 32,705 (33.70%) were under 10 years of age. 611 (0.63%) people in the district were from religious minorities.[1][4]
At the time of the 2017 census, 83.48% of the population spoke Pashto, 12.65% Balochi and 1.37% Sindhi as their first language.
References
- ^ a b c "District And Tehsil Level Population Summary - Harnai District - (Census - 2017)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
- ^ Harnai is new district of Balochistan Dawn newspaper, Published 31 August 2007, Retrieved 7 February 2024
- ^ Hallberg, Daniel G. 1992. Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri. Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, 4.
- ^ "Harnai District Development Profile 2011" (PDF). United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
Bibliography
- 1998 District census report of Sibi. Census publication. Vol. 17. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.
External links
- Harnai District at www.balochistan.gov.pk
- Harnai District Development Profile 2011 Archived 2017-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
