Jhalawan
Administrative division of Kalat
Jhalawan (Brahui: جھالاوان, romanized: Jhālāwān) was an administrative division of the Khanate of Kalat, a princely state ruled by Brahuis that acceded to Pakistan in 1947. It was established in the 17th-century and its boundary was fixed with Sindh in 1853. It was located in the southeastern part of Kalat State, north of Lasbela, west of the Kacchi and Sindh and east of the Kharan and Makran.
01Demographics
| Religious group |
1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1941 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
| Islam | 83,914 | 99.43% | 79,293 | 99.48% | 88,780 | 99.78% | 52,194 | 99.85% |
| Hinduism | 472 | 0.56% | 417 | 0.52% | 197 | 0.22% | 78 | 0.15% |
| Sikhism | 12 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Christianity | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Zoroastrianism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Judaism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Jainism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Buddhism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Tribal | , N/a | , N/a | , N/a | , N/a | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Others | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Total population | 84,398 | 100% | 79,710 | 100% | 88,978 | 100% | 52,272 | 100% |
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- Map of Baluchistan from The Imperial Gazetteer of India (1907-1909).jpg by John G. Bartholomew, Public domain
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