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Panjgur

ضلع پنجگور
پنجگور دمگ‎
Panjgur ضلع پنجگور; پنجگور دمگ‎
District of Balochistan
	Panjgur District
	Tomb of Allang Essai, Panjgur
	Nickname: Gateway to Panjgur
	Map of Balochistan with Panjgur District highlighted
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Divisions	Makran
Headquarters	Panjgur
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Sadaf Baloch
• District Police Officer	Muhammad Hanif
• District Health Officer	Asma BALOCH
Area
• District of Balochistan	16,891 km2 (6,522 sq mi)
Elevation	980 m (3,220 ft)
Population (2023)
• District of Balochistan	509,781
• Density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
• Urban	157,693
• Rural	352,088
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Postal code	93000
Dialing code	0855
Number of Tehsils	3
Website	panjgur.balochistan.gov.pk

Panjgur (Balochi: پنجگور دمگ, Urdu: ضلع پنجگور) is a district in the western part of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Panjgur was one of three tehsils of Makran District until 1 July 1977, when the district became a part of Makran Division. The other two districts of Makran Division are Kech (Turbat) and Gwadar. Chitkan is the district headquarter. Panjgur has sixteen (16) Union Councils.

Panjgur (literally: Five Graves) is home to several archaeological sites, including centuries-old tombs, an old dam called Band-e-Gillar, remnants of a fort at Khudabadan (the historical fort of Nawab Kharan) and some remnants of the old port of Issai. The seasonal Rakshan River flows right in the middle of Panjgur, dividing it into two parts, the northern and southern Panjgur.

Etymology

In Iranian languages, "panj" means "five" and "gor" means "graves". There are five popular graves in this district, which give it the name Panjgur or Panjgor.^{[citation needed]}

Administrative divisions

The district is administratively subdivided into following tehsils which contain a total of 16 Union Councils:^[2]

Tehsil	Area (km²)^[3]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Literacy rate (2023)^[4]	Union Councils
Gowargo Tehsil	1,471	31,718	21.56	27.57%	...
Panjgur Tehsil^[2]	2,945	392,277	133.20	46.19%	...
Paroom Tehsil^[2]	3,378	31,113	9.21	38.64%	...
Gichk Tehsil^[2]	8,387	33,578	4.00	20.15%	...
Kallag Tehsil	...	...	...	38.40%	...

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	N/A	—
1961	N/A	—
1972	N/A	—
1981	N/A	—
1998	234,051	—
2017	315,353	+1.58%
2023	509,781	+8.33%
Sources:^[5]

Population

As of the 2023 census, Panjgur district has 117,089 households and a population of 509,781. The district has a sex ratio of 112.09 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 42.07%: 45.80% for males and 37.80% for females.^[6]^[7] 155,552 (30.51% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.^[8] 157,693 (30.93%) live in urban areas.^[6]

Religion

Religions in Panjgur district (2023)^[9]
Religion			Percent
Islam			99.20%
Christianity			0.44%
Other or not stated			0.36%

In the 2023 census, 4,079 (0.8%) people in the district were from religious minorities, mainly Christians.^[9]

Language

Balochi was the predominant language, spoken by 99.63% of the population.^[1]

Transport

Panjgur Airport (IATA: PJG, ICAO: OPPG) is a domestic airport. Its short runway stretches only 1524 meters. PIA started flights to Sharjah in 2013, but these have been suspended by PIA.^{[citation needed]} People in Panjgur normally travel by buses to bigger cities like Quetta and Karachi.^{[citation needed]}