Zila Barkhan: Zarkhez wadi aur Punjab ki sarhad par Koh-e-Sulaiman ka daman

Atemad E-Magazine 20 October 2026 · 7 minute ka mutalia

Taaruf aur mahal-e-wuqoo

Barkhan Balochistan ke shumal mashriq mein Punjab ki sarhad par waqe zila hai. Balochistan High Court ki zila adalia ke safhe ke mutabiq is ke mashriq mein soba Punjab, junoob mein Dera Bugti, maghrib mein Kohlu, shumal maghrib mein Loralai aur shumal mein Musakhel ke Azla hain, aur sadr maqam Barkhan shehar hai. Isi safhe ke mutabiq Barkhan ko 31 December 1991 ko alag zila ka darja diya gaya; is se pehle yeh zila Loralai ki ek tehsil tha. (High Court ke Loralai safhe par is taqseem ka saal 1992 likha hai.) July 2026 ki intizami tanzeem-e-nau ki reporton ke mutabiq Barkhan ko Kohlu aur balai (shumali) Dera Bugti ke sath ek nayi Koh-e-Sulaiman Division mein rakha gaya hai; notification ka matan hamare samne nahin, is liye yeh safha 2023 ki hudood par hai.

Pakistan idara-e-shumariyat ki 2023 ki mardum shumari ke mutabiq zila ka raqba 3,514 murabba kilometre aur abadi 210,249 hai: 109,624 mard, 100,617 aurten aur 8 khawaja sara. Kasafat taqriban 60 afrad fi murabba kilometre hai. Sirf 6.86 fisad log shehri ilaqe, yani Barkhan Municipal Committee (14,425 afrad), mein rehte hain. Ek gharane mein ausatan 9.1 afrad hain, jo mardum shumari ke jadwal mein Balochistan ke kisi bhi zila se zyada hai. 2017 mein abadi 171,025 thi aur salana izafe ki sharah 3.51 fisad rahi. Jadwal mein poora zila ek hi tehsil, Barkhan, par mushtamil hai.

1907 ke Loralai Gazetteer ke mutabiq Barkhan tehsil ka raqba 1,317 murabba meel tha aur sadr maqam sath-e-samundar se taqriban 3,650 feet buland tha. Tehsil ek markazi wadi, Barkhan, aur is ke mutawazi chhoti wadiyon Baghao, Taghao, Rakhni, Chacha aur Mat par mushtamil thi jinhen neechi pahariyan alag karti thin, aur Gazetteer ke mutabiq in wadiyon ki mitti "intihai zarkhez" thi. Pahar Koh-e-Sulaiman ke silsile ka hissa hain aur zyada tar pani Kaha nadi le jati hai jo Rakhni aur Han ke barsati nalon se mil kar banti hai.

Tareekh

Gazetteer ke mutabiq "Barkhan" ka naam wadi ke balai hisse ke purane naam "Baru Khan" se nikla, jo Pani qabile ke Baru Zai khandan ke bani Baru ke naam par tha; yeh khandan ya to Sibi ke hakimon ki taraf se is ilaqe ka intizam chalata tha ya khud is ka malik tha.

Is wadi ke bashinde Khetran kehlate hain. Gazetteer ke mutabiq qabila teen bade hisson Dhara, Ispani aur Phuliyat mein taqseem hai, aur Dr Duke ki riwayat ke mutabiq naam "Khetran" ka matlab kashtkar hai.

British daur mein Barkhan ka intizam kai baar badla. Gazetteer ke mutabiq 1884 mein Khetran qabile ka intizam Punjab se Balochistan Agency ko muntaqil hua, aur 1887 mein yeh ilaqa Thal Chotiali Agency mein shamil kar ke alag tehsil bana diya gaya. 1890 mein tehsil Zhob Agency mein gayi, April 1892 mein Thal Chotiali ko wapas hui aur October 1903 mein naye zila Loralai ka hissa bani.

Log aur zubanen

2023 ki mardum shumari ke madri zuban ke jadwal mein zila ke 207,354 afrad, yani taqriban 98.6 fisad, ki zuban Balochi darj hai; jadwal mein Khetrani ka koi alag khana nahin. Saraiki (1,274) aur Pashto (1,138) bolne wale aik fisad se bhi kam hain. Gazetteer ke mutabiq maqami log "Barazai ya Khetrani" boli bolte the. Mazhab ke jadwal ke mutabiq 209,755 bashinde Muslim aur 462 Masihi hain.

Gazetteer ke mutabiq 1901 mein tehsil ki abadi 14,922 thi, jin mein 764 Hindu the jo zyada tar tijarat karte the. Bade giroohon mein Phuliyat (5,108), Ispani (4,055) aur Dhara (3,705) Khetran, aur Bazdar (431) aur Leghari Baloch (309) shamil the.

Taleem mein Barkhan sobe ke kamzor Azla mein hai. Mardum shumari ke mutabiq das saal aur zyada umr ki abadi mein sharah-e-khwandagi 33.62 fisad hai: mardon mein 41.63 aur aurton mein 24.93 fisad. 5 se 16 saal ke 46,164 bachche school se bahar hain, jin mein 28,083 larkiyan hain. Soobai report ke mutabiq Barkhan un teen Azla mein shamil hai jahan 20 fisad se kam gharon mein peene ka pani ghar ke andar dastiyab hai, aur sirf 28.5 fisad gharon mein bait-ul-khala hai.

Maeeshat

Barkhan ki maeeshat Zaraat aur maweshiyon par hai. Gazetteer ke mutabiq 1907 mein kasht ka 79 fisad selabi pani, 10 fisad barish aur 11 fisad mustaqil zaraye (chhe nadiyan, 23 chashme aur paanch kuwen) par munhasir tha. Rabi mein gandum aur kharif mein jowar bari faslen thin, aur 1904 ke andaze ke mutabiq maqami logon ke paas taqriban 55 hazar bher bakriyan aur 9,853 gaye bail the. Haji Kot aur Chuhar Kot ke baghon mein badam, anar, aaroo, khubani, saib, aaloo bukhara, anjeer aur angoor hote the.

Dastkari bhi is wadi ki pehchan rahi hai. Gazetteer ke mutabiq Haji Kot thaile, qaleen, kashida kar jooton, petiyon aur ghoron ke saaz ke liye mashhoor tha, aur Imperial Gazetteer (1908) likhta hai ke "Barkhan ke qaleen maroof hain" magar un ka miyar gir gaya hai.

High Court ke Loralai safhe ke mutabiq aaj bhi logon ka rozgar Zaraat aur maweshi palne par hai. Wahan gandum, tamatar, chara, sabziyan, jowar, pyaz, lehsan aur kharbuza, aur phalon mein saib, badam, aaloo bukhara, khubani, anar aur aaroo ka zikr hai.

Qabil-e-deed maqamat

Haji Kot: Gazetteer ke mutabiq yeh gaon Barkhan ke sadr maqam se taqriban do meel shumal mashriq mein hai. Ise 1907 se taqriban derh sau saal pehle Sardar Alu Khan Mazarani ne "Kot Alu" ke naam se basaya aur un ki wafat ke baad un ke bhai Mir Haji ke naam par is ka naam Haji Kot pada. Yeh Khetran sardar ki rihaish gah thi.

Chuhar Kot: Haji Kot se do meel mashriq mein unchi jagah par waqe yeh gaon Gazetteer ke mutabiq Sardar Garazu Khan Mazarani ne taqriban do sau saal pehle basaya aur apne bete Chuhar Khan ke naam par rakha. Is ke pathar ke burj ise mazboot basti banate the.

Leghari Kot aur mazarat: Gazetteer Leghari Kot ko Leghari Barkhan ka sab se purana gaon batata hai, jo ek teele par bane mitti ke qile par mushtamil tha. Tehsil ke do maroof mazar Dathi mein Peer Shah Mahmood aur Leghari Kot mein Peer Lakha ke hain.

Makhaz

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July 2026 restructuring, as recorded in content/districts/00-district-list.md: Dawn, "Balochistan undergoes major restructuring", 12 July 2026, https://www.dawn.com/news/2014773/balochistan-undergoes-major-restructuring ; ProPakistani, 12 July 2026, https://propakistani.pk/2026/07/12/balochistan-govt-notifies-new-divisions-and-districts/ (not opened in this session)

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