finally demarcated in 1895–6. The city area of Shalkot was inhabited by the Kasi tribe and the surroundings were occupied by Bazai Tribe with few other nomads including the tribes of Sulaimankhail, Kharoti, Nasar, and Baitanai. Being on the outskirts of Kandahar, it was not much developed. With the arrival of British troops, doors of development were opened. Very soon people saw roads, trains and schools in the area. Administrative divisions Subdivisions In 1975, Quetta and Pishin were made separate districts. Quetta District today consists of two towns, and one sub-tehsil. District Quetta was declared as City District in 2001 having two tehsils and one sub-tehsil with total 67 Union councils. Tehsil Quetta City Tehsil Quetta Saddar Sub-Tehsil Panjpai Also categorized as the following: Zarghoon Chiltan Panjpai Sub-Tehsil Provincial assembly The district is represented in the provincial assembly by six constituencies. Demographics In 2017, the population of the district was 2,269,473, of which 1,190,476 were male and 1,078,718 female. Rural population was 1,270,088 (55.96%) while the urban population was 999,385 (44.04%). The literacy rate was 58.76% - the male literacy rate was 69.56% while the female literacy rate was 46.74%. Islam was the predominant religion with 98.54% while Christians are 1.09% of the population. At the time of the 2017 census, 55.90% of the population spoke Pashto, 15.69% Brahui, 7.29% Balochi, 4.60% Punjabi, 2.34% Urdu, 1.61% Sindhi, 1.46% Saraiki and 1.15% Hindko as their first language. Around 200,000 speakers of 'Other' languages were recorded in the census, mainly Hazaragi. Hazaras, who speak Dari, are one of the other main ethnic groups in Quetta, having fled there as refugees since the 1990s. In 1998, % of the population resided in urban areas. The major religion is Islam (%), but there are also Christian (%) and Hindu (0.5%) communities. The most common first languages according to the 1998 census are Pashto (%), Balochi (%) and Punjabi (%). The number for Balochi speakers also includes speakers of Brahui, who are normally bilingual with Balochi. Languages in the 1981 census were counted at the level of the household: Pashto was the language of % of households, Punjabi of %, Brahui of %, Urdu of % and Balochi of %. There is also a population of Hazaras. Notable people References Bibliography External links Quetta District at Quetta District at Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan