Lehri District | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Balochistan |
Founder: | Mir Chakar Khan Domki |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3285 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 118,046 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | PKT |
Utc Offset1: | +5 |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | May 2013 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Number of Tehsils |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | Tehsils |
Demographics1 Title1: | Main language(s) Balochi Sindhi Brahui |
Demographics1 Info1: | Balochi |
Established Title1: | Abolished |
Established Date1: | January 2018 |
Lehri District was the 31st district in Balochistan, Pakistan. It was created in May 2013 from parts of the districts of Sibi and Kachhi.[3] But in January 2018, the Cabinet of Balochistan decided to remove Lehri district, which would be annexed into Sibi.[4]
Lehri District used to consist of the following tehsils:
Bakhtiarabad will be the headquarters of the new district carved out under section 6 of the Balochistan Land Revenue Act 1967, according to a notification issued by the revenue department on Tuesday.
It said the district would comprise the tehsils of Lehri and Bhag, except the Sorani revenue area. The tehsils have been separated from the districts of Sibi and Kachhi.
Separating Lehri from Sibi was a longstanding demand of political parties and people of the area. The number of districts in Balochistan has now reached 31.