Barkhan a district

Districts of Pakistan

The Districts of Pakistan are the second order administrative divisions of Pakistan. Districts were the third order of administrative divisions, below provinces and "divisions", until the reforms of August 2000, when "divisions" were abolished...

 in the north-west of the Balochistan

Balochistan (Pakistan)

Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...

 province

Subdivisions of Pakistan

The administrative units of Pakistan consist of four provinces, one federal capital territory, and a group of federally-administered tribal areas...

 of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. It was given the status of a district on 31 December 1991.

Population

The major tribes in the district are the Khetran

Khetran

The Khetran is a Baloch tribe in [Balochistan], Pakistan, of Rind origin. Their first language is the Khetrani language, and balochi language which is spoken only by their tribe....

, Marri

Marri

Marri ) is one of the largest ethnic Baloch tribes in Balochistan and Sindh provinces of Pakistan. Marri was considered to be a clan of the Rind tribe in the early history of Baloch and Balochistan...

, and Buzdar, and the language spoken in this area is Khetrani

Khetrani language

Khetrani or Khetranki is an Indo Indo-European language. It is spoken in north east Balochistan province in Pakistan. The population is speaking this language is 4,000....

.

Administration

Presently the district has one subdivision

Tehsil

A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

, Barkhan Tehsil, which is itself subdivided into 8 Union Councils

Union Councils of Pakistan

A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...

(local governmental bodies). Khetrans are divided into three main tribes, named,(1) Ispaani,(2)phhalaid,(3)dharhewaal. Chief of ispaani (Gajaani) Qasmani. Chief of phhalaid (Saraajani) Eshani. Chief of dharhewaal Chachchay.