Outline Musakhel

District at a Glance
  • District Headquarters
 Musakhel
 
  • Date of Notification
 1st January 1992
 
  • Area
 5,727 sq. km
 
  • Population

1981

  

1995
 

Male

Female

Total

(Projection)
 

46,928

44,246

91,174

218,156
  • Sex Ratio m/f

1.06

-
  • Population density per sq.km.

15.9

38.1
 
  • Registered Voters (1995)
 Male: 38,195 Female: 24,161 Total: 62,356
 
  • Major Ethnic Groups
 Majority (90%) of the population is Pushtun.
 
  • Major Languages
 Pushto is spoken in 85.1 percent of the households followed by Balochi (7.8%).
 
  • Climate
 Semi-arid with warm summer and mild winter.
 
  • Major Crops (1994-95)
  •  
  

 

Area (Ha.)

Ave. Yield (kg/Ha.)
  Wheat

1,460

1,521
  Condiments & Spices

1,405

1,609
  Maize

1,100

1,236
  Pulses

846

597
  Vegetables

290

15,345
  Jowar

200

950
  Fruits

161

9,727
  Barley

150

1,467
  Fodder

145

26,966
  Rape seed & Mustard

130

538
 

 

 
  • Major livestock (1986)
  •  
  

Number
 

Sheep

1,136,216
 

Goats

297,450
 

Cattle

141,549
 

Draught Animals

12,348
 

Camels

12,657
 

Total Livestock Units (LU)

878,276.5
 

Grazing Capacity (Ha./LU)

n/a
 
  • Economy
 Agriculture and livestock farming are the major economic activities.
 
  • Employment per sector m/f
 No such data are available.
 
  • Important Minerals
 Some attempts have been made for exploration of coal, oil and gas.
 
  • Important Places
 Musakhel Bazaar, Rarasham, Kingri, and Drug.
 
  • Education Facilities (1996)
  

For Boys

For Girls
  Primary Schools

151

25
  Middle Schools

4

1
  High Schools

5

1
  Intermediate College

1

0
 
  • Level of recurrent expenditure per student (1995-96)
 Rs. 4,359 (as per enrolment of all the students in Musakhel district in April 1996).
 
  • Teacher-student ratio (1996)
  

Male

Female
  Primary

1:15

1:22
  Middle

1:12

1:13
  High

1:15

0:21
  Intermediate

1:8

1:1
 
  • Health Facilities (1997)
  

Number
  Hospital

0
  Dispensaries

13
  Rural Health Centre

1
  Basic Health Units

3
  Health Auxiliary Unit

1
  Mother-Child Health Centres

2
  Private Clinics

0
 
  • Water supply (coverage)
 At present (1997), only a small proportion (8.9%) of the population has access to drinking water through the functional water supply schemes of PHED.
 
  • Energy (sources)
 Mainly fuel wood is used for cooking and heating while kerosene lamps are major source of light.
 
  • Major Industries
 There is no industrial unit in Musakhel.
 
  • Communication (1996)
 Metalled Road 70 km
  Shingle Road 286 km
  Railway None
  Airport None

 

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