Area wise Jaffarabad is the second smallest of all districts in Nasirabad division. It constitutes 14.4 percent of the total division area. Its geographical area is 244,510 ha., of which only 10% is not reported. The table below shows that 85.5% is arable land, while only 10.973 ha. (45%) is cultivable waste.

After Ziarat, Jaffarabad district is the smallest of the districts in Balochistan. Although small in size, its potential area available for cultivation belongs to the largest in the province. Land and the available irrigation water through feeder canals from the Indus can be considered as the most important resources for the district. It is a flat area with an average maximum temperature of over 40 C in summer and of around 20 C in winter, which makes it suitable for crops like rice, wheat, oil seeds and cotton.

The very little forest there is, is further threatened by cutting of wood for fuel purposes. The environment is however suitable for an expansion of forestry activities. Other energy sources are gas and electricity (the most important ones), while also dung cakes are used among the poor population.

The district has no potential of minerals, nor is there any industry worth mentioning. This at least makes that the district has as yet no "grey" pollution problems. Dust storms causes at times pollution of the air with dust but did not lead so far to a soil erosion problem. Water-logging and salinity in the irrigated areas is a cause for concern however.

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