Surab District

Surab District (Balochi: سۏراپ), (Brahui and Urdu: ), is a district located in central Balochistan province, Pakistan. Prior to its creation as a separate district in 2017, Surab was part of Kalat District.

Administration
The town of Surab serves as the headquarters of the district.

Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census the district had 25,170 households and a population of 200,752. Surab had a sex ratio of 961 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 44.46% - 53.17% for males and 35.37% for females. 35,597 (17.72%) lived in urban areas. 87,269 (43.47%) were under 10 years of age. 48 (0.02%) people in the district were from religious minorities. Brahui was the predominant language, spoken by 98.57% of the population.

Surab is largely based on a tribal society and one of the main tribes would be the Muhammad Hassani tribe.