Kech

Kech district, Balochistan — 1,060,931 people at the 2023 census.

Census, 1981 to 2023

Indicator	1981	1998	2017	2023
Population	379,467	413,204	907,182	1,060,931
Urban population		68,603	302,020	386,646
Yearly growth since the previous census		0.50%	4.22%	2.65%
Literacy rate (age 10+)		27.5%		49.7%
Female literacy rate		16.3%		43.5%
Average household size		5.10	6.58	4.10
Males per 100 females		110.1	119.0	109.8
Urban share		16.6%	33.3%	36.4%
People per km²		18	40	47
Area		22,539 km²	22,539 km²	22,539 km²

Schooling, connectivity and living conditions

Indicator	2014-15	2019-20	Balochistan, 2019-20
Adult literacy (15+)		44.0%	44.0%
Net primary enrolment		75.0%	56.0%
Children out of school (5-16)		41.0%	47.0%
People using the internet		3.93%	14.7%
People owning a mobile phone		36.9%	41.6%
Households with a smartphone		7.84%	21.2%
Households with a flush toilet		16.0%	44.0%
Children (12-23 months) vaccinated against measles		87.0%	58.0%
Households moderately or severely food-insecure		12.4%	23.4%

Businesses and farms

Business establishments (2023)	7,166
People working in them (2023)	38,111
Farms (2024)	2,916
Cultivated area (2024)	363,081 acres
Tractors (2024)	2,063
Tubewells and lift pumps (2024)	2,908
Cattle (2024)	126,505
Buffaloes (2024)	1,105
Goats (2024)	2,113,353

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. About the data · All districts