Jhalawan (Brahui: جھالاوان) was an administrative division of the Khanate of Kalat, a princely state of Brahui that acceded to Pakistan in 1947. It was established in the 17th century and its boundary was fixed with Sindh in 1853. It was located in the southeastern part of Kalat State, north of Las Bela, west of the Kachi and Sindh and east of the Kharan and Makran.

Religious groups in the Jhalawan Division of Kalat State (British Baluchistan era)

Religious group	1911[1]		1921[2]		1931[3]		1941[4]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	83,914	99.43%	79,293	99.48%	88,780	99.78%	52,194	99.85%
Hinduism	472	0.56%	417	0.52%	197	0.22%	78	0.15%
Sikhism	12	0.01%	0	0%	1	0%	0	0%
Christianity	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Zoroastrianism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Judaism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Jainism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Buddhism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Tribal	—	—	—	—	0	0%	0	0%
Others	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Total population	84,398	100%	79,710	100%	88,978	100%	52,272	100%

• [1]

• Frye, R.N. (1965). "Ḏj̲ahlāwān". In Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume II: C–G. Leiden: E. J. Brill. OCLC 495469475.
• Swidler, N. (1972) "The Development of the Kalat Khanate" Journal of Asian and African Studies 7: pp. 115–21

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• The Land and People of Baluchistan
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• Genealogy of the Khans of Kalat