Loralai District ضلع لورالائی لورالايي ولسوالۍ‎ لۏرالائی دمگ‎
District of Balochistan
Top: View of Rana Ghundi Bottom: Chinjan
Map of Balochistan with Loralai Division highlighted
Coordinates: 30°20′N 69°00′E / 30.333°N 69.000°E / 30.333; 69.000
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Division	Loralai
Headquarters	Loralai
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Kashif Nabi
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area [1]
• District of Balochistan	3,785 km2 (1,461 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[2]
• District of Balochistan	272,432
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
• Urban	59,601
• Rural	212,831
Time zone	UTC+5 (PKT)
Main Language(s)	Pashto

Loralai District (Urdu: ضلع لورالائی) is a district in the northeast of Balochistan province of Pakistan. The town of Loralai serves as the district headquarters.

As of the 2023 census, Loralai district has 38,214 households and a population of 272,432. The district has a sex ratio of 110.13 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 43.16%: 54.27% for males and 30.81% for females.^[2][6] 101,407 (37.65% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.^[7] 59,601 (21.88%) live in urban areas.^[2]

In the 2023 census, 1,611 (0.6%) were from religious minorities.^[8]

Religions in present-day Loralai district

Religion	1941[9][a]		2017[10]		2023[11]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	15,722	84.23%	243,245	99.51%	267,753	99.40%
Hinduism	1,712	9.17%	578	0.24%	435	0.16%
Sikhism	1,116	5.98%	—	—	14	0.01%
Christianity	75	0.40%	540	0.22%	1,096	0.41%
Others	41	0.22%	83	0.03%	66	0.02%
Total Population	18,666	100%	244,446	100%	269,364	100%

Religious groups in Loralai District (British Baluchistan era)

Religious group	1911[12]		1921[13]		1931[14]		1941[15]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	76,755	95.03%	78,451	95.12%	81,812	95.03%	79,273	94.73%
Hinduism	3,006	3.72%	3,631	4.4%	3,504	4.07%	3,129	3.74%
Sikhism	936	1.16%	289	0.35%	562	0.65%	1,124	1.34%
Christianity	71	0.09%	101	0.12%	209	0.24%	159	0.19%
Zoroastrianism	1	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Jainism	0	0%	1	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Judaism	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	80,769	100%	82,473	100%	86,087	100%	83,685	100%
Note: British Baluchistan era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

At the time of the 2023 census, 96.25% of the population spoke Pashto, 1.13% Balochi, 0.97% Saraiki and 0.72% Punjabi as their first language.^[16]

• University of Loralai

According to the Pakistan District Education Rankings, district Loralai is ranked at number 97 out of the 141 ranked districts in Pakistan on the education score index. This index considers learning, gender parity and retention in the district.

Literacy rate in 2014–15 of population 10 years and older in the district is estimated at 44% whereas for females it is only 22%.^[17]

Post primary access is a major issue in the district with 89% schools being at primary level. Whereas high schools constitute only 3% of government schools in the district. This is also reflected in the enrolment figures for academic year 2016–17 with 12,192 students enrolled in class 1 to 5 and only 586 students enrolled in class 9 and 10.^{[citation needed]}

Gender disparity is another issue in this district. Only 28% schools in the district are girls’ schools. Access to education for girls is a major issue in the district and is also reflected in the low literacy rates of females.^{[citation needed]}

Moreover, the schools in the district lack basic facilities. According to Alif Ailaan district education rankings 2017, the district is ranked at number 135 out of the 155 districts of Pakistan for primary school infrastructure. At the middle school level, it is ranked at number 137 out of the 155 districts. These rankings take into account the basic facilities available in schools including drinking water, working toilet, availability of electricity, existence of a boundary wall and general building condition. 7 out of 10 schools do not have electricity in them whereas 3 out of 4 schools lack a toilet and more than half of the schools do not have a boundary wall. 2 out of 5 schools do not have clean drinking water.^{[citation needed]}

• Loralai
• Zangiwal

• Loralai District at www.balochistan.gov.pk