Sanjawi Tehsil
تحصیل سنجاوی
سنځاوۍ تحصیل
سنجاوی تحصیل
Country Pakistan
ProvinceBalochistan
DistrictZiarat
Government
  Notables
  • Sardar Ehsanullah Dummar
  • Haji Habib Rahman Dummar
Population
 (2017)
  TotalIndigenous Population: 94,000
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Union Councils5

Sanjawi Tehsil (Pashto: سنځاوۍ; pronounced Sanzāwə́i locally) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Ziarat District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The tehsil is administratively subdivided into five Union Councils and is headquartered at the city of Sanjawi.[1]

Majority of the population belongs to Dummar tribe, a sub cast of Kakars. Along Dummars, other tribes settled are Tareen, Pechi, Zakhpel, Nasar, Dumars, Kharoti, Sayyeds and Andarh. Pashto is the lingua franca. Wanetsi, a unique and archaic dialect of Pashto, is also spoken in the area by Wanetsi tribe of Tareens.[2]

Towns

Sanjawi Tehsil consists of the following villages:

  • Chelaiz Khalil
  • Uzhlaiz
  • Regora
  • Zara Sanzavi (old Sanjavi)
  • Poi Shareef
  • Aghbarg
  • Bghaow
  • Chawter (چوتېر)
  • Tor Waam
  • Lawangabad
  • Sinn Gharra
  • Arbusi
  • Khrashang
  • Lawang Abad
  • Tand Wani
  • Asghara
  • Petawo
  • Pasra
  • Bayya
  • Nusk
  • Givarri
  • Jilga
  • Thakary
  • Maraty
  • Inzargat
  • Narai Dag
  • Shereen
  • Ghunza
  • Shinlaiz
  • Ghairkhwa
  • Sara Khaizai
  • Oach Wany
  • Kaazha
  • Kanderha
  • Salam
  • Androbai

Sarry chor hain

References

  1. Tehsils & Unions in the District of Ziarat - Government of Pakistan Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Hallberg, Daniel G. 1992. Pashto, Waneci, Ormuri. Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan, 4.


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