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Sanjawi Tehsil
تحصیل سنجاوی
سنځاوۍ تحصیل
سنجاوی تحصیل
Country  Pakistan
Province Balochistan
District Ziarat
Government
 • Notables
  • Sardar Ehsanullah Dummar
  • Haji Habib Rahman Dummar
Population
 (2017)
 • TotalIndigenous Population: 94,000
Time zone UTC+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.