Sohbatpur District (Urdu: ضلع صحبت پور) is a district in the Pakistani province of Balochistan.

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Sohbutpur ضلع صحبت پور
District of Balochistan
Country	Pakistan
Province	Balochistan
Division	Nasirabad
Established	May 2013
Headquarters	Sohbatpur
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	N/A
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• Total	802 km2 (310 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	200,538
• Density	250/km2 (650/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

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It was created in May 2013 from parts of Jafarabad District.^[2]

The district has a population of over 200‚000.

Sohbatpur District consists of the following Tehsils:

• Manjhipur;
• Hairdin;
• Faridabad; and
• Sohbatpur.

The district borders the Naseerabad, Jafarabad and Dera Bugti districts of Balochistan, and Jacobabad and Kashmore districts of Sindh.

The district has eight police stations.

At the time of the 2017 census the district had 30,114 households and a population of 200,426. Sohbatpur had a sex ratio of 946 females per 1,000 males and a literacy rate of 33.15% (47.65% for males and 18.07% for females). 12,867 (6.42%) inhabitants lived in urban areas. 78,795 (39.31%) were under 10 years of age. Islam was the predominant religion with 99.26%, while Hindus constituted 0.68% of the population.^[1]

At the time of the 2017 census, 76.33% of the population spoke Balochi, 12.55% Sindhi, 6.75% Brahui and 3.52% Saraiki as their first language.^[1]