{{Short description|Pakistani town}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=May 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Dureji <br>{{nq|دریجی}} | settlement_type = Town | other_name = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_map = | pushpin_map = Balochistan Pakistan#Pakistan | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Pakistan | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Pakistan}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Balochistan | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Hub District | subdivision_type3 = Tehsil | subdivision_name3 = Dureji | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | established_title = | established_date = | area_total_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | population_as_of = 2023 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 15,688 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | coordinates = {{coord|25|53|9|N|67|18|1|E|region:PK|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | timezone = PST | utc_offset = +5 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Dureji''' ({{langx|ur|{{nq|دریجی}}}}) is a small town in Hub District, Balochistan, Pakistan, serving as the administrative centre of its namesake tehsil.<ref name="census">{{cite web |title=Table 1: Area, Population by Sex, Sex Ratio, Population Density, Urban Population, Household Size and Annual Growth Rate, Balochistan |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_1_balochistan_districts.pdf |website=pbs.gov.pk |publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Census |access-date=28 May 2025 |language=en |date=2023}}</ref> Nestled in the foothills of the Kirthar Mountains, it lies roughly {{convert|110|km|mi}} north of Karachi.
{{Historical populations|1951|...|1961|...|1972|...|1981|...|1998|...|2017|12,855|2023|15,688|title=|type=|align=left|direction=|width=|state=|shading=|pop_name=|percentages=pagr|source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population_census/Administrative%20Units.pdf|title=Area and Population of administrative Units by Rural/Urban: 1951-1998 Censuses|publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics|access-date=14 May 2018}}{{Dead link|date=May 2025}}</ref>}} With a population of 15,688, Dureji functions as a local hub for governance and trade. Economic life is shaped by subsistence agriculture, livestock, and seasonal migration. Infrastructure remains limited, with basic education and healthcare services. While peripheral in scale, Dureji is a bigger town within the broader context of the Tehsil.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fatima |first1=Syeda Zainab |title=Picturesque Dureji |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1738442 |access-date=29 May 2025 |work=Dawn.com |publisher=Dawn |date=22 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
== See also ==
* Tehsils of Pakistan ** Tehsils of Balochistan * Districts of Pakistan ** Districts of Balochistan * Divisions of Pakistan ** Divisions of Balochistan
== References == {{Reflist}}
Category:Hub District Category:Populated places in Hub District {{Balochistan-geo-stub}}