Pakistan Administrative Boundaries for Provinces, Districts, and Tehsils

Pakistan administrative boundaries structured into three hierarchical levels. The dataset includes 7 provinces or territories, 160 districts, and 577 tehsils. It was quality assured and published by OCHA Field Information Services and HDX, with a review for accuracy completed on 27 September 2024.

Use Cases

• Create thematic maps based on the three-level administrative hierarchy.
• Perform spatial joins for demographic or humanitarian data based on province, district, or tehsil boundaries.
• Generate administrative gazetteer services based on the named subnational divisions.
• Analyze regional coverage and service delivery based on the defined administrative units.

Strengths

• Explicitly defined hierarchy with counts for 7 Admin 1, 160 Admin 2, and 577 Admin 3 units.
• Dataset was reviewed for accuracy and completeness on 27 September 2024.
• Published by authoritative sources OCHA FIS and HDX as part of a global boundaries collection.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OCHA Field Information Services Section (FISS)

Collection Method

Boundaries created by the source, configured and published by OCHA FIS and HDX.

Time Range

Boundaries created 02 September 2022.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-10 09:05:08.538150; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Pakistan