Mashkaiis a tehsil

Tehsil

A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

 of Awaran District

Awaran District

Awaran District is a district in the south of the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It was notified as a separate district on 11 November 1992...

 in the Balochistan

Balochistan (Pakistan)

Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...

 province of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. It is administratively subdivided into three Union Councils

Union Councils of Pakistan

A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...

, these are:

• Gajjar
  Gajjar
  Gajjar is town and union council of Awaran District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is located at and has an altitude of 95 metres and is part of Mashkai tehsil....
  
  
• Nokjo
  Nokjo
  Nokjo is town and union council of Awaran District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is located at 28°23'20N 66°13'20E in Mashkai tehsil and has an altitude of 1706 metres ....
  
  
• Parwar
  Parwar, Pakistan
  Parwar is town and union council of Awaran District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. It is located at in Mashkai Tehsil and has an altitude of 957 metres ....
  
  

Demography

Mashkay is the largest tehsil of the district. The population is about 70,000. 90% of the people are Muslim and 10% are Zikri

Zikri

The Zikris are a branch of Islam settled in Balochistan region of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. They are followers of Imam e Akhar Zama . The name Zikri comes from the Arabic word dhikr . The Zikri sect developed within Sunni Hanafi during the 18th century Mahdi movement as a reaction to British...

. Balochi is the main language.

The main tribes are:

• Muhammad Hassani
  Muhammad Hassani
  Muhammad Hasni are the largest Baloch tribe. They reside in the following districts of Pakistan: Chagai, Kharan, Dalbandin, Washuk, Kalat, Awaran, Khuzdar, Quetta, Nushki, Mastung, Panjgur, Makran and other...
  
  
• Bezanju
• Sumalani
• Sajidi
• Mirwani
• Shahwani
  Shahwani
  Shahwani is a Baloch tribe.*, Chief of Shahwani Tribe*Malik Zahur Shahwani, vice chairman of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan*Mohammed Abdullah al-Shahwani, former head of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service...
  
  

The main villages are:

• Gajar
• Jebree
• Parwar
• Nokjo
• Mangoli
• Mianikalat

Jebree village

This village is one of the famous villages of Awaran District. Mohd Hasni is the main tribe of this area. Another important tribe of this area is Rind, which is a limited one because shifted from Makuran which is well known due to its hospitality in Mashkay.