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Districts of Sindh From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are thirty districts in the Pakistan province of Sindh. These districts together contain 150 tehsils 2023.
| Districts of Sindh | |
|---|---|
Districts of Sindh, colour-coded by division | |
| Location | Sindh, Pakistan |
| Number | 30 (as of 2021) |
| Government | |
| Subdivisions | |
1100 Union Councils and 66,923 human settlements, as per the 1998 census.[1] Each district has a headquarter, often referred to as a capital of the district.
Karachi, the capital of Sindh, is the most populous city district, as well as the most densely populated. It was initially a single district, now has been further subdivided into East, West, South, Central, Malir, Keamari and Korangi districts.[2]
In 2023, The Sindh government has opted to rename four districts in the Karachi Division, East District to Gulshan, West District to Orangi, South District to simplified Karachi, Central District to Nazimabad while other three Malir, Keamari and Korangi will be same as.[3]
In 1839, British Invaded the Sind.
On 1843's annexation Sind was merged into Bombay Presidency and form a division of Bombay Presidency.
Districts and Divisions were both introduced in Sind as administrative units by the British when Sind became a part of British India, and ever since then, they have formed an integral part in the civil administration of the Sind. At the time in 1843, the Sind was divided into 3 districts, under 1 division (Khairpur state can't included);
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In 1846-47 Upper Sind Frontier district headquarter was Khangarh (Jacobabad) carved out of Shikarpur district.
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In 1882, British government create a new district named Thar and Parkar by bifurcation of Hyderabad district and In 1883, Headquarter of Shikarpur district was shifted from Shikarpur to Sukkur.
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On 1 August 1901, British government split Shikarpur and Karachi district to create Larkana district and district status of Shikarpur also shifted to Sukkur.
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On 1 November 1912, Hyderabad district again split to create Nawabshah district.
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In 1931, British government divided Karachi and Larkana district to create Dadu district.
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On April 1, 1936, Sind was separated from Bombay Presidency to form a separate province of British India. At that time Sind division changed to form Hyderabad division.
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In 1947's partition, Sind joined Pakistan.
In 1948, Karachi district split into two districts to create Thatta district and Karachi district separated from Sind province to New Country's Capital Territory.
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In 1952, Upper Sind Frontier district renamed to Jacobabad district
In 1953, Thar and parkar and Nawabshah district also split into two districts to create Sanghar district.
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On 14 October 1955, Khairpur state merged into Sind province and gave the status of district or divisional headquarter.
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On 30 September 1955, To diminish the differences between the two regions, claimed the government, the 'One Unit' programme merged the four provinces of West Pakistan into a single province to parallel the province of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
On 1 July 1970, West Pakistan was abolished and all four provinces of Pakistan were restored as 1947.
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In 1972, the Lasbela district transferred to Kalat division of Balochistan Province and Karachi district divided into three districts(Karachi-Bela Division also renamed to Karachi Division).
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In 1975, a new district was formed – Badin district carved out of Hyderabad district and Abolish Khairpur Division and replace it with Sukkur Division۔
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In 1977, Shikarpur district again was re-maintained.
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In 1980s, Larkana Division established by bifurcation of Sukkur Division.
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In 1983, Sukkur district again spitting out to form Ghotki district.
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In 1989, Naushahro Feroze district carved out of Nawabshah district.
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On 31 October 1990, Mirpurkhas district carved out of Tharparkar district and Spelt Hyderabad Division to established Mirpur khas Division.
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On 17 April 1993, Tharparkar district again spilt out to form Umerkot district.
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In 1996, two more (02) districts created in the Karachi division;Central and Malir district.
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On 2000, During Pervaiz Musharraf rule five districts of Karachi division was merged and create Karachi city district the government of Pakistan abolished divisions.
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In 2004, 3 new districts were formed - Qambar Shahdadkot district carved out of Larkana district; Jamshoro district out of the Dadu district and Kashmore district out of Jacobabad district.[4]
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In 2005, Hyderabad district was carved out to form three new districts of Tando Muhammad Khan, Matiari and Tando Allahyar.[5]
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In September 2008, Sindh Cabinet renamed the Nawabshah district to Shaheed Benazirabad.
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On 11 July 2011, Government restored Administration division.
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On 7 August 2011, Shaheed Benazirabad district transferred from Sukkur to Hyderabad division.
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In Oct 2013, two new districts were formed- Sujawal District was carved out of Thatta District and Korangi district was carved out of East district.[6]
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In 2020, Keamari District was created after splitting Karachi West District.[7]
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Currently the Sindh government is planning to divide the Tharparkar district into Tharparkar and Chhachro district, Khairpur district into Khairpur and Thari Mirwah district and Sanghar district into Sanghar and Shahdadpur district.[8]
| Division Name (English) |
Division Name (Sindhi) |
Headquarter | Districts | Area
(km2) |
Population (1998) | Population (2017) | Population (2023)[9] | Pop. Density (1998) | Pop. Density (2017) | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyderabad Division | حيدرآباد | Hyderabad | 48,670 | 4,610,071 | 7,026,335 | 11,659,246 | 137.503/km2 | 209.572/km2 | .svg) | |
| Karachi Division | ڪراچي | Karachi | 3,528 | 9,856,318 | 16,051,521 | 20,382,881 | 2,793.741/km2 | 4,549.751/km2 | .svg) | |
| Larkana Division | لاڙڪاڻو | Larkana | 15,213 | N/A | 6,190,926 | 7,093,706 | N/A | 406.950/km2 | .svg) | |
| Mirpur Khas Division | ميرپورخاص | Mirpur Khas | 28,171 | 2,585,417 | 4,228,683 | 4,619,624 | 91.776/km2 | 150.108/km2 | .svg) | |
| Shaheed Benazirabad Division | شهيد بينظير آباد | Nawabshah | 18,175 | 3,510,036 | 5,282,277 | 5,930,649 | 193.124/km2 | 290.634/km2 | .svg) | |
| Sukkur Division | سکر | Sukkur | 24,505 | 3,447,935 | 5,538,555 | 6,010,041 | 140.703/km2 | 226.017/km2 | .svg) | |
| Sr. No. | District | Headquarters | Area (km2)[11] | Population (2023)[11] | Density (/km2) | Literacy rate (2023) | Division |
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| 59 | Badin | Badin | 6,858 | 1,947,081 | 284.6 | 36.65% | Hyderabad |
| 60 | Dadu | Dadu | 7,866 | 1,742,320 | 221.8 | 47.13% | Hyderabad |
| 61 | Ghotki | Mirpur Mathelo | 6,083 | 1,772,609 | 291.3 | 41.38% | Sukkur |
| 62 | Hyderabad | Hyderabad | 993 | 2,432,540 | 2,448.7 | 67.21% | Hyderabad |
| 63 | Jacobabad | Jacobabad | 2,698 | 1,174,097 | 434.0 | 42.34% | Larkana |
| 64 | Jamshoro | Jamshoro | 11,204 | 1,117,308 | 99.7 | 49.63% | Hyderabad |
| 65 | Karachi Central | North Nazimabad | 69 | 3,822,325 | 55,838.8 | 83.55% | Karachi |
| 66 | Karachi East | Gulshan e Iqbal | 139 | 3,921,742 | 28,220.1 | 80.07% | Karachi |
| 67 | Karachi South | Saddar Karachi | 122 | 2,329,764 | 19,104.6 | 78.57% | Karachi |
| 68 | Karachi West | Orangi Town | 370 | 2,679,380 | 7,238.1 | 67.43% | Karachi |
| 69 | Kashmore | Kandhkot | 2,580 | 1,233,957 | 477.3 | 35.59% | Larkana |
| 70 | Keamari | Moriro Mirbahar | 559 | 2,068,451 | 3,699.8 | 62.07% | Karachi |
| 71 | Khairpur | Khairpur | 15,910 | 2,597,535 | 163.3 | 50.14% | Sukkur |
| 72 | Korangi | Korangi | 108 | 3,128,971 | 28,968.8 | 79.86% | Karachi |
| 73 | Larkana | Larkana | 1,948 | 1,784,453 | 915.8 | 55.58% | Larkana |
| 74 | Malir | Malir | 2,160 | 2,432,248 | 1,126.8 | 63.14% | Karachi |
| 75 | Matiari | Matiari | 1,417 | 849,383 | 599.0 | 45.88% | Hyderabad |
| 76 | Mirpur Khas | Mirpur Khas | 2,925 | 1,681,386 | 574.7 | 45.37% | Mirpur Khas |
| 77 | Naushahro Feroze | Naushahro Feroze | 2,945 | 1,777,082 | 603.2 | 57.15% | Shaheed Benazir Abad |
| 78 | Qambar Shahdadkot | Qambar | 5,475 | 1,514,869 | 276.4 | 40.02% | Larkana |
| 79 | Sanghar | Sanghar | 10,728 | 2,308,465 | 215.0 | 43.66% | Mirpur Khas |
| 80 | Shaheed Benazirabad | Nawabshah | 4,502 | 1,845,102 | 409.5 | 50.86% | Shaheed Benazirabad |
| 81 | Shikarpur | Shikarpur | 2,512 | 1,386,330 | 552.1 | 43.70% | Larkana |
| 82 | Sujawal | Sujawal | 8,785 | 839,292 | 95.5 | 27.02% | Hyderabad |
| 83 | Sukkur | Sukkur | 5,165 | 1,639,897 | 317.7 | 58.26% | Sukkur |
| 84 | Tando Allahyar | Tando Allahyar | 1,554 | 922,012 | 592.8 | 39.80% | Hyderabad |
| 85 | Tando Muhammad Khan | Tando Muhammad Khan | 1,423 | 726,119 | 509.1 | 34.02% | Hyderabad |
| 86 | Tharparkar | Mithi | 19,637 | 1,778,407 | 90.6 | 36.39% | Mirpur Khas |
| 87 | Thatta | Thatta | 8,570 | 1,083,191 | 126.8 | 26.88% | Hyderabad |
| 88 | Umerkot[12] | Umerkot | 5,608[13] | 1,159,831 | 207.2 | 38.69% | Mirpur Khas |
| 29 | Thatta | Thatta | 8,570 | 982,138 | 115 | Hyderabad | |
| 30 | Umerkot | Umerkot | 5,608 | 1,073,469 | 191 | Mirpur Khas | |
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