Hyderabad Division

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Hyderabad Division
حیدر آباد ڈویژن
حيدرآباد ڊويزن
Pakistan - Sindh - Hyderabad (division).svg
Map of Hyderabad Division
Country Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Province Flag of Sindh.svg  Sindh
Capital Hyderabad
Established1 July 1970;54 years ago (1 July 1970)
Districts
Government
  TypeDivisional Administration
  CommissionerBilal Ahmed Memon
Elevation
13 m (43 ft)
Population
   Division
11,657,249
   Urban
4,346,036 (37.28%)
   Rural
7,313,210
Demonym Hyderabadi
Time zone UTC+5 (PKT)
Postal code
71000
Dialling code 022
ISO 3166 code PK-SD

Hyderabad Division (Sindhi : حيدرآباد ڊويزن) is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It was abolished in 2000 but restored again on 11 July 2011. CNIC code of Hyderabad Division is 41. [1] Hyderabad is the divisional headquarters of Hyderabad Division.

Contents

History

Hyderabad was part of Bombay Presidency from 1668 to April 1st, 1936.

Then it became part of Sind province from 1 April 1936 to 14 October 1955.

On 11 July 2011 Sindh Government restored again Hyderabad division.

14 October 1955, it became part of West Pakistan and remained until 1 July 1970.

After Bangladesh Liberation War then West Pakistan province divided into 4 provinces and Hyderabad District upgraded to Hyderabad Division of Sindh Province of Pakistan on 1st July 1970.

Hyderabad Division was dissolved in 2000, the division comprised the districts of Badin, Hyderabad and Tando Allahyar.

On 11 July 2011, Sindh government restored again Hyderabad Division.

On April 2014, Hyderabad Division divided and Thatta District, Badin District & Sujawal District ended up being part of newly created Banbhore Division

On 6 June 2014, Hyderabad Division further divided to create Shaheed Benazirabad Division.

Demographics

In the 2023 Pakistani census, Hyderabad Division (included Banbhore Division) had a population of 10.16 millions (total 11,657,249) consists of 60,30,741 males & females 5,625,967.

Languages

Languages of Hyderabad Division (2023 Pakistani census) [2]

   Sindhi (83.36%)
   Urdu (11.06%)
   Punjabi (1.71%)
   Pashto (1.07%)
   Hindko (0.70%)
   Balochi (0.67%)
   Saraiki (0.41%)
  Others (0.98%)

There were 9,717,871 Sindhi, 1,290,005 Urdu, 199,809 Punjabi, 125,391 Pashto, 82,454 Hindko, 79,088 Balochi, 48,331 Saraiki, 16,823 Brahui, 9,347 Mewati, 1,579 Kashmiri, 488 Koshitani, 252 Shina, 108 Balti, 123 Kalasha and 85,581 Others.

During colonial rule, the Erstwhile division was a district of Sind in what was then the Bombay Presidency of British India. [3] The population of the district increased by 47% between 1872 and 1901. The total population according to the census were 677,994 in 1872, 703,637 in 1881, 861,994 in 1891 and 989,030 in 1901. [4]

TalukaPopulation (1901)
Guni91,506
Badin81,790
Tando Bago74,876
Dero Mohbat46,919
Hyderabad138,021
Tando Alahyar87,990
Shahdadpur73,504
Hala98,230
Sakrand64,036
Moro66,641
Naushahro97,506
Kandiaro62,937
Nusrat (Nawabshah)5,074

List of the districts by population over the years

Districts of Hyderabad Division
DistrictArea (km2)Population
1998 Census
Population
2017 Census
Population
2023 Census [5]
Capital
Dadu 7,8661,106,7171,550,2661,742,320 Dadu
Hyderabad 9931,494,8662,199,4632,432,540 Hyderadad
Jamshoro 11,204582,094993,1421,117,308 Jamshoro
Matiari 1,417494,244769,349849,383 Matiari
Tando Allahyar 1,554493,526836,887922,012 Tando Allahyar
Tando Muhammad Khan 1,423438,624677,228726,119 Tando Muhammad Khan
Totals48,6706,829,53710,592,63511,659,246 Hyderadad

List of the districts by area, population, density, literacy rate etc.

#DistrictHeadquarterArea

(km²) [6]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

1 Jamshoro Jamshoro 11,2041,117,30899.749.63%
2 Hyderabad Hyderabad 9932,432,5402,448.767.21%
3 Badin Badin 6,8581,947,081284.636.65%
4 Dadu Dadu 7,8661,742,320221.847.13%
5 Matiari Matiari 1,417849,383599.045.88%
6 Sujawal Sujawal 8,785839,29295.527.02%
7 Tando Allahyar Tando Allahyar 1,554922,012592.839.80%
9 Tando Muhammad Khan Tando Muhammad Khan 1,423726,119509.134.02%
10 Thatta Thatta 8,5701,083,191126.826.88%

List of the Tehsils

#TehsilArea

(km²) [7]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

Districts
1 Badin Tehsil 1,816490,386270.04 Badin District
2 Khoski Tehsil
3 Matli Tehsil 1,143471,100412.16
4 Shaheed Fazil Rahu Tehsil 1,642374,854228.29
5 Talhar Tehsil 569184,206323.74
6 Tando Bago Tehsil 1,688426,535252.69
7 Jati Tehsil 3,489214,71061.54 Sujawal District
8 Kharo Chan Tehsil 77811,40314.66
9 Mirpur Bathoro Tehsil 698231,735332
10 Shah Bandar Tehsil 3,074168,91154.95
11 Sujawal Tehsil 746212,533284.9
12 Ghorabari Tehsil 1,018198,920195.4 Thatta District
13 Keti Bunder 77163,21781.99
14 Mirpur Sakro Tehsil 2,958376,078127.14
15 Thatta Tehsil 3,823444,976116.39
16 Dadu Tehsil 846508,607601.19 Dadu District
17 Johi Tehsil 3,509333,17994.95
18 Khairpur Nathan Shah Tehsil 2,583379,975147.11
19 Mehar Tehsil 928520,559560.95
20 Hyderabad City Tehsil 43778,13218,096.09 Hyderabad District
21 Hyderabad Tehsil 711511,265719.08
22 Latifabad Tehsil 204800,9833,926.39
23 Qasimabad Tehsil 35342,1609,776.00
24 Kotri Tehsil 1,051472,003244,105 Jamshoro District
25 Sehwan Tehsil 2,160322,011165,837
26 Manjhand Tehsil 2,303161,79484,442
27 Thana Bulla Khan Tehsil 5,690161,50083,652
28 Hala Tehsil 488286,155586.38 Matiari District
29 Matiari Tehsil 568377,945665.4
30 Saeedabad Tehsil 361185,283513.25
31 Chamber Tehsil 483233,424483.28 Tando Allahyar District
32 Jhando Mari Tehsil 626266,665425.98
33 Tando Allahyar Tehsil 445421,923948.14
34 Nasarpur Tehsil
35 Bulri Shah Karim Tehsil 770247,027320.81 Tando Muhammad Khan District
36 Tando Ghulam Hyder Tehsil 390206,665529.91
37 Tando Mohammad Khan Tehsil 263272,4271,035.84

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