List of districts in Sindh

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Districts of Sindh
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Districts of Sindh, colour-coded by division
Location Sindh, Pakistan
Number30 (as of 2021)
Government
Subdivisions

There are thirty districts in the Pakistan province of Sindh. These districts together contain 150 tehsils 2023.

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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]

Currently the Sindh government is planning to divide the Malir District into Malir and Bin Qasim District, Tharparkar district into Tharparkar and Chhachro district, Khairpur district into Khairpur and Thari Mirwah district, Sanghar district into Sanghar and Shahdadpur district.

History

Colonial Times

1839-1936

An old map of Sindh Sindh 2.jpg
An old map of Sindh

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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1936-1947

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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1947-1955

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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1955-1970

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).

1970-2000

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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2000-2011

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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On 24 April 2014, Create Banbhore Division by bifurcation of Hyderabad division and On 6 June 2014, Sindh Cabinet Create Shaheed Benazirabad Division by bifurcation of Sukkur, Hyderabad and Mirpur Khas division.

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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]

List of Divisions

Division Name
(English)
Division Name
(Sindhi)
HeadquarterDistrictsArea

(km2)

Population (1998)Population (2017)Pop. Density (1998)Pop. Density (2017)MapTehsils
Banbhore Division [9] ڀنڀور Thatta 31,4362,219,4363,566,30070.602/km2113.446/km2
Pakistan - Sindh - Banbhore (division).svg
Hyderabad Division حيدرآباد Hyderabad 33,5274,610,0717,026,335137.503/km2209.572/km2
Pakistan - Sindh - Hyderabad (division).svg
Karachi Division ڪراچي Karachi 3,5289,856,31816,051,5212,793.741/km24,549.751/km2
Pakistan - Sindh - Karachi (division).svg
Sukkur Division سکر Sukkur 24,5053,447,9355,538,555140.703/km2226.017/km2
Pakistan - Sindh - Sukkur (division).svg
Larkana Division لاڙڪاڻو Larkana 15,213N/A6,190,926N/A406.950/km2
Pakistan - Sindh - Larkana (division).svg
Mirpur Khas Division ميرپورخاص Mirpur Khas 28,1712,585,4174,228,68391.776/km2150.108/km2
Pakistan - Sindh - Mirpur Khas (division).svg
Shaheed Benazirabad Division شهيد بينظير آباد Nawabshah 18,1753,510,0365,282,277193.124/km2290.634/km2
Pakistan - Sindh - Shaheed Benazirabad (division).svg

List of Districts

Sr. No.DistrictHeadquartersArea (km2) [11] Population (2017) [11] Density (/km2)Division
1 Badin Badin 6,8581,804,958263 Banbhore
2 Dadu Dadu 7,8661,550,390197 Hyderabad
3 Ghotki Ghotki 6,0831,648,708271 Sukkur
4 Gulshan [12] Gulshan-e-Iqbal 1392,875,31520,686 Karachi
5 Hyderabad Hyderabad 9932,199,9282,215 Hyderabad
6 Jacobabad Jacobabad 2,6981,007,009373 Larkana
7 Jamshoro Jamshoro 11,204993,90889 Hyderabad
8 Karachi [13] Saddar Town 1221,769,23014,502 Karachi
9 Kashmore (formerly Kandhkot) Kashmore 2,5801,090,336423 Larkana
10 Keamari Keamari Town 5591,829,8373,273 Karachi
11 Khairpur Khairpur 15,9102,405,190151 Sukkur
12 Korangi Korangi Town 1082,577,55623,866 Karachi
13 Larkana Larkana 1,9481,521,786781 Larkana
14 Malir Malir Town 2,1601,924,346891 Karachi
15 Matiari Matiari 1,417770,040543 Hyderabad
16 Mirpur Khas Mirpur Khas 2,9251,504,440514 Mirpur Khas
17 Naushahro Feroze Naushahro Feroze 2,9461,612,047547 Shaheed Benazir Abad
18 Nazimabad [14] North Nazimabad 692,971,38243,064 Karachi
19 Orangi [15] Orangi Town 3702,077,2285,614 Karachi
20 Qambar Shahdadkot Qambar 5,4751,338,035244 Larkana
21 Sanghar Sanghar 10,7282,049,873191 Shaheed Benazir Abad
22 Shaheed Benazirabad (formerly Nawabshah) Benazirabad 4,5021,613,506358 Shaheed Benazir Abad
23 Shikarpur Shikarpur 2,5121,233,760491 Larkana
24 Sujawal Sujawal 8,785779,06289 Banbhore
25 Sukkur Sukkur City 5,1651,488,372288 Sukkur
26 Tando Allahyar Tando Allahyar 1,554838,527540 Hyderabad
27 Tando Muhammad Khan Tando Muhammad Khan 1,423677,098476 Hyderabad
28 Tharparkar Mithi 19,6371,647,03684 Mirpur Khas
29 Thatta Thatta 8,570982,138115 Banbhore
30 Umerkot Umerkot 5,6081,073,469191 Mirpur Khas

See also

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