List of districts in Sindh

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Districts of Sindh
Pakistan Sindh districts map.svg
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]

History

Colonial Times

1839-1936

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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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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

This section is an excerpt from Divisions of Sindh § List of the Divisions by area, population, density, literacy rate etc..[ edit ]
Name
(English)		Name
(Sindhi)		HeadquarterDistrictsArea

(km2) [9]

Population (2023) [9] Pop. Density (2023) [9] Literacy rate (2023) [9] Map
Hyderabad Division حيدرآباد Hyderabad 48,67011,659,246239.56/km245.38%
Pakistan - Sindh - Hyderabad (division).svg
Karachi Division ڪراچي Karachi 3,52720,382,8815,779.10/km275.11%
Pakistan - Sindh - Karachi (division).svg
Larkana Division لاڙڪاڻو Larkana 15,2137,093,706466.29/km244.53%
Pakistan - Sindh - Larkana (division).svg
Mirpur Khas Division ميرپورخاص Mirpur Khas 28,1704,619,624153.99/km240.41%
Pakistan - Sindh - Mirpur Khas (division).svg
Shaheed Benazirabad Division شهيد بينظير آباد Nawabshah 18,1765,930,649326.29/km249.91%
Pakistan - Sindh - Shaheed Benazirabad (division).svg
Sukkur Division سکر Sukkur 27,1586,010,041221.30/km249.72%
Pakistan - Sindh - Sukkur (division).svg

List of Districts by area, population, density, literacy rate etc.

DistrictHeadquarterArea (km2) [10] Population (2023) [10] Density (/km2)Literacy rate (2023)Division
Badin Badin 6,8581,947,081284.636.65% Hyderabad
Dadu Dadu 7,8661,742,320221.847.13% Hyderabad
Ghotki Mirpur Mathelo 6,0831,772,609291.341.38% Sukkur
Hyderabad Hyderabad 9932,432,5402,448.767.21% Hyderabad
Jacobabad Jacobabad 2,6981,174,097434.042.34% Larkana
Jamshoro Jamshoro 11,2041,117,30899.749.63% Hyderabad
Karachi Central North Nazimabad 693,822,32555,838.883.55% Karachi
Karachi East Gulshan e Iqbal 1393,921,74228,220.180.07% Karachi
Karachi South Saddar Karachi 1222,329,76419,104.678.57% Karachi
Karachi West Orangi Town 3702,679,3807,238.167.43% Karachi
Kashmore Kandhkot 2,5801,233,957477.335.59% Larkana
Keamari Moriro Mirbahar5592,068,4513,699.862.07% Karachi
Khairpur Khairpur 15,9102,597,535163.350.14% Sukkur
Korangi Korangi 1083,128,97128,968.879.86% Karachi
Larkana Larkana 1,9481,784,453915.855.58% Larkana
Malir Malir 2,1602,432,2481,126.863.14% Karachi
Matiari Matiari 1,417849,383599.045.88% Hyderabad
Mirpur Khas Mirpur Khas 2,9251,681,386574.745.37% Mirpur Khas
Naushahro Feroze Naushahro Feroze 2,9451,777,082603.257.15% Shaheed Benazir Abad
Qambar Shahdadkot Qambar 5,4751,514,869276.440.02% Larkana
Sanghar Sanghar 10,7282,308,465215.043.66% Mirpur Khas
Shaheed Benazirabad Nawabshah 4,5021,845,102409.550.86% Shaheed Benazirabad
Shikarpur Shikarpur 2,5121,386,330552.143.70% Larkana
Sujawal Sujawal 8,785839,29295.527.02% Hyderabad
Sukkur Sukkur 5,1651,639,897317.758.26% Sukkur
Tando Allahyar Tando Allahyar 1,554922,012592.839.80% Hyderabad
Tando Muhammad Khan Tando Muhammad Khan 1,423726,119509.134.02% Hyderabad
Tharparkar Mithi 19,6371,778,40790.636.39% Mirpur Khas
Thatta Thatta 8,5701,083,191126.826.88% Hyderabad
Umerkot [11] Umerkot 5,608 [12] 1,159,831207.238.69% Mirpur Khas

See also

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Contingency Plan 2012" (PDF). Sindhi Government. p. 6. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
    2. ↑ "Karachi fits seventh district into its mix – Keamari". Samaa. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
    3. ↑ "Four Karachi districts to be renamed". 29 March 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
    4. ↑ "Four new districts created in Sindh". 2004. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
    5. ↑ "Three new districts carved out of Hyderabad". TheDawn. 5 April 2005. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
    6. ↑ "Thatta Split to Make Sujawal 28th district of Sindh". Dawn News. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
    7. ↑ ABDULLAH ZAFAR (21 August 2020). "Sindh Cabinet approves division of Karachi into seven districts". nation.com.pk. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
    8. ↑ "Sindh govt to divide Tharparkar in two districts" . Retrieved 31 July 2021.
    9. 1 2 3 4 https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/sindh/pcr/table_1.pdf
    10. 1 2 "Final Results (Census-2023) - Sindh" (PDF). pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
    11. ↑ "Historically & Geographically". District Government Umerkot. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
    12. ↑ "Thatta (District, Pakistan) – Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de.
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