Shaheed Benazirabad Division

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Shaheed Benazirabad Division
شہید بینظیر آباد ڈویژن
شهيد بينظيرآباد ڊويزن
Pakistan - Sindh - Shaheed Benazirabad (division).svg
Map of Shaheed Benazirabad Division
Country Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Province Flag of Sindh.svg  Sindh
Capital Nawabshah
Established6 June 2014;10 years ago (6 June 2014)
Founded by Sindh Government
Districts
Government
  TypeDivisional Administration
  CommissionerNadeem Ahmed Abro
Elevation
31 m (102 ft)
Population
  Total
5,928,917
Time zone UTC+5 (PKT)
Postal code
67450
Dialling code 244
ISO 3166 code PK-SD

Shaheed Benazirabad Division also called Nawabshah Division is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It was created in 6 June 2014, formerly a part of Hyderabad Division. Nawabshah is the divisional headquarters of Shaheed Benazirabad Division. [1] [2] According to 2023 Pakistani census division had a population of 5,928,917 (5.9 million).

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History

Shaheed Benazirabad Division was created from Hyderabad Division on 6 june 2014.

Demographics

In the 2023 Pakistani census, Shaheed Benazirabad Division had a population of 5,928,917. consists of 3,010,350 males & females 2,918,315.

Languages

Languages of Shaheed Benazirabad Division (2023 Pakistani census) [3]

   Sindhi (83.74%)
   Urdu (6.49%)
   Punjabi (3.86%)
   Balochi (1.37%)
   Brahui (1.19%)
   Saraiki (0.94%)
   Hindko (0.81%)
  Others (1.56%)

According to 2023 Pakistani census There were 4,965,355 Sindhi, 384,911 Urdu, 229,067 Punjabi, 81,258 Balochi, 71,013 Brahui, 56,100 Saraiki, 48,304 Hindko, 30,325 Pashto, 4,106 Mewati, 196 Kashmiri, 138 Koshitani, 53 Shina, 30 Kalasha, 16 Balti, 123 Kalasha and 58,035 Others.

Naushahro Feroze District

Shaheed Benazir Abad District

Sanghar District

List of the Districts

#DistrictHeadquarterArea

(km²) [4]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

1 Sanghar Sanghar 10,7282,308,465215.043.66%
2 Shaheed Benazirabad Nawabshah 4,5021,845,102409.550.86%
3 Naushahro Feroze Naushahro Feroze 2,9451,777,082603.257.15%

List of the Tehsils

#TehsilArea

(km²) [5]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

Districts
1 Bhiria Tehsil 488330,308676.86 Naushahro Feroze District
2 Kandiaro Tehsil 771356,506462.39
3 Mehrabpur Tehsil 361273,764758.35
4 Moro Tehsil 609408,148670.19
5 Naushahro Feroze Tehsil 717408,356569.53
6 Daulatpur Tehsil (now Kazi Ahmed)972402,834414.44 Shaheed Benazir Abad District
7 Daur Tehsil (2004)2,210532,621241
8 Nawabshah Tehsil (1907)435481,9781,108.00
9 Sakrand Tehsil (1858)885427,669483.24
10 Jam Nawaz Ali Tehsil 440171,598390 Sanghar District
11 Khipro Tehsil 5,933366,74861.81
12 Sanghar Tehsil 2,118482,560227.84
13 Shahdadpur Tehsil 890525,164590.07
14 Sinjhoro Tehsil 907354,709391.08
15 Tando Adam Khan Tehsil 440407,686926.56

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