Shaheed Benazirabad Division

Shaheed Benazirabad Division Nawabshah Division
Division
Map of Shaheed Benazirabad Division
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Established	6 June 2014
Founded by	Sindh Government
Capital	Nawabshah
Government
• Commissioner	Nadeem Ahmed Abro
Postal code	67000

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).

History

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

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	...	—
1961	...	—
1972	...	—
1981	2,560,448	—
1998	3,510,036	+1.87%
2017	5,282,277	+2.17%
2023	5,930,649	+1.95%
Sources: [3]

Population

In the 2023 Pakistani census, Shaheed Benazirabad Division had a population of 5,930,649 roughly equal to the country of Finland ^[4] or the US state of Colorado. ^[5] It consists of 3,010,350 males & females 2,918,315.

Languages of Shaheed Benazirabad Division (2023 Pakistani census) ^[6]

1. Sindhi (83.7%)
2. Urdu (6.49%)
3. Punjabi (3.86%)
4. Balochi (1.37%)
5. Brahui (1.19%)
6. Saraiki (0.94%)
7. Hindko (0.81%)
8. Others (1.56%)

Language

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.

List of the Districts

#	District	Headquarter	Area (km²) [7]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Lit. rate (2023)
1	Sanghar	Sanghar	10,728	2,308,465	215.0	43.66%
2	Shaheed Benazirabad	Nawabshah	4,502	1,845,102	409.5	50.86%
3	Naushahro Feroze	Naushahro Feroze	2,945	1,777,082	603.2	57.15%

List of the Tehsils

#	Tehsil	Area (km²) [8]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Lit. rate (2023)	Districts
1	Bhiria Tehsil	488	330,308	676.86		Naushahro Feroze District
2	Kandiaro Tehsil	771	356,506	462.39
3	Mehrabpur Tehsil	361	273,764	758.35
4	Moro Tehsil	609	408,148	670.19
5	Naushahro Feroze Tehsil	717	408,356	569.53
6	Daulatpur Tehsil (now Kazi Ahmed)	972	402,834	414.44		Shaheed Benazir Abad District
7	Daur Tehsil (2004)	2,210	532,621	241
8	Nawabshah Tehsil (1907)	435	481,978	1,108.00
9	Sakrand Tehsil (1858)	885	427,669	483.24
10	Jam Nawaz Ali Tehsil	440	171,598	390		Sanghar District
11	Khipro Tehsil	5,933	366,748	61.81
12	Sanghar Tehsil	2,118	482,560	227.84
13	Shahdadpur Tehsil	890	525,164	590.07
14	Sinjhoro Tehsil	907	354,709	391.08
15	Tando Adam Khan Tehsil	440	407,686	926.56

Constituencies

Provincial Assembly Constituency	National Assembly Constituency	District
PS-32 Naushahro Feroze-I	NA-205 Naushahro Feroze-I	Naushahro Feroze
PS-33 Naushahro Feroze-II
PS-34 Naushahro Feroze-III	NA-206 Naushahro Feroze-II
PS-35 Naushahro Feroze-IV
PS-36 Nawabshah-I	NA-207 Nawabshah-I	Nawabshah
PS-37 Nawabshah-II
PS-38 Nawabshah-III	NA-208 Nawabshah-II
PS-39 Nawabshah-IV
PS-40 Sanghar-I	NA-209 Sanghar-I	Sanghar
PS-41 Sanghar-II
PS-42 Sanghar-III
PS-43 Sanghar-IV	NA-210 Sanghar-II
PS-44 Sanghar-V

See also

• Nawabshah
• Hyderabad Division
• Nasrat

References

1. Karachi’s district status restored, notification issued, Published in The News Tribe on 11 July 2011, Retrieved on 7 August 2012
2. "Shaheed Benazirabad made division". DAWN.COM. 2014-05-25. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
3. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
4. US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-01. Latvia 2,204,708, July 2011 est.
5. "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 2011-09-30. New Mexico - 2,059,179
6. "TABLE 11 – POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
7. "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
8. "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).

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