Shaheed Benazirabad Division

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Shaheed Benazirabad Division
Nawabshah Division
Division
Pakistan - Sindh - Shaheed Benazirabad (division).svg
Map of Shaheed Benazirabad Division
CountryFlag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan
ProvinceFlag of Sindh.svg Sindh
Established6 June 2014
Founded by Sindh Government
Capital Nawabshah
Government
 • CommissionerNadeem 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).

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History

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

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951...—    
1961...—    
1972...—    
19812,560,448—    
19983,510,036+1.87%
20175,282,277+2.17%
20235,930,649+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. Others (4.50%)

List of the Districts

#DistrictHeadquarterArea

(km²) [7]

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) [8] Population (2023) [8] Density (ppl/km²) (2023) [8] Literacy rate (2023) [9] Districts
Bhiria Tehsil 488330,308676.8658.14% Naushahro Feroze District
Kandiaro Tehsil 771356,506462.3964.04%
Mehrabpur Tehsil 361273,764758.3560.92%
Moro Tehsil 609408,148670.1953.87%
Naushahro Feroze Tehsil 717408,356569.5351.24%
Kazi Ahmed Tehsil 972402,834414.4447.11% Shaheed Benazirabad District
Daur Tehsil (2004)2,210532,621241.0041.36%
Nawabshah Tehsil (1907)435481,9781,108.0062.44%
Sakrand Tehsil (1858)885427,669483.2452.84%
Jam Nawaz Ali Tehsil 440171,598390.0031.67% Sanghar District
Khipro Tehsil 5,933366,74861.8137.04%
Sanghar Tehsil 2,118482,560227.8440.00%
Shahdadpur Tehsil 890525,164590.0750.69%
Sinjhoro Tehsil 907354,709391.0842.02%
Tando Adam Khan Tehsil 440407,686926.5650.81%

Constituencies

Provincial Assembly ConstituencyNational Assembly ConstituencyDistrict
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

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. 1 2 3 "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, SINDH" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "TABLE 12 : LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, SINDH" (PDF).

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