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

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

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]

Currently the Sindh government is planning to divide the 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

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.[3]

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In 2005, Hyderabad district was carved out to form three new districts of Tando Muhammad Khan, Matiari and Tando Allahyar.[4]

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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.[5]

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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.[6]

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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.[7]

List of Divisions

Division Name
(English) 		Division Name
(Sindhi) 		Headquarter Districts Area

(km2)

Population (1998) Population (2017) Pop. Density (1998) Pop. Density (2017) Map Tehsils
Banbhore Division[8] ڀنڀور Thatta 31,436 2,219,436 3,566,300 70.602/km2 113.446/km2
Hyderabad Division حيدرآباد Hyderabad 33,527 4,610,071 7,026,335 137.503/km2 209.572/km2
Karachi Division ڪراچي Karachi 3,528 9,856,318 16,051,521 2,793.741/km2 4,549.751/km2
Sukkur Division سکر Sukkur 24,505 3,447,935 5,538,555 140.703/km2 226.017/km2
Larkana Division لاڙڪاڻو Larkana 15,213 N/A 6,190,926 N/A 406.950/km2
Mirpur Khas Division ميرپورخاص Mirpur Khas 28,171 2,585,417 4,228,683 91.776/km2 150.108/km2
Shaheed Benazirabad Division شهيد بينظير آباد Nawabshah 18,175 3,510,036 5,282,277 193.124/km2 290.634/km2

List of Districts

Sr. No. District Headquarters Area (km2)[9] Population (2017)[9] Density (/km2) Division
1 Badin Badin 6,858 1,804,958 263 Banbhore
2 Dadu Dadu 7,866 1,550,390 197 Hyderabad
3 Ghotki Ghotki 6,083 1,648,708 271 Sukkur
4 Hyderabad Hyderabad 993 2,199,928 2,215 Hyderabad
5 Jacobabad Jacobabad 2,698 1,007,009 373 Larkana
6 Jamshoro Jamshoro 11,204 993,908 89 Hyderabad
7 Karachi Central North Nazimabad 69 2,971,382 43,064 Karachi
8 Karachi East Gulshan-e-Iqbal 139 2,875,315 20,686 Karachi
9 Karachi South Saddar 122 1,769,230 14,502 Karachi
10 Karachi West Orangi Town 370 2,077,228 5,614 Karachi
11 Kashmore (formerly Kandhkot) Kashmore 2,580 1,090,336 423 Larkana
12 Keamari Mariro Mirbahar (Site) 559 1,829,837 3,273 Karachi
13 Khairpur Khairpur 15,910 2,405,190 151 Sukkur
14 Korangi Korangi Town 108 2,577,556 23,866 Karachi
15 Larkana Larkana 1,948 1,521,786 781 Larkana
16 Malir Malir Town 2,160 1,924,346 891 Karachi
17 Matiari Matiari 1,417 770,040 543 Hyderabad
18 Mirpur Khas Mirpur Khas 2,925 1,504,440 514 Mirpur Khas
19 Naushahro Feroze Naushahro Feroze 2,946 1,612,047 547 Shaheed Benazir Abad
20 Qambar Shahdadkot Qambar 5,475 1,338,035 244 Larkana
21 Sanghar Sanghar 10,728 2,049,873 191 Shaheed Benazir Abad
22 Shaheed Benazirabad (formerly Nawabshah) Nawabshah 4,502 1,613,506 358 Shaheed Benazir Abad
23 Shikarpur Shikarpur 2,512 1,233,760 491 Larkana
24 Sujawal Sujawal 8,785 779,062 89 Banbhore
25 Sukkur Sukkur 5,165 1,488,372 288 Sukkur
26 Tando Allahyar Tando Allahyar 1,554 838,527 540 Hyderabad
27 Tando Muhammad Khan Tando Muhammad Khan 1,423 677,098 476 Hyderabad
28 Tharparkar Mithi 19,637 1,647,036 84 Mirpur Khas
29 Thatta Thatta 8,570 982,138 115 Banbhore
30 Umerkot Umerkot 5,608 1,073,469 191 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 new districts created in Sindh". 2004. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Three new districts carved out of Hyderabad". TheDawn. 5 April 2005. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Thatta Split to Make Sujawal 28th district of Sindh". Dawn News. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  6. ^ ABDULLAH ZAFAR (21 August 2020). "Sindh Cabinet approves division of Karachi into seven districts". nation.com.pk. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Sindh govt to divide Tharparkar in two districts". Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  8. ^ Bhambhore division in Sindh – Newspaper. Dawn. (25 April 2014).
  9. ^ a b "Final Results (Census-2017) - Sindh". pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
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