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1 History  


1.1  Colonial Times  




1.2  1839-1936  




1.3  1936-1947  




1.4  1947-1955  




1.5  1955-1970  




1.6  1970-2000  




1.7  2000-2011  






2 List of Divisions  




3 List of Districts  




4 See also  




5 Notes  




6 References  













List of districts in Sindh






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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
(Redirected from Districts of Sindh)
Districts of Sindh
Districts of Sindh, colour-coded by division
LocationSindh, Pakistan
Number30 (as of 2021)
Government
  • City District Government
  • Zilla Council
    • Subdivisions

    There are thirty districts in the Pakistan provinceofSindh. 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]

    In 2023, The Sindh government has opted to rename four districts in the Karachi Division, East DistricttoGulshan, West DistricttoOrangi, South District to simplified Karachi, Central DistricttoNazimabad while other three Malir, Keamari and Korangi will be same as.[3]

    Currently the Sindh government is planning to divide the Malir District into Malir and Bin Qasim District, Tharparkar district into Tharparkar and Chhachro district, Khairpur district into Khairpur and Thari Mirwah district, Sanghar district into Sanghar and Shahdadpur district.

    History

    [edit]

    Colonial Times

    [edit]

    1839-1936

    [edit]
    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 Sindasadministrative 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);

    The administration given below:

    In 1846-47 Upper Sind Frontier district headquarter was Khangarh (Jacobabad) carved out of Shikarpur district.

    The administration given below:

    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 ShikarpurtoSukkur.

    The administration given below:

    On 1 August 1901, British government split Shikarpur and Karachi district to create Larkana district and district status of Shikarpur also shifted to Sukkur.

    The administration given below:

    On 1 November 1912, Hyderabad district again split to create Nawabshah district.

    The administration given below:

    In 1931, British government divided Karachi and Larkana district to create Dadu district.

    The administration given below:

    1936-1947

    [edit]

    On April 1, 1936, Sind was separated from Bombay Presidency to form a separate provinceofBritish India. At that time Sind division changed to form Hyderabad division.

    The administration given below:

    1947-1955

    [edit]

    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.

    The administration as given below:

    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.

    The administration as given below:

    On 14 October 1955, Khairpur state merged into Sind province and gave the status of district or divisional headquarter.

    The administration as given below:

    1955-1970

    [edit]

    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

    [edit]

    On 1 July 1970, West Pakistan was abolished and all four provinces of Pakistan were restored as 1947.

    The administration as given below:

    In 1972, the Lasbela district transferred to Kalat divisionofBalochistan Province and Karachi district divided into three districts(Karachi-Bela Division also renamed to Karachi Division).

    The administration as given below:

    In 1975, a new district was formed – Badin district carved out of Hyderabad district and Abolish Khairpur Division and replace it with Sukkur Division۔

    The administration as given below:

    In 1977, Shikarpur district again was re-maintained.

    The administration as given below:

    In 1980s, Larkana Division established by bifurcation of Sukkur Division.

    The administration as given below:

    In 1983, Sukkur district again spitting out to form Ghotki district.

    The administration as given below:

    In 1989, Naushahro Feroze district carved out of Nawabshah district.

    The administration as given below:

    On 31 October 1990, Mirpurkhas district carved out of Tharparkar district and Spelt Hyderabad Division to established Mirpur khas Division.

    The administration as given below:

    On 17 April 1993, Tharparkar district again spilt out to form Umerkot district.

    The administration as given below:

    In 1996, two more (02) districts created in the Karachi division;Central and Malir district.

    The administration as given below:

    2000-2011

    [edit]

    On 2000, During Pervaiz Musharraf rule five districts of Karachi division was merged and create Karachi city district the government of Pakistan abolished divisions.

    The administration as given below:

    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]

    The administration as given below:

    In 2005, Hyderabad district was carved out to form three new districts of Tando Muhammad Khan, Matiari and Tando Allahyar.[5]

    The administration as given below:

    In September 2008, Sindh Cabinet renamed the Nawabshah districttoShaheed Benazirabad.

    The administration as given below:

    On 11 July 2011, Government restored Administration division.

    The administration as given below:

    On 7 August 2011, Shaheed Benazirabad district transferred from SukkurtoHyderabad division.

    The administration as given below:

    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]

    The administration as given below:

    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.

    The administration as given below:

    In 2020, Keamari District was created after splitting Karachi West District.[7]

    The administration as given below:

    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

    [edit]
    Division Name
    (English)         		Division Name
    (Sindhi)         		Headquarter Districts Area

    (km2)

    		Population (1998) Population (2017) Pop. Density (1998) Pop. Density (2017) Map Tehsils
    Banbhore Division[9] 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

    [edit]
    Sr. No. District Headquarters Area (km2)[11] Population (2017)[11] 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 Gulshan[12] Gulshan-e-Iqbal 139 2,875,315 20,686 Karachi
    5 Hyderabad Hyderabad 993 2,199,928 2,215 Hyderabad
    6 Jacobabad Jacobabad 2,698 1,007,009 373 Larkana
    7 Jamshoro Jamshoro 11,204 993,908 89 Hyderabad
    8 Karachi[13] Saddar Town 122 1,769,230 14,502 Karachi
    9 Kashmore (formerly Kandhkot) Kashmore 2,580 1,090,336 423 Larkana
    10 Keamari Keamari Town 559 1,829,837 3,273 Karachi
    11 Khairpur Khairpur 15,910 2,405,190 151 Sukkur
    12 Korangi Korangi Town 108 2,577,556 23,866 Karachi
    13 Larkana Larkana 1,948 1,521,786 781 Larkana
    14 Malir Malir Town 2,160 1,924,346 891 Karachi
    15 Matiari Matiari 1,417 770,040 543 Hyderabad
    16 Mirpur Khas Mirpur Khas 2,925 1,504,440 514 Mirpur Khas
    17 Naushahro Feroze Naushahro Feroze 2,946 1,612,047 547 Shaheed Benazir Abad
    18 Nazimabad[14] North Nazimabad 69 2,971,382 43,064 Karachi
    19 Orangi[15] Orangi Town 370 2,077,228 5,614 Karachi
    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) Benazirabad 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 City 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

    [edit]

    Notes

    [edit]

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ "Contingency Plan 2012" (PDF). Sindhi Government. p. 6. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  • ^ "Karachi fits seventh district into its mix – Keamari". Samaa. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  • ^ "Four Karachi districts to be renamed". 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  • ^ "Four new districts created in Sindh". 2004. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  • ^ "Three new districts carved out of Hyderabad". TheDawn. 5 April 2005. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  • ^ "Thatta Split to Make Sujawal 28th district of Sindh". Dawn News. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  • ^ ABDULLAH ZAFAR (21 August 2020). "Sindh Cabinet approves division of Karachi into seven districts". nation.com.pk. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  • ^ "Sindh govt to divide Tharparkar in two districts". Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  • ^ Bhambhore division in Sindh – Newspaper. Dawn. (25 April 2014).
  • ^ "Four Karachi districts to be renamed". 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  • ^ a b "Final Results (Census-2017) - Sindh". pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  • ^ "Four Karachi districts to be renamed". 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  • ^ "Four Karachi districts to be renamed". 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  • ^ "Four Karachi districts to be renamed". 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  • ^ "Four Karachi districts to be renamed". 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-04-04.

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