Hyderabad Division

Hyderabad Division
حیدر آباد ڈویژن
حيدرآباد ڊويزن
Map of Hyderabad Division
Map of Hyderabad Division
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
CapitalHyderabad
Established1 July 1970; 54 years ago (1 July 1970)
Districts
Government
 • TypeDivisional Administration
 • CommissionerBilal Ahmed Memon
Elevation
13 m (43 ft)
Population
 • Division11,657,249
 • Urban
4,346,036 (37.28%)
 • Rural
7,313,210
DemonymHyderabadi
Time zoneUTC+5 (PKT)
Postal code
71000
Dialling code022
ISO 3166 codePK-SD

Hyderabad Division (Sindhi: حيدرآباد ڊويزن) is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It was abolished in 2000 but restored again on 11 July 2011. CNIC code of Hyderabad Division is 41.[1] Hyderabad is the divisional headquarters of Hyderabad Division.

History

Hyderabad was part of Bombay Presidency from 1668 to April 1st, 1936.

Then it became part of Sind province from 1 April 1936 to 14 October 1955.

On 11 July 2011 Sindh Government restored again Hyderabad division.

14 October 1955, it became part of West Pakistan and remained untill 1 July 1970.

After Bangladesh Liberation War then West Pakistan province divided into 4 provinces and Hyderabad District upgraded to Hyderabad Division of Sindh Province of Pakistan on 1st July 1970.

Hyderabad Division was dissolved in 2000, the division comprised the districts of Badin, Hyderabad and Tando Allahyar.

On 11 July 2011, Sindh government restored again Hyderabad Division.

On April 2014, Hyderabad Division divided and Thatta District, Badin District & Sujawal District ended up being part of newly created Banbhore Division

On 6 June 2014, Hyderabad Division further divided to create Shaheed Benazirabad Division.

Demographics

In the 2023 Pakistani census, Hyderabad Division (included Banbhore Division) had a population of 10.16 millions (total 11,657,249) consists of 60,30,741 males & females 5,625,967.

Languages

Languages of Hyderabad Division (2023 Pakistani census)[2]

  Sindhi (83.36%)
  Urdu (11.06%)
  Punjabi (1.71%)
  Pashto (1.07%)
  Hindko (0.70%)
  Balochi (0.67%)
  Saraiki (0.41%)
  Others (0.98%)

There were 9,717,871 Sindhi, 1,290,005 Urdu, 199,809 Punjabi, 125,391 Pashto, 82,454 Hindko, 79,088 Balochi, 48,331 Saraiki, 16,823 Brahui, 9,347 Mewati, 1,579 Kashmiri, 488 Koshitani, 252 Shina, 108 Balti, 123 Kalasha and 85,581 Others.

During colonial rule, the Erstwhile division was a district of Sind in what was then the Bombay Presidency of British India.[3] The population of the district increased by 47% between 1872 and 1901. The total population according to the census were 677,994 in 1872, 703,637 in 1881, 861,994 in 1891 and 989,030 in 1901.[4]

Taluka Population (1901)
Guni 91,506
Badin 81,790
Tando Bago 74,876
Dero Mohbat 46,919
Hyderabad 138,021
Tando Alahyar 87,990
Shahdadpur 73,504
Hala 98,230
Sakrand 64,036
Moro 66,641
Naushahro 97,506
Kandiaro 62,937
Nusrat (Nawabshah) 5,074

List of the districts by population over the years

Districts of Hyderabad Division
District Area (km2) Population
1998 Census
Population
2017 Census
Population
2023 Census[5]
Capital
Dadu 7,866 1,106,717 1,550,266 1,742,320 Dadu
Hyderabad 993 1,494,866 2,199,463 2,432,540 Hyderadad
Jamshoro 11,204 582,094 993,142 1,117,308 Jamshoro
Matiari 1,417 494,244 769,349 849,383 Matiari
Tando Allahyar 1,554 493,526 836,887 922,012 Tando Allahyar
Tando Muhammad Khan 1,423 438,624 677,228 726,119 Tando Muhammad Khan
Totals 48,670 6,829,537 10,592,635 11,659,246 Hyderadad

List of the districts by area, population, density, literacy rate etc.

# District Headquarter Area

(km²)[6]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

1 Jamshoro Jamshoro 11,204 1,117,308 99.7 49.63%
2 Hyderabad Hyderabad 993 2,432,540 2,448.7 67.21%
3 Badin Badin 6,858 1,947,081 284.6 36.65%
4 Dadu Dadu 7,866 1,742,320 221.8 47.13%
5 Matiari Matiari 1,417 849,383 599.0 45.88%
6 Sujawal Sujawal 8,785 839,292 95.5 27.02%
7 Tando Allahyar Tando Allahyar 1,554 922,012 592.8 39.80%
9 Tando Muhammad Khan Tando Muhammad Khan 1,423 726,119 509.1 34.02%
10 Thatta Thatta 8,570 1,083,191 126.8 26.88%

List of the Tehsils

# Tehsil Area

(km²)[7]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

Districts
1 Badin Tehsil 1,816 490,386 270.04 Badin District
2 Khoski Tehsil
3 Matli Tehsil 1,143 471,100 412.16
4 Shaheed Fazil Rahu Tehsil 1,642 374,854 228.29
5 Talhar Tehsil 569 184,206 323.74
6 Tando Bago Tehsil 1,688 426,535 252.69
7 Jati Tehsil 3,489 214,710 61.54 Sujawal District
8 Kharo Chan Tehsil 778 11,403 14.66
9 Mirpur Bathoro Tehsil 698 231,735 332
10 Shah Bandar Tehsil 3,074 168,911 54.95
11 Sujawal Tehsil 746 212,533 284.9
12 Ghorabari Tehsil 1,018 198,920 195.4 Thatta District
13 Keti Bunder 771 63,217 81.99
14 Mirpur Sakro Tehsil 2,958 376,078 127.14
15 Thatta Tehsil 3,823 444,976 116.39
16 Dadu Tehsil 846 508,607 601.19 Dadu District
17 Johi Tehsil 3,509 333,179 94.95
18 Khairpur Nathan Shah Tehsil 2,583 379,975 147.11
19 Mehar Tehsil 928 520,559 560.95
20 Hyderabad City Tehsil 43 778,132 18,096.09 Hyderabad District
21 Hyderabad Tehsil 711 511,265 719.08
22 Latifabad Tehsil 204 800,983 3,926.39
23 Qasimabad Tehsil 35 342,160 9,776.00
24 Kotri Tehsil 1,051 472,003 244,105 Jamshoro District
25 Sehwan Tehsil 2,160 322,011 165,837
26 Manjhand Tehsil 2,303 161,794 84,442
27 Thana Bulla Khan Tehsil 5,690 161,500 83,652
28 Hala Tehsil 488 286,155 586.38 Matiari District
29 Matiari Tehsil 568 377,945 665.4
30 Saeedabad Tehsil 361 185,283 513.25
31 Chamber Tehsil 483 233,424 483.28 Tando Allahyar District
32 Jhando Mari Tehsil 626 266,665 425.98
33 Tando Allahyar Tehsil 445 421,923 948.14
34 Nasarpur Tehsil
35 Bulri Shah Karim Tehsil 770 247,027 320.81 Tando Muhammad Khan District
36 Tando Ghulam Hyder Tehsil 390 206,665 529.91
37 Tando Mohammad Khan Tehsil 263 272,427 1,035.84

See also

References

  1. ^ Karachi’s district status restored, notification issued Archived 16 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Published in The News Tribe on 11 July 2011, Retrieved on 7 August 2012
  2. ^ "TABLE 11 – POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  3. ^ Hyderābād District - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 13, p. 312.
  4. ^ Hyderābād District - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 13, p. 314.
  5. ^ https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/sindh/pcr/table_1.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
  7. ^ "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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