Khairpur District

Khairpur District
  • خيرپور ضلعو
  • ضلع خیرپور
District of Sindh
Top: Kot Diji Fort
Bottom: Faiz Mahal
Coordinates: 27°32′N 68°46′E / 27.533°N 68.767°E / 27.533; 68.767
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
DivisionSukkur
Established15 October 1955
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerSyed Ahmed Fawad Shah (BPS-19 PCS)
 • District Police OfficerSamiullah Soomro (BPS-19 PSP)
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • District of Sindh
15,910 km2 (6,140 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 Pakistani census)[1]
 • District of Sindh
2,597,535
 • Rank5th:Sindh
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
 • Urban
844,263
 • Rural
1,753,272
DemonymKhairpuri
Time zoneUTC+5 (PKT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5
Calling code0243
Number of Tehsils8
Number of Union Councils89

Khairpur District (Sindhi: خيرپور ضلعو, Urdu: ضلع خیرپور) is a district in the Pakistani province of Sindh in Sukkur Division.[2]

At the 2017 census, it was the fifth most populated district in the province after four districts of Karachi city, with 2.4 million inhabitants. The headquarters of the district is the city of Khairpur. The district is further divided into eight sub-districts: Khairpur Tehsil, Mirwah Tehsil, Kot Diji Tehsil, Kingri Tehsil, Sobho Dero Tehsil, Gambat Tehsil, Faiz Ganj Tehsil and Nara Tehsil.[3]

Location

Khairpur district is located between middle and northern Sindh. It is bounded on the north by Shikarpur District and Sukkur District, on the east by India, on the south by Sanghar District and Nawabshah District, and on the west by Larkana District, Naushahro Feroze District and Indus River. The revised area of the district is 15,910 km2.[3]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951 347,068—    
1961 500,258+3.72%
1972 724,935+3.43%
1981 981,190+3.42%
1998 1,546,587+2.71%
2017 2,405,190+2.35%
2023 2,597,535+1.29%
Sources:[4]
Religions in Khairpur district (2023) [5]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 96.78%
Hinduism
 
 2.9%
Other
 
 0.32%

At the time of the 2017 census, Khairpur had a sex ratio of 939 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 49.15%: 62.08% for males and 35.49% for females. 777,006 (32.31%) lived in urban areas. 796,830 (33.13%) were under 10 years of age.[6] In 2023, the district had 452,588 households and a population of 2,597,535.[1]

Religion in present-day Khairpur district[a]
Religion Population (1941)[7]: 54–57  Percentage (1941) Population (2017)[6] Percentage (2017) Population (2023)[8] Percentage (2023)
Islam 253,690 82.96% 2,336,821 97.16% 2,513,753 96.78%
Hinduism 49,604 16.22% 66,489 2.76% 75,407 2.9%
Sikhism 1,616 0.53% — — 28 0%
Others [b] 877 0.29% 1,880 0.08% 7,951 0.32%
Total Population 305,787 100% 2,405,190 100% 2,597,448 100%

The majority religion is Islam, with 96.78% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 2.9% of the population.[8]

Languages of Khairpur district (2023)

  Sindhi (97.73%)
  Others (2.27%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 97.73% of the population spoke Sindhi as their first language.[9]

Politics

The National Assembly.

The District of Khairpur is mapped into three constituencies at the national level. The constituencies include NA-208 Khairpur-I, NA-209 Khairpur-II, and NA-210 Khairpur-III.

Following is the list of the Member National Assemblies(MNAs) representing district in the National Assembly of Pakistan.

Member of National Assembly Constituency Party Election Year
Syed Nafisa Shah NA-208 Khairpur-I PPP 2018
Syed Javed Shah NA-209 Khairpur-II PPP 2018
Syed Fazal Shah NA-210 Khairpur-III PPP 2018

The Provincial Assembly

The District of Khairpur is represented by the seven constituencies in the Provincial Assembly of Sindh.

Member of Provincial Assembly Constituency Party Year
Syed Qaim Ali Shah PS-26 Khairpur-I PPP 2018
Munawar Wassan PS-27 Khairpur-II PPP 2018
Sajid Banbhan PS-28 Khairpur-III PPP 2018
Muhammad Rafique Banbhan PS-29 Khairpur-IV GDA 2018
Syed Fazal Ali Shah PS-30 Khairpur-V PPP 2018
Naeem Ahmed Kharal PS-31 Khairpur-VI PPP 2018
Syed Rashid Shah Rashidi PS-32 Khairpur-VII GDA 2018

Administration

It has 8 tehsils, 76 Union councils, 11 towns, 6800 Villages and total population 1,546,587 (Male 810,448 and Female Population 736,139) according to (Census) 1998.[3]

The eight tehsils[3] of the district are:

People from Khairpur District

Notes

  1. ^ Khairpur State
  2. ^ Including Jainism, Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Ad-Dharmis, or not stated

References

  1. ^ a b "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Khairpur: then and now - Daily Times". Daily Times. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d "Khairpur District Information". Population Welfare Department, Government of Sindh website. Archived from the original on 28 March 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  5. ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  6. ^ a b c d e f "District And Tehsil Level Population Summary - Khairpur District (2017 census)" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  7. ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME XII SINDH PROVINCE" (PDF).
  8. ^ a b "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).

Sources

  • 1998 District census report of Khairpur. Census publication. Vol. 86. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
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