Shaheed Benazirabad Division

Shaheed Benazirabad Division
شہید بینظیر آباد ڈویژن
شهيد بينظيرآباد ڊويزن‎
Division
Map of Shaheed Benazirabad Division
Map of Shaheed Benazirabad Division
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
CapitalNawabshah
Established6 June 2014; 10 years ago (6 June 2014)
Founded bySindh Government
Districts
03
Government
 • TypeDivisional Administration
 • CommissionerSyed Muhammad Sajjad Hyder
Elevation
31 m (102 ft)
Population
 (2023 Pakistani census)
 • Total
5,928,917
Time zoneUTC+5 (PKT)
Postal code
67450
Dialling code244
ISO 3166 codePK-SD

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).

History

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

Demographics

In the 2023 Pakistani census, Shaheed Benazirabad Division had a population of 5,928,917. consists of 3,010,350 males & females 2,918,315.

Languages

Languages of Shaheed Benazirabad Division (2023 Pakistani census)[3]

  Sindhi (83.74%)
  Urdu (6.49%)
  Punjabi (3.86%)
  Balochi (1.37%)
  Brahui (1.19%)
  Saraiki (0.94%)
  Hindko (0.81%)
  Others (1.56%)

According to 2023 Pakistani census There were 4,965,355 Sindhi, 384,911 Urdu, 229,067 Punjabi, 81,258 Balochi, 71,013 Brahui, 56,100 Saraiki, 48,304 Hindko, 30,325 Pashto, 4,106 Mewati, 196 Kashmiri, 138 Koshitani, 53 Shina, 30 Kalasha, 16 Balti, 123 Kalasha and 58,035 Others.

Naushahro Feroze District

Shaheed Benazir Abad District

Sanghar District

List of the Districts

# District Headquarter Area

(km²)[4]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

1 Sanghar Sanghar 10,728 2,308,465 215.0 43.66%
2 Shaheed Benazirabad Nawabshah 4,502 1,845,102 409.5 50.86%
3 Naushahro Feroze Naushahro Feroze 2,945 1,777,082 603.2 57.15%

List of the Tehsils

# Tehsil Area

(km²)[5]

Pop.

(2023)

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

Lit. rate

(2023)

Districts
1 Bhiria Tehsil 488 330,308 676.86 Naushahro Feroze District
2 Kandiaro Tehsil 771 356,506 462.39
3 Mehrabpur Tehsil 361 273,764 758.35
4 Moro Tehsil 609 408,148 670.19
5 Naushahro Feroze Tehsil 717 408,356 569.53
6 Daulatpur Tehsil (now Kazi Ahmed) 972 402,834 414.44 Shaheed Benazir Abad District
7 Daur Tehsil (2004) 2,210 532,621 241
8 Nawabshah Tehsil (1907) 435 481,978 1,108.00
9 Sakrand Tehsil (1858) 885 427,669 483.24
10 Jam Nawaz Ali Tehsil 440 171,598 390 Sanghar District
11 Khipro Tehsil 5,933 366,748 61.81
12 Sanghar Tehsil 2,118 482,560 227.84
13 Shahdadpur Tehsil 890 525,164 590.07
14 Sinjhoro Tehsil 907 354,709 391.08
15 Tando Adam Khan Tehsil 440 407,686 926.56

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. ^ Correspondent, The Newspaper's (2014-05-25). "Shaheed Benazirabad made division". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-08-30. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "TABLE 11 – POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  4. ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
  5. ^ "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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