| Districts of Sindh | |
| Map: | Pakistan Sindh districts map.svg |
| Caption: | Districts of Sindh, colour-coded by division |
| Territory: | Sindh, Pakistan |
| Current Number: | 30 |
| Number Date: | 2021 |
| Government: | District Government |
| Government1: | City District Government |
| Government2: | Zilla Council |
| Subdivision: | Tehsils |
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]
In 2023, The Sindh government has opted to rename four districts in the Karachi Division, East District to Gulshan, West District to Orangi, South District to simplified Karachi, Central District to Nazimabad while other three Malir, Keamari and Korangi will be same as.[3]
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);
The administration given below:
Sind DivisionHyderabad DistrictKarachi DistrictShikarpur DistrictIn 1846-47 Upper Sind Frontier district headquarter was Khangarh (Jacobabad) carved out of Shikarpur district.
The administration given below:
Sind DivisionHyderabad DistrictKarachi DistrictShikarpur DistrictUpper Sind Frontier DistrictIn 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.
The administration given below:
Sind DivisionHyderabad DistrictKarachi DistrictShikarpur DistrictUpper Sind Frontier DistrictThar and Parkar DistrictOn 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:
Sind DivisionHyderabad DistrictKarachi DistrictSukkur District (Formally Shikarpur)Upper Sind Frontier DistrictThar and Parkar DistrictLarkana District On 1 November 1912, Hyderabad district again split to create Nawabshah district.The administration given below:
Sind DivisionHyderabad DistrictKarachi DistrictSukkur District (Formally Shikarpur)Upper Sind Frontier DistrictThar and Parkar DistrictLarkana DistrictNawabshah DistrictIn 1931, British government divided Karachi and Larkana district to create Dadu district.
The administration given below:
Sind DivisionHyderabad DistrictKarachi DistrictSukkur District (Formally Shikarpur)Upper Sind Frontier DistrictThar and Parkar DistrictLarkana DistrictNawabshah DistrictDadu DistrictOn 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.
The administration given below:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictKarachi DistrictSukkur District (Formally Shikarpur)Upper Sind Frontier DistrictThar and Parkar DistrictLarkana DistrictNawabshah DistrictDadu DistrictIn 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:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictSukkur DistrictUpper Sind Frontier DistrictThar and Parkar DistrictLarkana DistrictNawabshah DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictIn 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:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictSukkur DistrictJacobabad District Thar and Parkar DistrictLarkana DistrictNawabshah DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictSanghar DistrictOn 14 October 1955, Khairpur state merged into Sind province and gave the status of district or divisional headquarter.
The administration as given below:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictThar and Parkar DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictSanghar DistrictKhairpur DivisionKhairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictJacobabad DistrictLarkana DistrictNawabshah DistrictThe administration as given below:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictThar and Parkar DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictSanghar DistrictKhairpur DivisionKhairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictJacobabad DistrictLarkana DistrictNawabshah DistrictKarachi-Bela Division (In 1959, the capital region was merged with West Pakistan and in 1960, Karachi Bela Division was formed comprising Karachi and Las Bela District)Karachi DistrictLasbela DistrictIn 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).
The administration as given below:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictThar and Parkar DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictSanghar DistrictKhairpur DivisionKhairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictJacobabad DistrictLarkana DistrictNawabshah DistrictKarachi Division South Karachi DistrictEast Karachi DistrictWest Karachi DistrictIn 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:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictThar and Parkar DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictSanghar DistrictBadin DistrictSukkur Division (Formally Khairpur Division)Khairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictJacobabad DistrictLarkana DistrictNawabshah DistrictKarachi DivisionSouth Karachi DistrictEast Karachi DistrictWest Karachi DistrictIn 1977, Shikarpur district again was re-maintained.
The administration as given below:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictThar and Parkar DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictSanghar DistrictBadin DistrictSukkur Division (Formally Khairpur Division)Khairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictJacobabad DistrictLarkana DistrictNawabshah DistrictShikarpur DistrictKarachi DivisionSouth Karachi DistrictEast Karachi DistrictWest Karachi DistrictIn 1980s, Larkana Division established by bifurcation of Sukkur Division.
The administration as given below:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictThar and Parkar DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictSanghar DistrictBadin DistrictSukkur Division (Formally Khairpur Division)Khairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictNawabshah DistrictKarachi DivisionSouth Karachi DistrictEast Karachi DistrictWest Karachi DistrictLarkana DivisionLarkana DistrictJacobabad DistrictShikarpur DistrictIn 1983, Sukkur district again spitting out to form Ghotki district.
The administration as given below:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictThar and Parkar DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictSanghar DistrictBadin DistrictSukkur Division (Formally Khairpur Division)Khairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictNawabshah DistrictGhotki DistrictKarachi DivisionSouth Karachi DistrictEast Karachi DistrictWest Karachi DistrictLarkana DivisionLarkana DistrictJacobabad DistrictShikarpur DistrictIn 1989, Naushahro Feroze district carved out of Nawabshah district.
The administration as given below:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictThar and Parkar DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictSanghar DistrictBadin DistrictSukkur Division (Formally Khairpur Division)Khairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictNawabshah DistrictGhotki DistrictNaushahro Feroze DistrictKarachi DivisionSouth Karachi DistrictEast Karachi DistrictWest Karachi DistrictLarkana DivisionLarkana DistrictJacobabad DistrictShikarpur DistrictOn 31 October 1990, Mirpurkhas district carved out of Tharparkar district and Spelt Hyderabad Division to established Mirpur khas Division.
The administration as given below:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictBadin DistrictSukkur Division (Formally Khairpur Division)Khairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictNawabshah DistrictGhotki DistrictNaushahro Feroze DistrictKarachi DivisionSouth Karachi DistrictEast Karachi DistrictWest Karachi DistrictLarkana DivisionLarkana DistrictJacobabad DistrictShikarpur DistrictMirpur Khas DivisionMirpur Khas DistrictTharparkar DistrictSanghar DistrictOn 17 April 1993, Tharparkar district again spilt out to form Umerkot district.
The administration as given below:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictBadin DistrictSukkur Division (Formally Khairpur Division)Khairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictNawabshah DistrictGhotki DistrictNaushahro Feroze DistrictKarachi DivisionSouth Karachi DistrictEast Karachi DistrictWest Karachi DistrictLarkana DivisionLarkana DistrictJacobabad DistrictShikarpur DistrictMirpur Khas DivisionMirpur Khas DistrictTharparkar DistrictSanghar DistrictUmerkot DistrictIn 1996, two more (02) districts created in the Karachi division;Central and Malir district.
The administration as given below:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictBadin DistrictSukkur Division(Formally Khairpur Division)Khairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictNawabshah DistrictGhotki DistrictNaushahro Feroze DistrictKarachi DivisionSouth Karachi DistrictCentral Karachi DistrictEast Karachi DistrictWest Karachi DistrictMalir DistrictLarkana DivisionLarkana DistrictJacobabad DistrictShikarpur DistrictMirpur Khas DivisionMirpur Khas DistrictTharparkar DistrictSanghar DistrictUmerkot DistrictOn 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:
Hyderabad DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictBadin DistrictKhairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictNawabshah DistrictGhotki DistrictNaushahro Feroze DistrictKarachi City DistrictLarkana DistrictJacobabad DistrictShikarpur DistrictMirpur Khas DistrictTharparkar DistrictSanghar DistrictUmerkot DistrictIn 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:
Hyderabad DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictBadin DistrictKhairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictNawabshah DistrictGhotki DistrictNaushahro Feroze DistrictKarachi City DistrictLarkana DistrictJacobabad DistrictShikarpur DistrictMirpur Khas DistrictTharparkar DistrictSanghar DistrictUmerkot DistrictQambar Shahdadkot DistrictJamshoro DistrictKashmore DistrictIn 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:
Hyderabad DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictBadin DistrictKhairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictNawabshah DistrictGhotki DistrictNaushahro Feroze DistrictKarachi City DistrictLarkana DistrictJacobabad DistrictShikarpur DistrictMirpur Khas DistrictTharparkar DistrictSanghar DistrictUmerkot DistrictQambar Shahdadkot DistrictJamshoro DistrictKashmore DistrictTando Muhammad Khan DistrictTando Allahyar DistrictMatiari DistrictIn September 2008, Sindh Cabinet renamed the Nawabshah district to Shaheed Benazirabad.
The administration as given below:
Hyderabad DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictBadin DistrictKhairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictShaheed Benazirabad DistrictGhotki DistrictNaushahro Feroze DistrictKarachi City DistrictLarkana DistrictJacobabad DistrictShikarpur DistrictMirpur Khas DistrictTharparkar DistrictSanghar DistrictUmerkot DistrictQambar Shahdadkot DistrictJamshoro DistrictKashmore DistrictTando Muhammad Khan DistrictTando Allahyar DistrictMatiari DistrictOn 11 July 2011, Government restored Administration division.
The administration as given below:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictBadin DistrictJamshoro DistrictTando Muhammad Khan DistrictTando Allahyar DistrictMatiari DistrictSukkur DivisionKhairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictShaheed Benazirabad DistrictGhotki DistrictNaushahro Feroze DistrictKarachi DivisionSouth Karachi DistrictCentral Karachi DistrictEast Karachi DistrictWest Karachi DistrictMalir DistrictLarkana DivisionLarkana DistrictJacobabad DistrictShikarpur DistrictQambar Shahdadkot DistrictKashmore DistrictMirpur Khas DivisionMirpur Khas DistrictTharparkar DistrictSanghar DistrictUmerkot DistrictOn 7 August 2011, Shaheed Benazirabad district transferred from Sukkur to Hyderabad division.
The administration as given below:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictBadin DistrictJamshoro DistrictTando Muhammad Khan DistrictTando Allahyar DistrictMatiari DistrictShaheed Benazirabad DistrictSukkur DivisionKhairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictGhotki DistrictNaushahro Feroze DistrictKarachi DivisionSouth Karachi DistrictCentral Karachi DistrictEast Karachi DistrictWest Karachi DistrictMalir DistrictLarkana DivisionLarkana DistrictJacobabad DistrictShikarpur DistrictQambar Shahdadkot DistrictKashmore DistrictMirpur Khas DivisionMirpur Khas DistrictTharparkar DistrictSanghar DistrictUmerkot DistrictIn 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:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictBadin DistrictJamshoro DistrictTando Muhammad Khan DistrictTando Allahyar DistrictMatiari DistrictSujawal DistrictShaheed Benazirabad DistrictSukkur DivisionKhairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictGhotki DistrictNaushahro Feroze DistrictKarachi DivisionSouth Karachi DistrictCentral Karachi DistrictEast Karachi DistrictWest Karachi DistrictMalir DistrictKorangi DistrictLarkana DivisionLarkana DistrictJacobabad DistrictShikarpur DistrictQambar Shahdadkot DistrictKashmore DistrictMirpur Khas DivisionMirpur Khas DistrictTharparkar DistrictSanghar DistrictUmerkot DistrictIn 2020, Keamari District was created after splitting Karachi West District.[7]
The administration as given below:
Hyderabad DivisionHyderabad DistrictDadu DistrictThatta DistrictBadin DistrictJamshoro DistrictTando Muhammad Khan DistrictTando Allahyar DistrictMatiari DistrictSujawal DistrictShaheed Benazirabad DistrictSukkur DivisionKhairpur DistrictSukkur DistrictGhotki DistrictKarachi DivisionSouth Karachi DistrictCentral Karachi DistrictEast Karachi DistrictWest Karachi DistrictMalir DistrictKorangi DistrictKeamari DistrictLarkana DivisionLarkana DistrictJacobabad DistrictShikarpur DistrictQambar Shahdadkot DistrictKashmore DistrictMirpur Khas DivisionMirpur Khas DistrictTharparkar DistrictUmerkot DistrictBanbhore DivisionThatta DistrictBadin DistrictSujawal DistrictShaheed Benazirabad DivisionShaheed Benazirabad DistrictNaushahro Feroze DistrictSanghar DistrictCurrently 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]
| Division Name (English) | Division Name (Sindhi) | Headquarter | Districts | Area(km2) | Population (1998) | Population (2017) | Population (2023)[9] | Pop. Density (1998) | Pop. Density (2017) | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyderabad Division | حيدرآباد | Hyderabad | 48,670 | 4,610,071 | 7,026,335 | 11,659,246 | 137.503/km2 | 209.572/km2 | ||
| Karachi Division | ڪراچي | Karachi | 3,528 | 9,856,318 | 16,051,521 | 20,382,881 | 2,793.741/km2 | 4,549.751/km2 | ||
| Larkana Division | لاڙڪاڻو | Larkana | 15,213 | N/A | 6,190,926 | 7,093,706 | N/A | 406.950/km2 | ||
| Mirpur Khas Division | ميرپورخاص | Mirpur Khas | 28,171 | 2,585,417 | 4,228,683 | 4,619,624 | 91.776/km2 | 150.108/km2 | ||
| Shaheed Benazirabad Division | شهيد بينظير آباد | Nawabshah | 18,175 | 3,510,036 | 5,282,277 | 5,930,649 | 193.124/km2 | 290.634/km2 | ||
| Sukkur Division | سکر | Sukkur | 24,505 | 3,447,935 | 5,538,555 | 6,010,041 | 140.703/km2 | 226.017/km2 | ||
| Sr. No. | District | Headquarters | data-sort-type="number" | Area (km2)[11] | data-sort-type="number" | Population (2023) | data-sort-type="number" | Density (/km2) | Literacy rate (2023) | Division |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | Badin | Badin | 6,858 | 1,947,081 | 284.6 | 36.65% | Hyderabad | |||
| 60 | Dadu | Dadu | 7,866 | 1,742,320 | 221.8 | 47.13% | Hyderabad | |||
| 61 | Ghotki | Mirpur Mathelo | 6,083 | 1,772,609 | 291.3 | 41.38% | Sukkur | |||
| 62 | Hyderabad | Hyderabad | 993 | 2,432,540 | 2,448.7 | 67.21% | Hyderabad | |||
| 63 | Jacobabad | Jacobabad | 2,698 | 1,174,097 | 434.0 | 42.34% | Larkana | |||
| 64 | Jamshoro | Jamshoro | 11,204 | 1,117,308 | 99.7 | 49.63% | Hyderabad | |||
| 65 | Karachi Central | North Nazimabad | 69 | 3,822,325 | 55,838.8 | 83.55% | Karachi | |||
| 66 | Karachi East | Gulshan e Iqbal | 139 | 3,921,742 | 28,220.1 | 80.07% | Karachi | |||
| 67 | Karachi South | Saddar Karachi | 122 | 2,329,764 | 19,104.6 | 78.57% | Karachi | |||
| 68 | Karachi West | Orangi Town | 370 | 2,679,380 | 7,238.1 | 67.43% | Karachi | |||
| 69 | Kashmore | Kandhkot | 2,580 | 1,233,957 | 477.3 | 35.59% | Larkana | |||
| 70 | Keamari | Moriro Mirbahar | 559 | 2,068,451 | 3,699.8 | 62.07% | Karachi | |||
| 71 | Khairpur | Khairpur | 15,910 | 2,597,535 | 163.3 | 50.14% | Sukkur | |||
| 72 | Korangi | Korangi | 108 | 3,128,971 | 28,968.8 | 79.86% | Karachi | |||
| 73 | Larkana | Larkana | 1,948 | 1,784,453 | 915.8 | 55.58% | Larkana | |||
| 74 | Malir | Malir | 2,160 | 2,432,248 | 1,126.8 | 63.14% | Karachi | |||
| 75 | Matiari | Matiari | 1,417 | 849,383 | 599.0 | 45.88% | Hyderabad | |||
| 76 | Mirpur Khas | Mirpur Khas | 2,925 | 1,681,386 | 574.7 | 45.37% | Mirpur Khas | |||
| 77 | Naushahro Feroze | Naushahro Feroze | 2,945 | 1,777,082 | 603.2 | 57.15% | Shaheed Benazir Abad | |||
| 78 | Qambar Shahdadkot | Qambar | 5,475 | 1,514,869 | 276.4 | 40.02% | Larkana | |||
| 79 | Sanghar | Sanghar | 10,728 | 2,308,465 | 215.0 | 43.66% | Mirpur Khas | |||
| 80 | Shaheed Benazirabad | Nawabshah | 4,502 | 1,845,102 | 409.5 | 50.86% | Shaheed Benazirabad | |||
| 81 | Shikarpur | Shikarpur | 2,512 | 1,386,330 | 552.1 | 43.70% | Larkana | |||
| 82 | Sujawal | Sujawal | 8,785 | 839,292 | 95.5 | 27.02% | Hyderabad | |||
| 83 | Sukkur | Sukkur | 5,165 | 1,639,897 | 317.7 | 58.26% | Sukkur | |||
| 84 | Tando Allahyar | Tando Allahyar | 1,554 | 922,012 | 592.8 | 39.80% | Hyderabad | |||
| 85 | Tando Muhammad Khan | Tando Muhammad Khan | 1,423 | 726,119 | 509.1 | 34.02% | Hyderabad | |||
| 86 | Tharparkar | Mithi | 19,637 | 1,778,407 | 90.6 | 36.39% | Mirpur Khas | |||
| 87 | Thatta | Thatta | 8,570 | 1,083,191 | 126.8 | 26.88% | Hyderabad | |||
| 88 | Umerkot[12] | Umerkot | 5,608[13] | 1,159,831 | 207.2 | 38.69% | Mirpur Khas | |||
| 29 | Thatta | Thatta | 8,570 | 982,138 | 115 | Hyderabad | ||||
| 30 | Umerkot | Umerkot | 5,608 | 1,073,469 | 191 | Mirpur Khas | ||||