Khairpur District

Khairpur District خیرپور ڈسٹرکٹ خیرپور ڈسٹرکٹ
District of Sindh, Pakistan
Khairpur District
Khairpur District خیرپور ڈسٹرکٹ خیرپور ڈسٹرکٹ
Coordinates: 27°32′N 68°46′E / 27.533°N 68.767°E / 27.533; 68.767Coordinates: 27°32′N 68°46′E / 27.533°N 68.767°E / 27.533; 68.767
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
District	Khairpur
Established	1546
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	2,404,334
• Rank	5th:Sindh
Demonym(s)	Khairpuri
Time zone	UTC+5 (PKT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5
Calling code	0243
Number of Tehsils	8
Number of Union Councils	89

Khairpur District 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 Taluka, Mirwah Taluka, Kot Diji Taluka, Kingri Taluka, Sobho Dero Taluka, Gambat Taluka, Faiz Ganj Taluka and .^[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.

Demographics[]

According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the district had a population of 2.4 million, of which 32.3% was urban. Following are the demographic indicators of the district:

• Languages:^[4]
  • Sindhi: 93.9%
  • Punjabi: 3.2%
  • Urdu: 1.4%
  • Baluchi: 0.70%
  • Others: 0.92%
• Religion:
  • Islam: 96.86%
  • Hinduism: 2.93%
  • Christianity: 0.09%
  • Ahmaddiya: 0.07%
  • Others: 0.04%
  • literacy rate:
  • literate: 90%
  • illiterate: 10%

Administration[]

It has 8 talukas, 76 Union councils, 11 towns, 6800 Villages and total population 1546587 (Male 810448 and Female Population 736139) according to (Census) 1998.^[5]

The eight talukas (or tehsils) of the district are:

• Taluka Faiz Gunj
• Taluka Gambat
• Khairpur Taluka
• Taluka Kingri
• Taluka Kot Diji
• Taluka
• Taluka Sobho Dero
• Taluka Thari Mir Wah

The union councils are:

• UC No. 1
• UC No. 2
• UC No. 3
• UC No. 4
• UC No. 5
• UC No. 6
• UC No. 7 Gujo
• UC No. 8
• UC No. 9 Mehr Ali
• UC No. 10
• UC No. 11
• UC No. 12
• UC No. 13
• UC No. 14
• UC No. 15
• UC No. 16 SadarJi Bhatyoon
• UC No. 17
• UC No. 18
• UC No. 19
• UC No. 20
• UC No. 21
• UC No. 22
• UC No. 23
• UC No. 24 Kolab Jial
• UC No. 25
• UC No. 26
• UC No. 27
• UC No. 28
• UC No. 29
• UC No. 30
• UC No. 31
• UC No. 32
• UC No. 33
• UC No. 34
• UC No. 35
• UC No. 36 Daraza Sharif
• UC No. 37
• UC No. 38
• UC No. 39 Jado Wahan
• UC No. 40
• UC No. 41 Ali Muhammad Khan Sarohi abad / Village Ali Bakhsh Sarohi
• UC No. 42
• UC No. 43
• UC No. 44
• UC No. 45 Ahmed Kharal /
• UC No. 46
• UC No. 47 Jiskani
• UC No. 48 Fateh Pur
• UC No. 49
• UC No. 50
• UC No. 51
• UC No. 52
• UC No. 53
• UC No. 54
• UC No. 55
• UC No. 56 Layari (HussainAbad)
• UC No. 57
• UC No. 58 Sohu
• UC No. 59 Hindyari
• UC No. 60
• UC No. 61
• UC No. 62 Mandan
• UC No. 63
• UC No. 64
• UC No. 65 Baqi Khan
• UC No. 66
• UC No. 67
• UC No. 68
• UC No. 69
• UC No. 70
• UC No. 71
• UC No. 72
• UC No. 73
• UC No. 74
• UC No. 75 /
• UC No. 76
• UC No. 77
• UC No. 78 Kot Lalu
• UC No. 79
• UC No. 80
• UC No. 81 Shah
• UC No. 82
• UC No. 83
• UC No. 84 Khenwari
• UC No. 85
• UC No. 86

List of Dehs[]

The following is a list of Khairpur District's dehs, organised by taluka:^[6]

• Khairpur Taluka (43 dehs)
  • Khairpur
  • Therhi
• Gambat Taluka (50 dehs)
  • Agra
  • Gambat
  • Jado Wahan
  • Khuhra
• Kingri Taluka (49 dehs)
  • Fareedabad
  • Kingri
  • Sadarji
• Kot Diji Taluka (53 dehs)
  • Kot Diji
  • Mithri
• (55 dehs)
  • Hindyari
• (59 dehs)
• Faiz Ganj Taluka (59 dehs)
  • Karoondi
• Sobho Dero Taluka (45 dehs)
  • Ranipur
  • Rasoolabad
  • Sobho Dero

People from Khairpur District[]

• Pir Pagaro - President of Pakistan Muslim League (F)
• Sachal Sarmast - eighteenth-Century Sufi Poet
• Qaim Ali Shah - former Chief Minister of Sindh Province
• Ghous Ali Shah - former Defense Minister of Pakistan and Former Chief Minister of Sindh province
• Mir Ali Murad Talpur - former ruler of the princely state of Khairpur

References[]

Sources[]

• Basti, Malik Peeran Ditta daisi. "populated places of Alipur Tehsil". Local. ciclone. Retrieved 24 November 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
• 1998 District census report of Khairpur. Census publication. 86. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.

External links[]

• District of Khairpur
• http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?^{[permanent dead link]}