Hyderabad Division

Administrative division of Sindh

This article is about the division of Sindh in Pakistan. For other divisions called Hyderabad, see Hyderabad (disambiguation).

Division in Sindh, Pakistan

Hyderabad Division

حیدر آباد ڈویژن
حيدرآباد ڊويزن‎

Division

Map of Hyderabad Division

Country|  Pakistan
Province|  Sindh
Capital| Hyderabad
Established| 1 July 1970; 55 years ago (1 July 1970)
Districts|

* Badin
Dadu
Hyderabad
Jamshoro
Matiari
Sujawal
Tando Allahyar
Tando Muhammad Khan

Government

• Type| Divisional Administration
• Commissioner| Khalid khaskheli
Area

• Division

| 64,963 km2 (25,082 sq mi)
Elevation

| 13 m (43 ft)
Population

(2023 Pakistani census)

• Division

| 11,657,249
• Density| 180/km2 (460/sq mi)
• Urban

| 4,346,036 (37.28%)
• Rural

| 7,313,210
Demonym| Hyderabadi
Time zone| UTC+5 (PKT)
Postal code|

71000

Dialling code| 022
ISO 3166 code| PK-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

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Hyderabad was part of Bombay Presidency from 1668 to April 1, 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 until 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 1 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

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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]

1. Sindhi (83.36%)
2. Urdu (11.06%)
3. Punjabi (1.71%)
4. Pashto (1.07%)
5. Hindko (0.7%)
6. Balochi (0.67%)
7. Saraiki (0.41%)
8. 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

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Districts of Hyderabad Division  |  |  |  |

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|
|

District  | Population
2023[5] | Population
2017 | Population
1998  | Population
1981  | Population
1972  | Population
1961  | Population
1951
Dadu | 1,742,320 | 1,550,266 | 1,106,717  | 705,669  | 556,669  | 342,939  | 295,402
Hyderabad | 2,432,540 | 2,199,463 | 1,494,866  | 1,005,460  | 814,060  | 537,000  | 319,232
Jamshoro | 1,117,308 | 993,142 | 582,094  | 375,942  | 254,318  | 144,228  | 123,561
Matiari | 849,383 | 769,349 | 494,244  | 438,319  | 336,367  | 148,995  | 124,948
Tando Allahyar | 922,012 | 836,887 | 493,526  | 329,370  | 256,994  | 140,259  | 106,267
Tando Muhammad Khan | 726,119 | 677,228 | 438,624  | ...  | ...  | ...  | ...
Totals | 11,659,246 | 10,592,635 | 6,829,537  | 2,854,760  | 2,218,408  | 1,313,421  | 969,410

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

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#  | District  | Headquarter  | Area

(km²)[6]

| Pop.

(2023)

| Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

| Lit. rate

(2023)[7]

|
|
|
|
|
|

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%
8  | Tando Muhammad Khan | Tando Muhammad Khan | 1,423  | 726,119  | 509.1  | 34.02%
9  | Thatta | Thatta | 8,570  | 1,083,191  | 126.8  | 26.88%

## List of the Tehsils

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#  | Tehsil  | Area

(km²)[6]

| Pop.

(2023)

| Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

| Lit. rate

(2023)[7]

| 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  |

## Constituencies

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Provincial Assembly Constituency  | National Assembly Constituency  | District

|
|

PS-56 Matiari-I | NA-216 Matiari | Matiari
PS-57 Matiari-II
PS-58 Tando Allahyar-I | NA-217 Tando Allahyar | Tando Allahyar
PS-59 Tando Allahyar-II
PS-60 Hyderabad-I | NA-218 Hyderabad-I | Hyderabad
PS-61 Hyderabad-II
PS-62 Hyderabad-III | NA-219 Hyderabad-II
PS-63 Hyderabad-IV
PS-64 Hyderabad-V | NA-220 Hyderabad-III
PS-65 Hyderabad-VI
PS-66 Tando Muhammad Khan-I | NA-221 Tando Muhammad Khan | Tando Muhammad Khan
PS-67 Tando Muhammad Khan-II
PS-77 Jamshoro-I | NA-226 Jamshoro | Jamshoro
PS-78 Jamshoro-II
PS-79 Jamshoro-III
PS-80 Dadu-I | NA-227 Dadu-I | Dadu
PS-81 Dadu-II
PS-82 Dadu-III | NA-228 Dadu-II
PS-83 Dadu-IV
PS-68 Badin-I | NA-222 Badin-I | Badin
PS-69 Badin-II
PS-70 Badin-III
NA-223 Badin-II
PS-71 Badin-IV
PS-72 Badin-V
PS-73 Sujawal-I | NA-224 Sujawal | Sujawal
PS-74 Sujawal-II
PS-75 Thatta-I | NA-225 Thatta | Thatta
PS-76 Thatta-II

## See also

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* Divisions of Pakistan
* Divisions of Punjab, Pakistan
* Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
* Divisions of Balochistan
* Divisions of Sindh
* Divisions of Azad Kashmir
* Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan
* Districts of Pakistan
* Districts of Punjab, Pakistan
* Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
* Districts of Balochistan
* Districts of Sindh
* Districts of Azad Kashmir
* Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan

## References

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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. ^ a b "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, SINDH" (PDF).
7. ^ a b "TABLE 12 : LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, SINDH" (PDF).

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