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Khairpur District

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Country
  
Pakistan

Headquarters
  
Khairpur

Number of Tehsils
  
8

Province
  
Sindh

Established
  
1546

Time zone
  
PST (UTC+5)

Area
  
15,910 kmĀ²

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Khairpur District is a district in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The district has an area of 15,910 km2 and is headquartered at the city of Khairpur. 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.

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Map of Khairpur District, Pakistan

Demographics

According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district had a population of 1.5 million, of which 24% was urban. A 2011 estimate placed the population at 2.2 million.

Following are the demographic indicators of the district as per the 1998 census of Pakistan:

  • Languages:
  • Sindhi: 93.9%
  • Punjabi: 3.2%
  • Urdu: 1.4%
  • Baluchi: 0.70%
  • Others: 0.92%
  • Location

    Khairpur District is located in between middle and northern Sindh and is bounded on the north by Shikarpur and Sukkur, on the east by India, on the south by Sanghar and Nawabshah and on the west by Larkana, Naushahro Feroz and the Indus River.

    People from the Khairpur District

  • Mir Ali Murad Talpur - Former Ruler of the princely state of Khairpur
  • 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.
  • Pir Pagaro
  • References

    Khairpur District Wikipedia