Shikarpur District

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Shikarpur district (Template:Langx, Template:Langx), is a district in Larkana Division of Sindh province in Pakistan.

The city of Shikarpur is the district headquarters. There are 4 talukas: Lakhi, Garhi Yasin, Khanpur Tehsil and Shikarpur Tehsil itself. It is spread over an area of 2,512 km2.[1][2]

Geography

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An old building architecture of Shikarpur.

Shikarpur district borders Larkana, Jacobabad, Khairpur and Sukkur. Two National Highways (N-65 & N-55) intersect the city of Shikarpur making it the junction points of 4 provinces.

Administrative divisions

The district of Shikarpur is sub-divided into four Tehsils these are:[3]

Demographics

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As of the 2023 census, Shikarpur district has 214,824 households and a population of 1,386,330.[4] The district has a sex ratio of 102.20 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 43.70%: 52.59% for males and 34.65% for females.[5][6] 514,189 (37.09% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[7] 318,738 (22.99%) live in urban areas.[5]

Religion

Religions in Shikarpur district (2023)[8]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 98.21%
Hinduism
 
 1.51%
Other or not state
 
 0.28%

The majority religion is Islam, with 98.21% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 1.51% of the population, a majority of whom live in urban areas.[8]

Religion in contemporary Shikarpur District
Religious
group 		1941 2017[1] 2023[8]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam File:Star and Crescent.svg 167,163 72.27% 1,215,158 98.49% 1,361,515 98.21%
Hinduism File:Om.svg 63,276 27.36% 17,246 1.40% 20,885 1.51%
Others Template:Efn 868 0.37% 1,356 0.11% 3,930 0.28%
Total Population 231,307 100% 1,233,760 100% 1,386,330 100%
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Religious groups in Shikarpur District (British Sindh era)
Religious
group 		1872[9] 1881[10] 1891[11] 1901[12] 1911[13] 1921[14] 1931[15] 1941[16]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam File:Star and Crescent.svg 628,662 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 684,275 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 728,661 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 797,882 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 414,671 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 358,396 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 440,148 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 491,634 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Hinduism File:Om.svgTemplate:Efn 147,224 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 167,896 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 185,813 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 218,829 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 155,156 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 148,188 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 177,467 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 195,458 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Christianity File:Christian cross.svg 238 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 736 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 522 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 492 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 585 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 481 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 827 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 648 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Zoroastrianism File:Faravahar.svg 39 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 64 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 71 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 66 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 96 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 123 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 123 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 59 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
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Sikhism File:Khanda.svg — — — — 402 Script error: No such module "Percentage". — — 3,295 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 2,146 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 5,180 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 4,696 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Tribal — — — — — — — — 30 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 942 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 0 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 51 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Others 63 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 0 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 0 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 813 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 72 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 0 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 22 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 0 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Total population 776,227 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 852,986 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 915,497 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 1,018,113 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 573,913 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 510,292 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 623,779 Script error: No such module "Percentage". 692,556 Script error: No such module "Percentage".
Note1: British Sindh era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Note2: District was renamed to Sukkur District in 1901, following district headquarter relocation from Shikarpur City to Sukkur City.

Note3: District bifurcated in 1901 to create Larkana District.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Language

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At the time of the 2023 census, 97.14% of the population spoke Sindhi and 1.29% Brahui as their first language.[17]

References

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Notes

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Bibliography

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