Shikarpur District facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Shikarpur District
ضلعو شڪارپور
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| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| Headquarters | Shikarpur |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,640 km2 (1,020 sq mi) |
| Population
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| • Total | 1,231,481 |
| • Density | 466.5/km2 (1,208.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Website | Shikarpur Sindh www.shikarpur.tk |
Shikarpur district is a district in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The city of Shikarpur is the District, there are four (04) Sub-Divisions, locally called (Taluka) Lakhi Ghulam Shah, Garhi Yasin, Khanpur and Shikarpur itself. It is spread over an area of 2,512 km2 According to census 2017 total population of District Shikarpur is 1231481. In Total population males are 634985, female are 596477 and transgender are 19. Average annual growth rate is 1.78 from 1998 to 2017. The East India Company occupied Sindh in 1843; They formed three districts in Sindh administratively; 1.Hyderabad 2. Karachi 3.Shikarpur.
Then the Shikarpur city was the District Headquarters till 1901 until the British Government Shifted District Headquarters to Sukkur. At that time Shikarpur had 14 talukas which covered the area of all North Sindh except Khairpur. Those days Shikarpur District had its boundaries from Kashmore to Dadu district nowadays.
Political Divisions
Shikarpur has 4 tehsils, as listed below:
- Garhi Yaseen Tehsil
- Khan Pur Tehsil
- Lakhi Tehsil
- Shikarpur Tehsil
Images for kids
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an old building architecture of Shikarpur.
