Sukkur Division
Sukkur is the divisional headquarters of Sukkur Division, which comprises the following three districts:
Districts of Sukkur Division | ||||
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District | Area (km) | Population 1998 Census |
Population 2017 Census |
Capital |
Ghotki | 6,083 | 1,646,318 | Mirpur Mathelo | |
Khairpur | 15,910 | 2,404,334 | Khairpur | |
Sukkur | 2,512 | 1,487,903 | Sukkur | |
Totals | 24,505 | 3,447,935 | 5,538,555 | Sukkur |
History
On 1 April 1936 when Sind division separated from Bombay Presidency and established a Province.
On One Unit Policy Sind province merged into West Pakistan province on 30 September 1955 Create Khairpur Division when the State of Khairpur merged in Pakistan.
Pakistan Government merged the khairpur state into Sind province and gave the status of a district.
The Sukkur district was also include in khairpur Division. Later in 1971 when the Sind province was restored the divisional status was shifted from khairpur to Sukkur. khairpur remain a district of Sukkur Division.
Languages
At the time of the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the distribution of the population of Sukkur Division by first language was as follows:
- 91.7% Sindhi
- 3.5% Urdu
- 2.0% Punjabi
- 1.0% Saraiki
- 0.6% Balochi
- 0.4% Pashto
- 0.3% Brahui
- 0.2% Hindko
- 0.0% Kashmiri
- 0.2% Others
See also
References
- ^ Karachi’s district status restored, notification issued, Published in The News Tribe on 11 July 2011, Retrieved on 7 August 2012
- ^ Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 30 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names - ^ Five districts of Karachi restored, Published in The News on 11 July 2011, Retrieved on 7 August 2012
- ^ "Commissioner Office, Sukkur". heritage.eftsindh.com. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ Final Results of Census-2017
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