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Population of Sindh Province
The following table shows the population of Sindh province and its districts as per the 2017 Census:
| Province/ Districts |
Area Km2 |
Population | Male % | Female % |
Urban % |
Growth Rate % |
| Sindh Province | 140,914 | 47,884,000 | 52.0 | 48.0 | 52.0 | 2.4 |
| Badin District | 6,726 | 1,805,000 | 51.7 | 48.3 | 21.6 | 2.6 |
| Dadu District | 7,866 | 1,550,000 | 51.5 | 48.5 | 24.7 | 1.8 |
| Ghotki District | 6,083 | 1,646,000 | 51.6 | 48.4 | 24.5 | 2.8 |
| Hyderabad District | 996 | 2,892,000 | 52.1 | 48.9 | 16.7 | 2.1 |
| Jamshoro District | 11,204 | 993,000 | 52.7 | 48.3 | 43.7 | 2.9 |
| Jacobabad District | 2,698 | 1,426,000 | 51.2 | 48.8 | 29.5 | 1.7 |
| Karachi District | 3,527 | 16,052,000 | 52.6 | 47.4 | 92.9 | 2.6 |
| Kashmore District | 2,580 | 1,089,000 | 51.9 | 48.1 | 23.3 | 2.5 |
| Khairpur District | 15,910 | 2,404,000 | 51.6 | 48.4 | 32.3 | 2.3 |
| Larkana District | 1,948 | 1,927,000 | 51.0 | 49.0 | 46.1 | 2.2 |
| Matiari District | 1,417 | 770,000 | 51.6 | 48.4 | 23.8 | 2.4 |
| Mirpurkhas District | 2,925 | 906,000 | 51.7 | 48.3 | 20.6 | 2.1 |
| S Benazirabad | 4,502 | 1,613,000 | 51.7 | 48.3 | 30.3 | 2.0 |
| N. Feroze District | 2,945 | 1,612,000 | 51.7 | 48.3 | 23.6 | 2.1 |
| Sanghar District | 10,728 | 1,453,000 | 51.7 | 48.3 | 28.6 | 2.4 |
| Qambar@Shahdadkot | 5,475 | 1,341,000 | 50.9 | 49.1 | 29.7 | 2.0 |
| Shikarpur District | 2,512 | 1,231,000 | 51.6 | 48.4 | 24.6 | 1.8 |
| Sukkur District | 5,165 | 1,488,000 | 51.7 | 48.3 | 21.0 | 2.5 |
| Tando Allahyar District | 1,554 | 837,000 | 51.7 | 48.3 | 31.3 | 2.8 |
| Tharparkar District | 19,638 | 1,649,661 | 52.0 | 48.0 | 22.6 | 3.1 |
| Thatta District | 17,355 | 1,762,000 | 52.0 | 48.0 | 17.8 | 2.6 |
| Tando M. Khan District | 1,554 | 677,000 | 51.7 | 48.3 | 21.0 | 2.3 |
| Umerkot District | 5,608 | 1,073,000 | 52.0 | 48.0 | 22.6 | 2.6 |
Table 1.4 Sindh Population Statistics
Religion; Sindh Province
Sindh’s population is mainly Muslim (91.32%), but Sindh is also home to nearly all (93%) of Pakistan’s Hindu population, which forms 6.51% of the province’s population. A large number of the Sindhi Hindus migrated to India at the time of independence. Smaller groups of Christians, Ahmadis, Parsis or Zoroastrians, Armenian, Sikh, and a Jewish community also reside in the province.
Following are the population figures of various religious groups living in the province (1998 Census)[1]:
| Muslims | 91.3% |
| Christians | 1.0% |
| Hindus | 6.5% |
| Ahmadis | 0.1% |
| Scheduled Castes | 1.0% |
| Others | 0.1% |
Table 1.5 Sindh Religions
Languages; Sindh Province
Sindhi was the sole official language of Sindh till the 19th century. It is still the official language of Sindh province along with English and Urdu. Following are languages spoken in the province (1998 Census):
| Urdu | 21.0% |
| Punjabi | 7.0% |
| Sindhi | 59.7% |
| Pushto | 4.2% |
| Balochi | 2.1% |
| Seraiki | 1.0% |
| Others[2] | 4.9% |
[1] The data on religious minorities and mother tongue of people in Pakistan, its provinces or districts has as yet not been made public for 2017 Census
[2] These include Gujarati/Memon, Kutchi, Khowar, Thari, Persian/Dari and Brahui etc.
Sindh Districts
- Karachi District Profile
- Badin District Profile
- Dadu District Profile
- Ghotki District Profile
- Hyderabad District Profile
- Jacobabad District Profile
- Jamshoro District Profile
- Kashmore District Profile
- Khairpur District Profile
- Larkana District Profile
- Matiari District Profile
- Mirpurkhas District Profile
- Naushero FerozeDistrict Profile
- Sanghar District Profile
- Shahdadkot District Profile
- Shaheed Benazirabad District Profile
- Shikarpur District Profile
- Sukkhur District Profile
- Tando AllahYar District Profile
- Tando Mohammad Khan District Profile
- Tharparkar District Profile
- Thatta District Profile
- Umerkot District Profile
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