Dadu (district)
| Dadu District | |
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 Pakistan
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| Province : | Are |
| Seat : | Dadu |
| Coordinates : | 26 ° 20 ' N , 67 ° 35' E |
| Area : | 7th 866 km² |
| Residents : | 1,550,266 (2017) |
| Population density : | 197 inhabitants per km² |
| Time zone : | PST ( UTC + 5 ) |
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Dadu District is an administrative district in Pakistan in Sindh Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Dadu .
The district has an area of 7,866 km² and according to the 2017 census 1,550,266 inhabitants. The population density is 197 inhabitants / km². The Sindhi language is spoken by the majority in the district .
location
The district is located in the west of the Sindh Province, which is located in the southeast of Pakistan. Dadu is located north of the mega city of Karachi and borders on Balochistan .
Administrative division
The district is administratively divided into four tehsil :
Demographics
Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 1.79% annually. Around 25% of the population live in urban regions and around 75% in rural regions. 797,857 men, 752,385 women and 24 transgender people live in 286,810 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 106 men per 100 women, which is a common surplus for Pakistan.
The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 66% (women: 54%, men: 77%) and thus above the average for the province of Sindh of 60%.
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1972 | 556,669 |
| 1981 | 705,669 |
| 1998 | 1,106,717 |
| 2017 | 1,550,266 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017. August 29, 2017, accessed May 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Pakistani Districts wise Population Census 2017. Accessed May 30, 2019 .
- ^ Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (2016). Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2014-15. Government of Pakistan, accessed June 29, 2019 .