Sujawal (District)

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Sujawal District
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Are
Seat : Sujawal
Coordinates : 24 ° 36 '  N , 68 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 24 ° 36 '23 "  N , 68 ° 4' 19"  E
Area : 7th 335  km²
 
Residents : 781,967 (2017)
Population density : 107 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Sujawal district highlighted

The district Sujawal is an administrative district in Pakistan in the province of Sindh . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Sujawal .

The district has an area of ​​7335 km² and according to the 2017 census 781,967 inhabitants. The population density is 107 inhabitants / km². The Sindhi language is spoken by the majority in the district .

location

The district is located in the south of Sindh Province, which is located in southeastern Pakistan. The Indus borders the district to the west.

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into five tehsil :

history

The district was created in 2013 from parts of the Thatta district .

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 2.23% annually. Around 11% of the population live in urban regions and around 89% in rural regions. 406,754 men, 375,193 women and 20 transgender people live in 153,018 households , which results in a gender ratio of 108.4 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 36% (women: 21%, men: 51%) and thus below the average of the Sindh province of 60%.

year population
1972 356,338
1981 361,799
1998 513.702
2017 781.967

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017. August 29, 2017, accessed May 30, 2019 .
  2. Pakistani Districts wise Population Census 2017. Accessed May 30, 2019 .
  3. Hasan Mansoor: Thatta split to make Sujawal 28th district of Sindh. October 13, 2013, accessed June 1, 2019 .
  4. ^ Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (2016). Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2014-15. Government of Pakistan, accessed June 29, 2019 .