Sukkur (district)
| Sukkur District | |
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 Pakistan
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| Province : | Are |
| Seat : | Sukkur |
| Coordinates : | 27 ° 40 ′ N , 69 ° 30 ′ E |
| Area : | 5 165 km² |
| Residents : | 1,487,903 (2017) |
| Population density : | 288 inhabitants per km² |
| Time zone : | PST ( UTC + 5 ) |
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Sukkur District is an administrative district in Pakistan in Sindh Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name, Sukkur .
The district has an area of 5165 km² and according to the census of 2017 1,487,903 inhabitants. The population density is 288 inhabitants / km². The Sindhi language is spoken by the majority in the district .
geography
The Sukkur district is located in the northern part of Sindh and borders India to the east .
Administrative division
The district is administratively divided into four tehsil :
Demographics
Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 2.49% annually. About 48% of the population live in urban areas and about 52% in rural areas. 776,259 men, 711,587 women and 57 transgender people live in 263,042 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 109.1 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 60% (women: 42%, men: 76%) and thus corresponds to the average of the Sindh province of 60%.
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1972 | 460,649 |
| 1981 | 575,962 |
| 1998 | 931,387 |
| 2017 | 1,487,903 |
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 .