Umerkot (district)
| Umerkot District | |
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 Pakistan
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| Province : | Are |
| Seat : | Umerkot |
| Coordinates : | 25 ° 22 ' N , 69 ° 44' E |
| Area : | 5 608 km² |
| Residents : | 1,073,146 (2017) |
| Population density : | 191 inhabitants per km² |
| Time zone : | PST ( UTC + 5 ) |
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The district Umerkot is an administrative district in Pakistan in the province of Sindh . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Umerkot .
The district has an area of 5608 km² and according to the 2017 census 1,073,146 inhabitants. The population density is 191 inhabitants / km². The Sindhi language is spoken by the majority in the district .
geography
The district is located in the southeast of Sindh Province, which is located in southeast Pakistan.
Administrative division
The district is administratively divided into four tehsil :
Demographics
Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew at an annual rate of 2.55%. Around 23% of the population live in urban regions and around 77% in rural regions. 557,557 men, 515,569 women and 20 transgender people live in 212,356 households , which results in a gender ratio of 108.1 men per 100 women and thus a common surplus of men for Pakistan.
The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 38% (women: 20%, men: 54%) and thus below the average of the Sindh province of 60%.
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1972 | 265,683 |
| 1981 | 383.018 |
| 1998 | 664.797 |
| 2017 | 1,073,146 |
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 .