Ghotki District

Ghotki District
ضِلعو گھوٽڪي
District of Sindh
Wango village
Wango village
Location of Ghotki in Sindh province
Location of Ghotki in Sindh province
Coordinates: 27°49′N 69°39′E / 27.817°N 69.650°E / 27.817; 69.650
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
DivisionSukkur
District1993
HeadquartersMirpur Mathelo
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerDr. Syed Muhammad Ali
 • District Police OfficerDr. Sumair Noor Chnna
 • District Health OfficerDr. Rao Aftab
Area
 • District of Sindh
6,083 km2 (2,349 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
 • District of Sindh
1,772,609
 • Density291.4/km2 (754.7/sq mi)
 • Urban
379,382 (21.40%)
 • Rural
1,393,227
Literacy
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    41.38%
  • Male:
    55.32%
  • Female:
    26.27%
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Ghotki District (Sindhi: ضِلعو گھوٽڪي; Urdu: ضلع گھوٹکی) is a district of the province of Sindh, Pakistan, with headquarter in the city of Mirpur Mathelo. Prior to its establishment as a district in 1993, it formed part of Sukkur District.

Geography

Ghotki District is stretched in 6083 km2 (1,555,528 acres). 25,000 acres area of the district consisting of desert land, 402,578 acres (25.88%) is flooded (Katcha) area and remaining area lying between desert and flooded areas of district is cultivated. Desert area having wind-blown hills as Achro Thar (White Desert). Flooded area (Kacha) is stretched on 87 km along Indus River from north - east to south - west of the district where forests exist in this area.

Administration

The Ghotki district is administratively subdivided into the following Tehsils:

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951 179,186—    
1961 221,243+2.13%
1972 401,318+5.56%
1981 558,058+3.73%
1998 968,490+3.30%
2017 1,648,708+2.84%
2023 1,772,609+1.21%
source:

As of the 2023 census, Ghotki district has 331,046 households and a population of 1,772,609. The district has a sex ratio of 107.99 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 41.38%: 55.32% for males and 26.27% for females. 564,246 (32.05% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 379,382 (21.40%) live in urban areas.

Religions in Ghotki district (2023)
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 93.35%
Hinduism
 
 6.35%
Other or not stated
 
 0.3%
Religion in contemporary Ghotki District
Religious
group		 1941: 54–57  2017 2023
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 139,222 82.21% 1,544,355 93.67% 1,643,701 93.35%
Hinduism 29,850 17.63% 101,974 6.19% 111,770 6.35%
Others 284 0.17% 2,379 0.14% 5,290 0.3%
Total Population 169,356 100% 1,648,708 100% 1,760,761 100%
Note: 1941 census data is for Ghotki, Mirpur Bathoro and Ubauro taluks of Sukkur District, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Ghotki District.

The majority religion is Islam, with 93.35% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 6.35% of the population.

Languages of Ghotki district (2023)
  1. Sindhi (95.8%)
  2. Urdu (1.79%)
  3. Others (2.43%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 95.79% of the population spoke Sindhi and 1.79% Urdu as their first language.

The historic Hindu temple Shadani Darbar is located in this district.

List of Dehs

The following is a list of Ghotki District's dehs (villages), organised by taluka:

Economy

Ghotki District has recently embraced sugar cane. The total acreage of cultivable land is 286,090 ha in 2019–20. The area under cultivation of sugar cane increased to 58,774 ha in 2019-20 from 6,511 ha in 2011–12. Five functional sugar mills are located in the district.

Culture

Saints' tombs include Syed Anwar Shah at Jahnpur, Syed Jaleel Shah Mast, 5 kilometres away from Mipur Mathelo town, and Nare shah Jelani in Ghotki Town. Ghotki District has many historical places, including Mathelo Moomal Ji Mari, where there is a museum and Syed Nathan Shah's (Naharo) tomb.[citation needed]

See also

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  2. ↑ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023, SINDH" (PDF).
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Ghotki". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  4. ↑ PCO 1998, p. 10.
  5. 1 2 3 "Zila (District), Tehsil & Town Councils Membership for Sindh (Ghotki District)". Election Commission of Pakistan, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Ghotki District: District and Tehsil Level Population Summary" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  8. ↑ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 20" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  9. ↑ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  10. ↑ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 5" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  11. 1 2 3 "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  12. ↑ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME XII SINDH PROVINCE" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "District Statistics (Census - 2017) - Ghotki District". Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  14. 1 2 "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  15. ↑ "Hindu pilgrims attend central ceremony of Shadani Darbar". Pakistan Today newspaper. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  16. ↑ "List of Dehs in Sindh" (PDF). Sindh Zameen. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  17. ↑ Khan, Mohammad Hussain (30 November 2020). "Ghotki's story of sugar and cotton". Dawn newspaper. Retrieved 10 December 2023.

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