Dadu District ( sd, ضلعو دادو), ( ur, ) is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivision ...

Sindh Province Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

, Pakistan. With headquarters the city of Dadu, the district was created in 1931 by merging Kotri and Mahal Kohistan (later

Jamshoro Jamshoro ( sd, ڄام شورو, ur, ) is a city and the capital of Jamshoro District, located in Sindh, Pakistan. It is located on the right bank of the Indus River, approximately northwest of Hyderabad and northeast from the provincial cap ...

) tehsils from

Karachi District Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...

and Mehar, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Dadu, Johi and Sehwan tehsils from

Larkana District Larkana District (Sindhi: ضلعو لاڙڪاڻو; ur, ) is a district of Sindh province of Pakistan. Its main city is Larkana on the banks of the Indus River. It is home district the of influential Bhutto family. The Larkana Bulls cricket te ...

. In 2004, several talukas in the south were split off to create the new

Jamshoro District Jamshoro District ( sd, ضلعو ڄام شورو, ur, ), is a district of Sindh province, Pakistan. Jamshoro city is the capital while Kotri is the largest city of the Jamshoro District. The district borders Dadu district to the north. To the e ...

. Its boundary touches with four districts of Sindh i.e.

, Naushahro Feroze, Shaheed Benazirabad and Kamber Shahdadkot.

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census, Dadu district had a population of 1,550,390, of which 795,700 were males and 754,480 were females. The rural population was 1,166,984 (75.27%) and urban 383,406 (24.72%). The literacy rate is 47.26%: 57.92% for males and 36.02% for females. The majority religion is Islam, with 99.37% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 0.58% of the population.

Sindhi Sindhi may refer to: *something from, or related to Sindh, a province of Pakistan * Sindhi people, an ethnic group from the Sindh region * Sindhi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them People with the name * Sarkash Sindhi (1940–2012 ...

was the predominant language, spoken by 97.84% of the population.

Tehsils

District Dadu has four tehsils, as tabulated below,: The District has 14 Circles, 111 Tapa and 351 Dehs.

Places of interest

* Gorakh Hill - Hill station and the highest point in Sindh. * Manchar Lake - Largest fresh water lake in Pakistan. *

Jamia Mosque (Khudabad) The Jamia Mosque Khudabad ( ur, ) known as Badshahi Mosque, is situated in Khudabad, Dadu District of Sindh the province of Pakistan. The mosque was built during the reign of Yar Muhammad Kalhoro between 1700 and 1718. It is situated in Khudaba ...

- the oldest mosques in Dadu *

Yar Muhammad Kalhoro Mian Yar Muhammad Kalhoro ( sd, يار محمد ڪلهوڙو) and Mian Din Muhammad Kalhoro were sons of Mian Nasir Muhammad Kalhoro who was succeeded by his elder son Mian Deen Muhammad Kalhoro in 1692 AD. Later, Mian Yar Muhammad Kalhoro becam ...

Tomb *

Ghazi Shah Mound The Ghazi Shah Mound is most ancient archaeological site located in Johi Tehsil Dadu District Sindh, Pakistan. It was explored by N. G. Majumdar and Louis Flam has also studied and surveyed this ancient site. It is very earliest site of Indus Va ...

* Ancient graves in Wahi Pandhi *

Ali Murad Mound The Ali Murad Mound is an archaeological site situated at Tehseel Johi, Dadu District, Sindh, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fif ...

Ancient Rock Carvings of Sindh The Ancient Rock Carvings of Sindh have been explored in Kirthar Mountains Range, Sindh, Pakistan. The Kirthar Mountains Range covers a distance of 190 miles (300 Kilometers) in boundaries of Jacobabad District, Qambar Shahdadkot District, D ...

Thul Hairo Khan The Thul Hairo Khan (Sindhi: ٺلھ هيرو خان) is a Buddhist stupa, built possibly between the 5th and 7th centuries CE near the modern-day town of Johi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It is constructed with baked and unbaked bricks fixed with a ma ...

Nai Gaj Nai Gaj ( sd, نئي گاج, ur, نئی گاج) is an ephemeral river in Dadu District of Sindh, Pakistan. The Government of Pakistan build the Nai Gaj Dam on its course. Nai Gaj drains part of the Kirthar Mountains, and flows from Balochista ...

Nai Gaj Dam Nai Gaj Dam is an embankment dam currently under construction on the Gaj River in the gorge area at the edge of Kirthar Mountains range at about north-west of Dadu city in Dadu District, Sindh Province of Pakistan. When complete, its power st ...

*Necropolis of Mian Nasir Muhammad Kalhoro *Cemetery of

Mir Allahyar Talpur Mir Allahyar Talpur (Mir Allah Yar Khan Talpur) belonged to Mankani branch of the Talpur dynasty, which ruled Southeastern Sindh. He founded the town of Tando Allahyar Tando Allahyar ( sd, ٽنڊوالهيار, ur, ) is a city and capital of ...

* Shiva Mandir Johi

List of Dehs

The following is a list of Dadu District's 351 dehs, organised by taluka: Dadu taluka (67 dehs) Johi taluka (110 dehs) Khairpur Nathan Shah taluka (94 dehs)

Mehar taluka Mehar Tehsil ( sd, ميهڙ , ur, میہڑ) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Dadu District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is famous for the production of Henna or Mehndi. The Tehsil has a population o460,000(2017 census). Major m ...

(80 dehs)

References

Bibliography

* {{Coord, 26, 20, N, 67, 35, E, region:PK_type:adm3rd_source:GNS-enwiki, display=title Districts of Sindh