Umerkot District ( Dhatki: عمرکوٹ / عمرڪوٽ, sd, عمرڪوٽ ضلعو, ur, ), also known as Amarkot District, is a district in the

Sindh 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 ...

province of Pakistan. The city of Umerkot is the capital of the district. Sindhi is the native language of approximately 93.4% of the residents according to the

2017 Pakistan Census The 2017 Census of Pakistan was a detailed enumeration of the Pakistani population which began on 15 March 2017 and ended on 25 May 2017. It was the first census taken in the country in the 21st century, nineteen years after the previous one in ...

. Umerkot is the only non-Muslim majority district in Pakistan, with adherents of Hinduism representing 52.2% of the total population.

History

Akbar was born in Umerkot Fort when his father Humayun was fleeing from the Suris. After the 1843 invasion by Charles Napier, Sindh was divided into provinces and was assigned a Zamindars, also known as Wadaras, to collect taxes for the British.

Administration

The district is administratively subdivided into the following Tehsils: * Kunri * Pithoro *

Samaro Samaro ( ur, ) is a tehsil in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The town is the headquarters of a tehsil (an administrative subdivision) of Umarkot District. History During British rule the town was renamed Jamesabad (literally "Jamestown" - ...

Umarkot Umerkot (formerly known as Amarkot) is a city in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The local language is Dhatki, which is one of the Rajasthani languages of the Indo-Aryan language family. It is most closely related to Marwari. Sindhi, Urdu and ...

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census, Umerkot district had a population of 1,073,469, of which 556,470 were males and 516,841 females. The rural population was 829,932 (77.31%) and urban 243,537 (22.69%). The literacy rate is 35.07%: 48.36% for males and 20.87% for females.

Religion

Umerkot is the only Hindu majority district in Pakistan. Hindus form around 52% and Muslims form around 47% of Umerkot's population. In 1965, about 80% of the district's population were Hindus and 20% were Muslims. The Hindu population declined due to the migration of Hindus to India. Muslims are in the majority in Pithoro taluk. The Umarkot Shiv Mandir in Umerkot is one of the oldest and most sacred Hindu temples in the

. The annual Maha Shivratri celebration of the temple is one of the biggest religious festivals in Pakistan and is attended by around 250,000 people.

Languages

At the time of the 2017 census, 93.43% of the population spoke Sindhi, 3.02%

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

and 1.80% Urdu as their first language. The main dialect of the region is Dhatki, although most people record their language as 'Sindhi'.

List of Dehs

The following is a list of Umerkot District's dehs, organised by taluka:

References

Districts of Pakistan Districts of Sindh Hinduism in Sindh {{Sindh-geo-stub