Khairpur District (, ) is a

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. At the 2017 census, it was the fifth most populated district in the province after four districts of Karachi city, with 2.4 million inhabitants. The headquarters of the district is the city of

Khairpur Khairpur ( Sindhi, ) is a city and the capital of the Khairpur Mirs District of Pakistan's Sindh province. History The Talpur dynasty was established in 1783 by Mir Fateh Ali Khan, who declared himself the first ''Rais'', or ruler of Sindh, a ...

. The district is further divided into eight sub-districts: Khairpur Tehsil, Mirwah Tehsil, Kot Diji Tehsil, Kingri Tehsil, Sobho Dero Tehsil, Gambat Tehsil, Faiz Ganj Tehsil and Nara Tehsil.

Location

Khairpur district is located between middle and northern Sindh. It is bounded on the north by

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, on the east by India, on the south by

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, and on the west by

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. The revised area of the district is 15,910 km².

Demographics

As of the 2023 census, Khairpur district has 452,250 households and a population of 2,597,535. The district has a sex ratio of 102.69 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 50.14%: 61.84% for males and 38.10% for females. 891,260 (34.31% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 844,263 (32.50%) live in urban areas. The majority religion is Islam, as indicated by 96.78% of the population. Hinduism is practiced by 2.90% of the population, including those from Scheduled Castes. Sindhi was the predominant language, spoken by 97.73% of the population as their first language.

Politics

The National Assembly.

The District of Khairpur is mapped into three constituencies at the national level. The constituencies include NA-208 Khairpur-I, NA-209 Khairpur-II, and NA-210 Khairpur-III. Following is the list of the Member National Assemblies(MNAs) representing district in the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly of Pakistan, also referred to as ''Aiwān-ē-Zairīñ'', is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, with the upper house being the Senate of Pakistan, Senate. As of 2023, the National Assem ...

The Provincial Assembly

The District of Khairpur is represented by the seven constituencies in the

Provincial Assembly of Sindh The Provincial Assembly of Sindh is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Sindh, and is located in Karachi, its provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of Pakis ...

Administration

It has 8

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and total population 1,546,587 (Male 810,448 and Female Population 736,139) according to (Census) 1998. The eight tehsils of the district are: * Faiz Ganj Tehsil *Gambat Tehsil * Khairpur Tehsil * Kingri Tehsil *Kot Diji Tehsil * Nara Tehsil *Sobho Dero Tehsil * Mirwah Tehsil

People from Khairpur District

* Pir Pagaro – President of

Pakistan Muslim League (F) The Pakistan Muslim League (Functional) (, Acronym and initialism, acronym: PMLF, PML-F, PML (F)) is a Nationalism in Pakistan, nationalist and pro-Hurs clan political party in Pakistan. It is one of the List of Muslim League breakaway groups, br ...

Sachal Sarmast Sachal Sarmast or Sacho Sarmast (; – 1827), was an 18th and 19th century Sindhi Sufi poet, mystic and philosopher from Daraza (present-day Sindh, Pakistan), regarded as an important figure in the Sindhi-language literature. He is revered ...

– eighteenth-Century Sufi Poet * Qaim Ali Shah – former Chief Minister of Sindh Province * Rais Muhammad Malook Shar – former MPA from constituency PS-29, First Taluka Faiz Ganj Chairman, and influential personality *

Ghous Ali Shah Sayyid, Syed Ghous Ali Shah (Urdu: سید غوث علی شاہ; born 1 January 1934) is a Pakistani people, Pakistani politician and jurist. He was Chief Minister of Sindh, Pakistan from 1985 to 1988. He has also remained the Defence Minister ...

– former Defense Minister of Pakistan and Former Chief Minister of Sindh province * Mir Ali Murad Talpur – former ruler of the princely state of Khairpur

Location

Demographics

Politics

The National Assembly.

The Provincial Assembly

Administration

People from Khairpur District

See also

Notes

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