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Kashmore District

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Kashmore District
  • ضلو ڪشمور
  • ضلع کشمور
District of Sindh
Kashmore
Haveli near Tangwani
Coordinates: 28°21′N 69°23′E / 28.350°N 69.383°E / 28.350; 69.383
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
DivisionLarkana
Established2005
HeadquartersKandhkot
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerAgha Sher Zaman Patha
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerDr Aijaz Ali Shah
Area
 • District of Sindh
2,580 km2 (1,000 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • District of Sindh
1,233,957
 • Density478/km2 (1,240/sq mi)
 • Urban
271,782 (22.03%)
 • Rural
962,175
Literacy
[2]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    35.59%
  • Male:
    45.08%
  • Female:
    25.72%
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils3

Kashmore District (Sindhi: ضلو ڪشمور, Urdu: ضلع کشمور), previously known as Khizmer or Khizmore, is a district of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. The capital city is Kandhkot. The district has a population of 1,090,336. Kashmore District is a part of Larkana Division. Its old name was Khizmer or Khizmor. The spoken languages are Sindhi and Balochi. Its border is connected with Punjab and Balochistan provinces. Kashmore city is gateway to Punjab province and Balochistan province.[3] In 2004, Kashmore became a district after its separation from Jacobabad District.

Administrative divisions

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Kashmor District is subdivided into three tehsils:

Tehsil[4] Area

(km2)[5]

 Pop.

(2023)

 Density

(ppl/km2)

(2023)

 Literacy rate

(2023)[6]

 Union Councils
Kandhkot Tehsil 654 407,592 623.23 37.91% 10
Kashmore Tehsil 1,262 487,601 386.37 32.65% 17
Tangwani Tehsil 664 338,764 510.19 36.95% 14

The tehsils are further subdivided into union councils:

U.C. No. U.C. Name Taluka
1Line PuraniKashmore
2Khoski
3Masowalo
4Domiwali
5Geehal Pur Village Haji Khan Shar

Saleem JAn Mazari Kashmore

6Gullan Pur
7Sodhi
8Noor Pur Pako
9Chachar
10Badani
11Gublo
12Mahar
13Toj
14Kumb
15Samao
16Kumbiri
17Zorgrah
18MulgulzarKandhkot
19Rasaldar
20Jagirabad
21Dolat Pur
22Wakro
23Akhero
24Malheer
25Haibat
26Dadar
27Mangi
28Jaffar AbadTangwani
29Cheel
30Lashari
31Bijarani
32Suhliani
33Manjhi
34Gulwali
35Saifal
36Saido Kot
37Karam Pur
38Sher Garh
39Dunyapur
40Naseer
41Bahalkani

Agriculture

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Kashmor District has a large cattle market.

Geography

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Kashmor District is located in the northern part of Sindh, bordering Ghotki, Jacobabad, Shikarpur and Sukkur within Sindh. It also borders Balochistan on one side and Punjab on the other. The Indus River runs through the Eastern side of Kashmor district. The southeastern side of Kashmor District has forest of "Kacha" that support wild animals. The Thar Desert falls on the Eastern side of the district, and is home to wild desert animals.

Demography

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Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951...—    
1961...—    
1972...—    
1981...—    
1998677,120—    
20171,090,336+2.54%
20231,233,957+2.08%
Sources:[7]

As of the 2023 census, Kashmore district has 208,894 households and a population of 1,233,957.[8] The district has a sex ratio of 103.73 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 35.59%: 45.08% for males and 25.72% for females.[1][9] 485,925 (39.38% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[10] 271,782 (22.03%) live in urban areas.[1]

Religion

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Religions in Kashmore district (2023)[11]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 96.5%
Hinduism
 
 3.21%
Other or not stated
 
 0.29%

The majority religion is Islam, with 96.5% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 3.21% of the population who mostly live in urban areas.[11]

Religion in contemporary Kashmore district
Religious
group		 1941[12]: 54–57  2017[13] 2023[11]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Islam 114,389 92.81% 1,054,657 96.73% 1,190,767 96.5%
Hinduism 8,825 7.16% 35,122 3.22% 39,667 3.21%
Others [a] 32 0.03% 557 0.05% 3,523 0.29%
Total Population 123,246 100% 1,090,336 100% 1,233,957 100%
Note: 1941 census data is for Kashmore and Kandhkot taluks of Upper Sindh Frontier District, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Kashmore District.

Languages

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At the time of the 2023 census, Kashmore district is predominantly Sindh with more than 90% of the population speaking Sindhi as their mothertongue.

Kashmore City

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Kandhkot is the district headquarters of Kashmore, and also an old city that lies on the right side of the Indus River. Kashmore City is a gateway to Punjab and Balochistan. In addition, the city's main electricity comes from the Indus River.

List of Dehs

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The following is a list of Kashmore District's dehs, organised by taluka:[14]

See also

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Notes

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References

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  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. ↑ "Sindh population surges by 81.5 pc, households by 83.9 pc". Thenews.com.pk. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
  4. ↑ Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names
  5. ↑ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, SINDH" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023, SINDH" (PDF).
  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) - Kashmore District". Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  14. ↑ "List of Dehs in Sindh" (PDF). Sindh Zameen. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

Bibliography

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  • 1998 District census report of Jacobabad. Census publication. Vol. 17. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.
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