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Mirpur Khas District ضلع میرپور خاص ميرپور خاص ضلعو‎
District
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Location of Mirpurkhas in Sindh province
Coordinates: 25°33′02″N 069°00′11″E / 25.55056°N 69.00306°E / 25.55056; 69.00306
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Division	Mirpur Khas
Established	31 October 1990; 34 years ago (31 October 1990)
Headquarters	Mirpur Khas
Administrative Towns	07 Jhuddo Taluka Mirpur Khas Taluka Digri Taluka Hussain Bux Marri Taluka Kot Ghulam Muhammad Taluka Sindhri Taluka Shujaabad Taluka
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Dr Rasheed Masud Khan
• Constituensy	NA-211 Mirpur Khas-I NA-212 Mirpur Khas-II
Area
• District	2,925 km (1,129 sq mi)
Elevation	17 m (56 ft)
Population
• District	1,681,386
• Density	570/km (1,500/sq mi)
• Urban	492,175
• Rural	1,189,211
Time zone	UTC+05:00 (PKT)
• Summer (DST)	DST is not observed
ZIP Code	69000
NWD (area) code	233
ISO 3166 code	PK-SD

Mirpur Khas District (Sindhi: ضلعو ميرپورخاص, Urdu: ضلع مِيرپورخاص) is one of the districts of Mirpur Khas Division in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its capital is Mirpur Khas city. District Mirpur Khas became district by separating from Tharparkar District on 31 October 1990. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Mirpur Khas district is 1,680,980 (1.68 million).

Administrative divisions

The district of Mirpur Khas is sub-divided into 7 tehsils:

• Digri Tehsil
• Kot Ghulam Muhammad Tehsil
• Mirpur Khas Tehsil
• Jhuddo Tehsil
• Sindhri Tehsil
• Hussain Bux Mari Tehsil
• Shujabad Tehsil

History

After the capture of Sindh by the British, In 1882 they created Thar and Parkar District in Southeastern Sindh for administrative purposes. In 1906, the district headquarters was moved from Amarkot (now Umerkot) to Mirpur Khas. In 1953, after the creation of Pakistan, some area on the northern side was detached from the original Tharparkar District and named Sanghar District. On 31 October 1990 the district was divided into the Tharparkar and Mirpur Khas Districts. In the same year, Mirpur Khas also get the status of divisional headquarter.

Mirpur Khas District derives its name from the town of Mirpur Khas, founded by Mir Ali Murad Talpur in 1806.

Demographics

As of the 2023 census, Mirpur Khas district has 312,986 households and a population of 1,681,386. The district has a sex ratio of 110.36 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 45.37%: 55.04% for males and 34.75% for females. 537,553 (31.98% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 492,175 (29.27%) live in urban areas.

Religion

Religion in contemporary Mirpur Khas District

Religious group	1941		2017		2023
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	93,405	49.24%	913,979	60.75%	974,734	57.99%
Hinduism	91,263	48.11%	582,879	38.74%	697,318	41.48%
Sikhism	4,502	2.37%	—	—	35	~0%
Christianity	125	0.07%	5,734	0.38%	7,082	0.42%
Ahmadi	—	—	1,769	0.12%	1,286	0.08%
Others	403	0.21%	79	0.01%	525	0.03%
Total Population	189,698	100%	1,504,440	100%	1,680,980	100%

The majority religion is Islam, with 57.99% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 41.48% of the population. In rural areas, Muslims and Hindus are in nearly equal numbers.

Language

Languages of Mirpur Khas district (2023)

At the time of the 2023 census, 73.7% of the population spoke Sindhi, 11.93% Urdu, 6.27% Punjabi, 1.65% Balochi and 1.63% Hindko as their first language.

See also

• Pushpa Kumari Kohli
• Mirpur Khas
• Sindhri

References

1. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
2. "Sindh Province: 7 Districts of Sindh (2015) including Mirpur Khas District" (PDF). Election Commission of Pakistan website. 3 September 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
3. Correspondent, The Newspaper's (13 December 2012). "New taluka in Mirpurkhas notified". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 16 January 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
4. Menon, Sunita. "Queen of Mangoes: Sindhri from Pakistan now in UAE". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
5. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
6. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 20" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
7. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
8. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 5" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
9. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
10. "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME XII SINDH PROVINCE" (PDF).
11. "District Statistics (Census - 2017) - Mirpur Khas District". Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
12. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

1. Note: 1941 census data is for Digri, Jamesabad, Mirpur Khas talukas and part of Khipro taluk of Tharparkar District, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Mirpur Khas District. The ratio of population of Khipro district which became part of Sindhri taluka was determined from 1951-1998 census data.
2. Including Jainism, Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Ad-Dharmis, or not stated

External links

• The Royal Talpurs of Sindh

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