Hyderabad District (Sindhi: ضلعو حيدرآبادUrdu: ضلع حیدرآباد),pronunciationⓘ is a district of Sindh, Pakistan. Its capital is the city of Hyderabad. The district is the second most urbanized in Sindh, after Karachi, with 80% of its population residing in urban areas.[2]
The city of Hyderabad is where the district headquarters were located and the district government used to be seated. The last Deputy Commissioner of the district was Rizwan Ahmed. Until the early 1970s the district included all the four districts mentioned above as well as the Badin district. This administrative setup was demolished by former President Pervez Musharraf in 2001 when he introduced the local body government.
Hyderabad District is 104,877 hectares in size.[6] 14,250 hectares of the district are under wheat cultivation, with a total annual production of over 55,000 tonnes.[6]
As of the 2023 census, Hyderabad district has 448,191 households and a population of 2,432,540.[9] The district has a sex ratio of 112.79 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 67.21%: 70.86% for males and 63.08% for females.[1][10] 658,813 (27.08% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[11] 2,022,379 (83.14%) live in urban areas.[1]
The majority religion is Islam, with 90.67% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 8.32%, while Christianity is practiced by 0.95% of the population.[12]
Note: 1941 census data is for Hyderabad taluk of Hyderabad District, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Hyderabad District. District and taluk borders have changed since 1961.
Religious groups in Hyderabad District (British Sindh era)
Note1: British Sindh era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.
Note2: Population decrease between 1911 and 1921 censuses due to bifurcation of district, and creation of Nawabshah District.
At the time of the 2023 census, 45.92% of the population spoke Urdu, 43.12% Sindhi, 3.12% Punjabi and 2.83% Pashto as their first language. The majority of Urdu speakers live in Hyderabad city and its suburbs, where they form a majority, while Sindhi dominates rural areas. Muhajirs arrived in Hyderabad after Partition.[22]
List of Dehs
The following is a list of Hyderabad District's dehs, organised by taluka:[23]
1998 District census report of Hyderabad. Census publication. Vol. 59. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 1999.
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