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Dadu District (Sindhi: ضلعو دادو), (Urdu: ضلع دادو) is a district of Sindh Province, Pakistan. With headquarters the city of Dadu, the district was created in 1931[2][3] by merging Kotri and Mahal Kohistan (later Jamshoro) tehsils from Karachi District and Mehar, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Dadu, Johi and Sehwan tehsils from Larkana District.[4] In 2004, several talukas in the south were split off to create the new Jamshoro District.[5] Its boundary touches with four districts of Sindh i.e. Jamshoro, Naushahro Feroze, Shaheed Benazirabad and Kamber Shahdadkot.[6]

For the district in Taiwan, see Dadu District, Taichung.
Dadu District
  • ضلعو دادو
  • ضلع دادو
District of Sindh
Top: Tomb of Yar Muhammad Kalhoro
Bottom: Gorakh Hill
Dadu is located in the east of Sindh
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
DivisionHyderabad
Established1931
Founded byBritish government
HeadquartersDadu
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerN/A
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • Total7,866 km2 (3,037 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total1,550,390
 • Density200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Area code025
Number of Tehsils4

Demographics


At the time of the 2017 census, Dadu district had a population of 1,550,390, of which 795,700 were males and 754,480 were females. The rural population was 1,166,984 (75.27%) and urban 383,406 (24.72%). The literacy rate is 47.26%: 57.92% for males and 36.02% for females.[1]

Religions in Dadu district (2017)[1]
Religion Percent
Muslims
 
 99.37%
Hindus
 
 0.58%
Other or not stated
 
 0.05%

The majority religion is Islam, with 99.37% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 0.58% of the population. Sindhi was the predominant language, spoken by 97.84% of the population.[1]


Tehsils


Map of Dadu District's Tehsils
Map of Dadu District's Tehsils

District Dadu has four tehsils, as tabulated below,:[7][8]

Name Population

1998 Census

 Population

2017 Census

 Number of

Union Councils

Dadu Tehsil 327,972 460,481 15
Johi Tehsil 207,383 294,848 10
Khairpur Nathan Shah Tehsil 253,309 334,258 12
Mehar Tehsil 318,053 460,679 15

The District has 14 Circles, 111 Tapa and 351 Dehs.


Places of interest



List of Dehs


The following is a list of Dadu District's 351 dehs, organised by taluka:[11]

Dadu taluka (67 dehs)

Johi taluka (110 dehs)

Khairpur Nathan Shah taluka (94 dehs)

Mehar taluka (80 dehs)


References


  1. "District-wise Tables - Census 2017 Final Results". pbs.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2017.
  2. "About Dadu". hotfm.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  3. "District Courts of Sindh". www.districtcourtssindh.gos.pk. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  4. "Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Campus Dadu". Archived from the original on 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  5. "Four new districts created in Sindh". 2004. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  6. "Dadu district uc list mna mpa seats".
  7. "Pakistan: Tehsils and Talukas (Districts and Subdistricts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  8. "هنگامي امدادي سرگرمين جو منصوبو" (PDF). آفتن کان اڳواٽ بچاءُ ۽ انتظام ڪاريءَ وارو شعببو. 2011. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  9. "Gorakh Hills Development Authority's inability to polish Sindh's best hill station is costing us millions in tourism revenue". 8 September 2021.
  10. "Indus River and Manchhar Lake". earthobservatory.nasa.gov. 2010-09-10. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  11. "List of Dehs in Sindh" (PDF). Sindh Zameen. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

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На других языках

[de] Dadu (Distrikt)

Der Distrikt Dadu ist ein Verwaltungsdistrikt in Pakistan in der Provinz Sindh. Sitz der Distriktverwaltung ist die gleichnamige Stadt Dadu.
- [en] Dadu District

[ru] Даду (округ)

Даду (урду ضلع دادو‎) — один из 23 округов пакистанской провинции Синд. Площадь — 19 070 км². Население по данным переписи 1998 года — 1 688 811 человек. Городское население — около 21 %. Ислам исповедуют 97,49 % населения; индуизм — 2,05 %; христианство — 0,37 %. На синдхи говорит 50 % населения округа; на сирайки — 43,33 %; на урду — 2,56 %; на панджаби — 1,88 %; на пушту — 1,17 %. Административный центр — город Даду.


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