Geography of Pakistan

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% Literate in Population 10 & over Household Characteristics Name Of District BOTH SEXES

MALE FEMALE % of

Employed Labour Force in

Agriculture

H. Hold Size

% Of H.Holds with Piped Water

% Of H. Holds with Electricity

% of Children

Immunised (Age <10)

Toba Tek Singh 50.5 61.3 39.1 36.2 7.1 24.4 79.2 76.7 Vehari 36.8 49.4 23.2 51.7 6.9 17.2 63.5 75.1 PUNJAB 46.6 57.2 35.1 37.1 7.0 27.2 72.5 75.5 Islamabad 72.4 80.6 62.4 3.7 6.2 57.3 91.5 72.3 Source: District Census Reports And Provincial Census Report Of Punjab Population of Sindh by districts 1981 and 1998, intercensal growth rate, Density, Proportion urban and sex ratio, 1998

Census Population 1981 1998

Name of District

Total Both Sexes Male Female

Inter- Censal Growth Rate(%)

Population Density Per Sqkms

% of Population Urban

Sex Ratio (M/F)

Badin 776,614 1,136,044 597,573 538,471 2.3 169 16.4 111 Dadu 1,081,611 1,688,811 887,061 801,750 2.7 89 21.4 111 Ghotki 568,823 970,549 511,363 459,186 3.2 160 16.3 111 Hyderabad 2,059,026 2,891,488 1,511,025 1,380,463 2.0 524 50.8 110 Jacobabad 1,011,212 1,425,572 744,014 681,558 2.0 270 24.4 109 Karachi (Central)

1,357,002 2,277,931 1,200,536 1,077,395 3.1 33014 100 111

Karachi (East) 1,494,786 2,746,014 1,464,360 1,281,654 3.6 19755 100 114 Karachi (Malir) 429,570 981,412 548,645 432,767 5.0 433 67.3 127 Karachi (South) 1,243,928 1,745,038 943,365 801,673 2.0 14304 100 118 Karachi (West) 912,698 2,105,923 1,149,200 956,723 5.0 2267 90.7 120 Khairpur 981,190 1,546,587 810,448 736,139 2.7 97 23.6 110 Larkana 1,138,580 1,927,066 993,576 933,490 3.1 260 28.9 106 Mirpurkhas 577,879 905,935 471,096 434,839 2.7 310 33.1 108 N. Sh. Feroz 829,051 1,087,571 568,574 518,997 1.6 369 17.7 110 Nawabshah 813,534 1,071,533 555,677 515,856 1.6 238 26.4 108 Sanghar 917,863 1,453,028 762,284 690,744 2.7 135 22.8 110 Shikarpur 596,409 880,438 456,589 423,849 2.3 351 24.1 108 Sukkur 553,848 908,373 483,251 425,122 3.0 176 50.5 114 Tharparkar 540,985 914,291 499,859 414,432 3.1 47 4.4 121 Thatta 761,039 1,113,194 589,341 523,853 2.3 64 11.2 113 Umerkot 383,018 663,095 349,754 313,341 3.3 118 16.8 112 Sindh Province 19,028,666 30,439,893 16,097,591 14,342,302 2.8 216 48.8 112 Source: District Census Reports And Provincial Census Report Of Sindh. Percentage distribution of Sindh population by broad age groups and districts, age at marriage and proportion of female population, 1998

Percent Distribution of Population Name Of District <15 15-64 65 & over

Singulate Mean Age at Marriage

(Females) % of Females 15-49 in Population

% of Females Married 15 & Over

Badin 45.0 51.9 3.1 19.2 24.7 73.2 Dadu 43.7 53.4 2.9 19.9 22.6 70.7 Ghotki 46.7 50.6 2.7 18.4 21.2 78.2 Hyderabad 42.2 55.0 2.9 21.9 23.1 63.0 Jacobabad 46.3 51.3 2.4 17.9 22.5 81.9 Karachi (Central) 35.7 61.2 3.0 24.5 24.9 56.8 Karachi (East) 36.7 60.4 2.8 24.1 24.2 58.1

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Percent Distribution of Population Name Of District <15 15-64 65 & over

Singulate Mean Age at Marriage

(Females)

% of Females 15-49 in Population

% of Females Married 15 & Over

Karachi (Malir) 41.4 56.6 2.0 21.4 21.1 67.0 Karachi (South) 35.2 62.1 2.8 23.6 24.1 58.6 Karachi (West) 41.1 56.9 2.1 27.1 28.6 62.8 Khairpur 46.5 50.7 2.8 19.6 21.5 72.1 Larkana 46.7 50.6 2.7 19.5 22.0 81.0 Mirpurkhas 45.1 52.2 2.8 20.7 22.0 68.8 N. Sh. Feroz 45.6 51.6 2.8 20.6 22.2 67.9 Nawabshah 45.0 52.2 2.8 20.6 22.6 68.9 Sanghar 45.4 51.7 2.9 19.9 21.6 71.7 Shikarpur 45.9 51.5 2.7 20.6 22.5 75.8 Sukkur 44.0 53.4 2.6 20.5 21.8 68.9 Tharparkar 50.3 46.0 3.7 19.3 18.7 76.3 Thatta 43.8 53.2 2.9 20.2 22.2 72.0 Umerkot 46.9 50.1 3.0 19.2 20.7 75.4 Sindh Province 42.8 54.5 2.8 21.1 22.5 64.1 Source: District Census Reports and Provincial Census Report of Sindh. Proportion of Sindh literate population by districts, Labour force in agriculture and selected household characteristics, 1998

% Literate in Population 10 & Over

Household Characteristics Name of District

Both Sexes

Male Female

% of Employed Labour Force in

Agriculture Household Size

% of H.Holds With Piped Water Inside House

% of H. Holds with Electricity

% of Children Immunised (Age

<10)

Badin 24.6 35.1 12.9 80.2 5.3 13.0 25.1 44.4 Dadu 35.6 48.0 21.7 57.5 5.5 20.4 70.9 56.1 Ghotki 29.0 44.2 11.9 58.6 5.5 14.4 59.4 57.1 Hyderabad 44.3 52.6 35.0 3.7 6.0 47.3 73.6 66.4 Jacobabad 23.7 34.1 12.3 70.6 7.6 16.8 64.5 59.5 Karachi (Central)

76.0 77.8 73.9 2.2 6.8 85.4 97.4 77.6

Karachi (East) 73.1 75.7 70.1 2.7 6.8 78.3 95.4 65.5 Karachi (Malir) 53.6 61.4 42.9 5.1 6.2 61.3 84.9 56.2 Karachi (South)

67.6 71.6 62.7 2.3 6.2 72.6 98.0 74.1

Karachi (West)

56.4 62.1 48.3 4.9 6.8 65.3 88.6 73.8

Khairpur 35.5 49.7 19.8 61.4 6.0 16.0 65.9 60.0 Larkana 35.0 48.6 20.5 63.4 5.9 17.1 84.0 70.0 Mirpurkhas 36.0 46.0 25.1 50.7 6.1 30.4 55.8 64.2 N. Sh. Feroz 39.1 54.3 22.6 57.6 5.8 16.1 69.3 71.1 Nawabshah 34.1 47.6 19.6 62.5 6.0 23.6 75.5 60.4 Sanghar 39.1 54.3 22.6 62.6 6.4 20.9 52.0 24.0 Shikarpur 30.9 42.9 17.5 80.3 8.0 20.3 70.0 55.6 Sukkur 46.6 59.8 31.2 29.8 6.5 37.7 73.5 61.6 Tharparkar 18.3 28.3 6.9 73.2 5.6 2.3 6.8 54.7 Thatta 24.8 31.6 11.4 67.3 5.1 14.7 25.9 53.6 Umerkot 24.8 36.3 11.9 70.6 5.4 12.1 39.1 62.2 Sindh Province

45.3 54.5 34.8 39.0 6.0 37.2 70.1 63.5

Source: District Census Reports and Provincial Census Report of Sindh.