Sukkur Division () is one of the seven administrative Divisions of the Sindh Province of

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. This level of administration was abolished in 2000 but restored again on 11 July 2011. CNIC code of Sukkur Division is 45.

Sukkur Sukkur is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh along the western bank of the Indus River, directly across from the historic city of Rohri. Sukkur is the List of cities in Sindh by population, third largest city in Sindh after Karachi and H ...

is the divisional headquarters of Sukkur Division, which comprises the following three districts:

History

On 1 April 1936 when Sind division separated from Bombay Presidency and established a Province. On One Unit Policy Sind province merged into West Pakistan province on 30 September 1955 Create Khairpur Division when the State of Khairpur merged in Pakistan. Pakistan Government merged the khairpur state into Sind province and gave the status of a district. The

Sukkur district Sukkur District (, ) is a district in Sindh Province in Pakistan. Two districts have been split off from the territory of Sukkur: Shikarpur District, Shikarpur in 1977 and Ghotki District, Ghotki in 1993. According to 2023 Pakistani census populat ...

was also include in khairpur Division. Later in 1971 when the Sind province was restored the divisional status was shifted from khairpur to

. khairpur remain a district of Sukkur Division.

Demographics

Population

According to 2023 census, Sukkur division had a population of 6,010,041, roughly equal to the population of

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or the US state of

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Languages

At the time of the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the distribution of the population of Sukkur Division by

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was as follows:Final Results of Census-2017
/ref> * 91.7% Sindhi * 3.5%

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* 2.0% Punjabi * 1.0% Saraiki * 0.6% Balochi * 0.4%

Pashto Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ...

* 0.3% Brahui * 0.2%

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History

Demographics

Population

Languages

List of the districts by population over the years

List of the districts by area, population, density, literacy rate etc.

List of the Tehsils

Constituencies

See also

References