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Sukkur district derives its name from the head quarter town Sukkur. It is situated from 27°-05 to 28°-02 north latitudes and from 68°-47 to 69°-43 east longitudes. It covers an area of 5165 sq. km. It is bounded on the north by Ghotki & Shikarpur districts, on the south by Khairpur, on the east by Ghotki & Jaisalmir (India) and on the west by Shikarpur and Khairpur districts

There are 4 Tehsils in file district. The area and population of each are as under:-

S.NO	TEHSIL	AREA IN Sq. KM	POPULATION
01	Sukkur	274	374,178
02	Rohri	1319	224,362
03	Saleh Pat	2339	64,646
04	Pano Akil	1233	245,187
Total		5165	9,08,373

The population of Sukkur district (comprising four tehsils) was 908 thousands according to 1998 census. The average annual growth rate of population during 1981 to 1998 is 2.88 percentage.

The area of the district is 5165 sq. km yielding a population density (persons per sq. km) of 175.9. The following tables/graphs show the analysis of population according to 1998 census.

POPULATION AND INTERCENSAL INCREASE SINCE 1951
DESCRIPTION	1951	1961	1972	1981	1998
Population (in thousands)	218.32	272.27	451.29	560.57	908.37
Intercensal Increase (percent)	-	24.71	65.75	24.21	62.05
Cumulative Increase (percent)	-	24.71	106.71	156.76	316.07
Average Annual Growth Rate(percent)	-	2.25	4.43	2.60	2.88

SUKKUR DISTRICT INTERCENSAL AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH RATE

PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION BY RELIGION AND RURAL/URBAN AREAS 1998

RELIGION	ALL AREAS	RURAL	URBAN
Muslim	96.13	97.30	95.01
Hindu(Jati)	3.18	2.29	4.04
Christian	0.51	0.16	0.85
Qadiani/Ahmadis	0.04	0.04
Scheduled Caste	0.10	0.16	0.04
Others	0.04	0.05	0.02

PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE AND RURAL/URBAN AREAS 1998

AREA	ALL AREAS	RURAL	URBAN
SINDHI	74.07	92.01	56.74
URDU	13.82	1.71	25.53
PANJABI	6.63	2.65	10.46
PUSHTO	1.53	1.13	1.92
BALOCHI	1.47	1.67	1.28
SIRAIKI	0.99	0.20	1.74
OTHERS	1.49	0.63	2.33

POPULATION BY AGE GROUPS, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN AREAS 1998

	All areas
Age Group	Both sexes	Male	Female
Less than one year	2.24	2.14	2.35
Less than 5 years	15.87	15.22	16.61
Less than 10 years	31.82	31.01	32.74
Less than 15 years	44.04	43.64	44.49
18 years and above	51.25	51.50	50.96
21 years & above	42.36	43.44	41.13
15-49 years	46.63	46.87	46.50
15-64 years	53.37	53.71	52.98
65 years & above	2.60	2.65	2.53
Age dependency Ratio	87.37	086.18	88.75

	Rural
Age Group	Both sexes	Male	Female
Less than one year	2.38	2.29	2.48
Less than 5 years	17.71	17.02	18.50
Less than 10 years	34.99	34.49	35.55
Less than 15 years	46.68	47.00	46.31
18 years and above	49.51	48.82	50.29
21 years & above	40.07	40.30	39.81
15-49 years	43.68	42.86	44.60
15-64 years	50.51	49.99	51.08
65 years & above	2.82	3.01	2.60
Age dependency Ratio	97.99	100.03	95.76

	Urban
Age Group	Both sexes	Male	Female
Less than one year	2.10	1.99	2.23
Less than 5 years	14.08	13.50	14.77
Less than 10 years	28.75	27.69	29.98
Less than 15 years	41.48	40.42	42.71
18 years and above	52.92	54.06	51.61
21 years & above	44.57	46.45	42.42
15-49 years	49.60	50.69	48.34
15-64 years	56.30	57.27	54.83
65 years & above	2.38	2.31	2.46
Age dependency Ratio	78.15	074.62	82.37

LITERACY RATIO BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN AREAS 1998

Area	1998
	Both sexes	Male	Female
All Areas	46.62	59.83	31.22
Rural	31.72	47.40	13.78
Urban	59.76	70.59	46.90

There are four tehsils in the district. In each tehsil, the number of circles, tapes, dehs, Union councils and villages is as under:-

TAHSIL	CIRCLES	TAPAS	DEHS	UNION COUNCILS	VILLAGES
Rohri	02	12	116	11	550
Sukkur	02	06	19	20	78
Salehpat	01	05	38	03	297
Pano Akil	02	16	96	12	516
TOTAL	07	39	269	46	1441