Ghotki District (Sindhi: ضِلعو گھوٽڪي; Urdu: ضلع گھوٹکی) is a district of the province of Sindh, Pakistan, with headquarter in the city of Mirpur Mathelo. Prior to its establishment as a district in 1993, it formed part of Sukkur District.
Geography
Ghotki District is stretched in 6083 km2 (1,555,528 acres). 25,000 acres area of the district consisting of desert land, 402,578 acres (25.88%) is flooded (Katcha) area and remaining area lying between desert and flooded areas of district is cultivated. Desert area having wind-blown hills as Achro Thar (White Desert). Flooded area (Kacha) is stretched on 87 km along Indus River from north - east to south - west of the district where forests exist in this area.
Administration
The Ghotki district is administratively subdivided into the following Tehsils:
- Mirpur Mathelo Tehsil
- Daharki Tehsil
- Ghotki Tehsil
- Ubauro Tehsil
- Khangarh Tehsil
Demographics
As of the 2023 census, Ghotki district has 331,046 households and a population of 1,772,609. The district has a sex ratio of 107.99 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 41.38%: 55.32% for males and 26.27% for females. 564,246 (32.05% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 379,382 (21.40%) live in urban areas.
The majority religion is Islam, with 93.35% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 6.35% of the population.
At the time of the 2023 census, 95.79% of the population spoke Sindhi and 1.79% Urdu as their first language.
The historic Hindu temple Shadani Darbar is located in this district.
List of Dehs
The following is a list of Ghotki District's dehs (villages), organised by taluka:
Economy
Ghotki District has recently embraced sugar cane. The total acreage of cultivable land is 286,090 ha in 2019–20. The area under cultivation of sugar cane increased to 58,774 ha in 2019-20 from 6,511 ha in 2011–12. Five functional sugar mills are located in the district.
Culture
Saints' tombs include Syed Anwar Shah at Jahnpur, Syed Jaleel Shah Mast, 5 kilometres away from Mipur Mathelo town, and Nare shah Jelani in Ghotki Town. Ghotki District has many historical places, including Mathelo Moomal Ji Mari, where there is a museum and Syed Nathan Shah's (Naharo) tomb.
See also
- Divisions of Pakistan
- Tehsils of Pakistan
- Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan
- Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Tehsils of Balochistan, Pakistan
- Tehsils of Sindh, Pakistan
- Tehsils of Azad Kashmir
- Tehsils of Gilgit-Baltistan
- Districts of Pakistan
- Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Districts of Punjab, Pakistan
- Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
- Districts of Sindh, Pakistan
- Districts of Azad Kashmir
- Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan
- 2019 Ghotki riots
Notes
References
Bibliography
- 1998 District census report of Ghotki. Census publication. Vol. 88. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
