| 2.06 POPULATION BY DISTRICT URBAN/RURAL BY SEX IN SINDH , 1972, 1981 & 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (In "000") | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 | 1981 | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||
| PROVINCE/DISTRICT | TOTAL | URBAN | RURAL | TOTAL | URBAN | RURAL | TOTAL | URBAN | RURAL | |||||||||
| MALE | FEMALE | MALE | FEMALE | MALE | FEMALE | MALE | FEMALE | MALE | FEMALE | MALE | FEMALE | MALE | FEMALE | MALE | FEMALE | MALE | FEMALE | |
| S I N D H | 7,574 | 6,582 | 3,131 | 2,595 | 4,443 | 3,987 | 9,999 | 9,030 | 4,433 | 3,810 | 5,566 | 5,220 | 15,823 | 14,168 | 7,794 | 6,870 | 8,029 | 7,298 |
| Khairpur | 386 | 339 | 63 | 54 | 323 | 285 | 511 | 470 | 130 | 117 | 381 | 353 | 792 | 723 | 187 | 172 | 605 | 551 |
| Jacobabad | 379 | 330 | 59 | 49 | 320 | 281 | 515 | 497 | 83 | 75 | 432 | 422 | 728 | 672 | 178 | 165 | 550 | 507 |
| Sukkur | 446 | 393 | 130 | 111 | 316 | 282 | 586 | 511 | 171 | 148 | 415 | 364 | 466 | 511 | 242 | 211 | 224 | 201 |
| Shikarpur | 291 | 256 | 55 | 46 | 236 | 210 | 317 | 303 | 60 | 55 | 257 | 248 | 448 | 418 | 107 | 100 | 341 | 318 |
| Larkana | 488 | 433 | 87 | 74 | 401 | 359 | 597 | 542 | 135 | 121 | 462 | 421 | 981 | 922 | 288 | 265 | 693 | 657 |
| Nawabshah | 706 | 648 | 102 | 87 | 604 | 561 | 404 | 398 | 79 | 71 | 325 | 327 | 538 | 509 | 142 | 133 | 396 | 376 |
| *Naushero Feroze | - | - | - | - | - | - | 421 | 412 | 59 | 57 | 362 | 355 | 555 | 510 | 98 | 91 | 457 | 419 |
| Ghotki | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 500 | 452 | 79 | 73 | 421 | 379 |
| Hyderabad | 873 | 782 | 396 | 353 | 477 | 429 | 1,046 | 985 | 481 | 430 | 565 | 555 | 1,482 | 1,359 | 756 | 692 | 726 | 667 |
| Sanghar | 372 | 322 | 71 | 61 | 301 | 261 | 508 | 463 | 104 | 94 | 404 | 369 | 744 | 676 | 168 | 154 | 576 | 522 |
| Thatta | 354 | 322 | 48 | 39 | 306 | 283 | 392 | 369 | 38 | 35 | 354 | 334 | 580 | 520 | 64 | 59 | 516 | 461 |
| Mirpurkhas | 544 | 472 | 89 | 76 | 455 | 396 | 478 | 426 | 124 | 108 | 354 | 318 | 468 | 432 | 151 | 141 | 317 | 291 |
| Tharparkar | - | - | - | - | - | - | 305 | 272 | 14 | 11 | 291 | 261 | 495 | 412 | 21 | 19 | 474 | 393 |
| Umerkot | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 345 | 311 | 59 | 51 | 286 | 260 |
| Dadu | 426 | 380 | 56 | 46 | 370 | 334 | 563 | 522 | 81 | 71 | 482 | 451 | 857 | 774 | 179 | 166 | 678 | 608 |
| Badin | 315 | 292 | 31 | 27 | 284 | 265 | 401 | 376 | 44 | 38 | 357 | 338 | 582 | 526 | 97 | 86 | 485 | 440 |
| Karachi East | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,445 | 1,272 | 1,445 | 1,272 | .. | .. |
| Karachi West | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,132 | 948 | 1,027 | 856 | 105 | 92 |
| Karachi South | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 929 | 796 | 929 | 796 | .. | .. |
| Karachi Central | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,177 | 1,062 | 1,177 | 1,062 | .. | .. |
| Karachi Malir | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 579 | 462 | 400 | 306 | 179 | 156 |
| Karachi Division | 1,994 | 1,613 | 1,944 | 1,572 | 50 | 41 | 2,955 | 2,483 | 2,830 | 2,378 | 125 | 105 | 5,262 | 4,540 | 4,978 | 4,292 | 284 | 248 |
| * = Naushero Feroze & Tharparkar District figures includes in District Nawabshah & Mirpurkhas in 1972 census. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Source: i) Population Census Organization. | ||||||||||||||||||
| ii) 1951-81 Population of Administrative Units. | ||||||||||||||||||
| iii) "Hum Loug" Population Census July to December 1992. | ||||||||||||||||||