Dadu District

Dadu District (ضلعو دادو), is a district of Sindh Province, Pakistan. With headquarters the city of Dadu, the district was created in 1931 by merging Kotri and Mahal Kohistan (later Jamshoro) tehsils from Karachi District and Mehar, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Dadu, Johi and Sehwan tehsils from Larkana District. In 2004, several talukas in the south were split off to create the new Jamshoro District. Its boundary touches with four districts of Sindh i.e. Jamshoro, Naushahro Feroze, Shaheed Benazirabad and Kamber Shahdadkot.

The main languages spoken in Dadu are Sindhi, Balochi and Urdu. Some of the popular tourist attractions in the district include the Gorakh Hill and Manchar Lake.

Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census, Dadu district had 284,263 households and a population of 1,550,390. Dadu had a sex ratio of 948 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 47.26%: 57.92% for males and 36.02% for females. 383,406 (24.72%) lived in urban areas. 496,175 (32.00%) were under 10 years of age. In 2023, the district had 340,665 households and a population of 1,742,320.

The majority religion is Islam, with 99.37% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 0.58% of the population. Sindhi was the predominant language, spoken by 97.84% of the population.

Tehsils
District Dadu has four tehsils, as tabulated below,: The District has 14 Circles, 111 Tapa and 351 Dehs.

Places of interest

 * Gorakh Hill - Hill station and the highest point in Sindh.
 * Manchar Lake - Largest fresh water lake in Pakistan.
 * Jamia Mosque (Khudabad) - the oldest mosques in Dadu
 * Yar Muhammad Kalhoro Tomb
 * Ghazi Shah Mound
 * Ancient graves in Wahi Pandhi
 * Ali Murad Mound
 * Ancient Rock Carvings of Sindh
 * Thul Hairo Khan
 * Nai Gaj
 * Nai Gaj Dam
 * Necropolis of Mian Nasir Muhammad Kalhoro
 * Cemetery of Mir Allahyar Talpur
 * Shiva Mandir Johi

List of Dehs
The following is a list of Dadu District's 351 dehs, organised by taluka: