Mirpur Khas District

Mirpur Khas District (ضلعو ميرپورخاص, ) is one of the districts in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its capital is Mirpur Khas city.

Administrative divisions
The district of Mirpur Khas is sub-divided into 7 tehsils:
 * Digri Tehsil
 * Kot Ghulam Muhammad Tehsil
 * Mirpur Khas Tehsil
 * Jhuddo Tehsil
 * Sindhri Tehsil
 * Hussain Bux Mari Tehsil
 * Shujabad Tehsil

History
After the capture of Sindh by the British, In 1882 they created Thar and Parkar District in Southeastern Sindh for administrative purposes. In 1906, the district headquarters was moved from Amarkot (now Umerkot) to Mirpur Khas. In 1953, after the creation of Pakistan, some area on the northern side was detached from the original Tharparkar District and named Sanghar District. On 31 October 1990 the district was divided into the Tharparkar and Mirpur Khas Districts. In the same year, Mirpur Khas also get the status of divisional headquarter.

Mirpur Khas District derives its name from the town of Mirpur Khas, founded by Mir Ali Murad Talpur in 1806.

Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census, Mirpur Khas district had 284,647 households and a population of 1,504,440. Mirpur Khas had a sex ratio of 938 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 42.41%: 52.94% for males and 31.22% for females. 434,081 (28.85%) lived in urban areas. 467,853 (31.10%) were under 10 years of age. In 2023, the district had 313,141 households and a population of 1,681,386.

Religion
The majority religion is Islam, with 60.75% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 38.74% of the population. In rural areas, Muslims and Hindus are in nearly equal numbers.

Language
At the time of the 2017 census, 75.78% of the population spoke Sindhi, 12.23% Urdu, 7.48% Punjabi and 1.25% Balochi as their first language.