Shikarpur District

Shikarpur district (شڪارپور ضلعو, ), is a district in Larkana Division of Sindh province in Pakistan.

The city of Shikarpur is the district headquarters. There are 4 talukas: Lakhi, Garhi Yasin, Khanpur Tehsil and Shikarpur Tehsil itself. It is spread over an area of 2,512 km2.

Geography
Shikarpur district borders Larkana, Jacobabad, Khairpur and Sukkur. Two National Highways (N-65 & N-55) intersect the city of Shikarpur making it the junction points of 4 provinces.

Administrative divisions
The district of Shikarpur is sub-divided into four Tehsils these are:
 * Garhi Yasin
 * Khanpur
 * Lakhi
 * Shikarpur

Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census, Shikarpur district had 182,946 households and a population of 1,231,481. Shikarpur had a sex ratio of 941 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 40.48%: 51.65% for males and 28.79% for females. 304,441 (24.68%) lived in urban areas. 428,885 (34.76%) were under 10 years of age. In 2023, the district had 214,901 households and a population of 1,386,330.

The majority religion is Islam, with 98.39% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 1.40% of the population.

At the time of the 2017 census, 92.52% of the population spoke Sindhi, 3.39% Brahui, 1.30% Balochi and 1.22% Urdu as their first language.