Sujawal District

Sujawal District (سجاول ضلعو, ) is a district of the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is located at 24°36'23" North and 68°4'19" East and is bordered in the northwest by the Indus River, which separates it from Thatta District. The district has an area of 7335 km2.

Administration
Sujawal District is subdivided into five tehsils:
 * Jati Taluka
 * Kharo Chan
 * Mirpur Bathoro Tehsil
 * Shah Bandar Tehsil
 * Sujawal Tehsil.

History and geography
The decision to divide Thatta District into two districts by the provincial government was made on 12 October 2013 through a notification issued by the Revenue Department of Sindh. The provincial revenue department said:

"A new district encompassing Sujawal, Kharochhan (barring 10 dehs), Mirpur Bathoro, Jati and Shah Bundar tehsils (talukas) would be Sindh’s 28th district to be called Sujawal. Its headquarters will be located in Sujawal tehsil (taluka). The new district has been established under Section 6 of the Sindh Land Revenue Act, 1967."

According to the notification, the right side of the Indus River will comprise the old Thatta district, and the left side will come under the jurisdiction of the newly created Sujawal. The Thatta District (among the largest districts of the province area-wise), will have half the size in its new boundaries, comprising Thatta, Mirpur Sakro, Keti Bunder and Ghorabari tehsils (talukas). In addition, some areas of Kharo chhan tehsil (taluka) have also been included in the new Thatta District. The historical city of Thatta, which was once the capital of Sindh, was carved out from Karachi as a separate city in August 1948. It was the second largest district in Sindh, in terms of area, covering over 17,335 square kilometers before its recent separation into two parts. The Provincial Revenue Department of Sindh Notification 12 October 2013. There are two Provincial Assembly seats, Constituency PS-86 and Constituency PS-87, and one National Assembly seat, Constituency NA-238, in the newly formed districts of Sujawal.

Demography
At the time of the 2017 census, Sujawal district had 151,973 households and a population of 779,062. Sujawal had a sex ratio of 924 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 25.12%: 33.14% for males and 16.14% for females. 85,496 (10.97%) lived in urban areas. 251,479 (32.28%) were under 10 years of age. In 2023, the district had 158,917 households and a population of 839,292.

The majority religion is Islam, with 96.94% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 2.92% of the population. Sindhi is the predominant language, spoken by 97.95% of the population.