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Badin Introduction

Badin District was established in the year 1975, It comprises of five Talukas Viz: Badin, Matli, Shaheed Fazal Rahu, Talhar and Tando bago and 46 Union Councils with 14 revenue circles, 111 Tapas and 535 dehs. This District is bordered by Hyderabad & Mirpukhas District in the North. Tharpaarkar & Mirpurkhas in the East, Hyderabad & Thatta District in the west & Runn of katch (Arabial Sea) in the South, which also forms international boundary with India. Total area of District is 6726 Sq: Kilometers with population of 11,93,081. The district lies between latitude 24o-5 to 25o-25 and longitude 68o-15 to 69o-25 E of Greenwich. The bulk of Population i.e 83% resides in rural areas with farming as main source of livelihood. The district is irrigated by Akram Wah, Phuleli & Guni Cannals of Kotri Barrage and Nasir Canal of Sukkur Barrage. It is at the extreme tail end of irrigation system. Main Crops are Sugar Cane Rice, Tomato, Wheat and sunflower. There are six Sugar Mills and 30 Rice Husking mills in the District. The district produces about 50 % of total production of crude oil of Pakistan but remains one of the poorest districts of Sindh. Recent history shows that it has remained in the grip of disasters in one form or another. Cyclone, heavy rains, earthquake, droughts and floods have followed each other with short intervals.