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Administrative division of Sindh

Division in Sindh, Pakistan

Larkana Division لاڑکانہ ڈویژن لاڙڪاڻو ڊويزن‎
Division
Map of Larkana Division
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Capital	Larkana
Established	1980
Founded by	Sindh Government
Government
• Type	Divisional Administration
• Commissioner	Gahanwer Laghari
• Regional Police Officer	N/A
Area
• Division	15,213 km (5,874 sq mi)
Population
• Division	7,093,706
• Urban	2,172,453
• Rural	4,921,253
Literacy 2023
• Literacy rate	Total: (44.53%) Male: (53.89%) Female: (34.63%)

Larkana Division (Sindhi: لاڙڪاڻو ڊويزن) is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It was created in 1980 by bifurcation of Sukkur Division. In 2000 abolished by General Pervaiz Musharraf rule but Sindh government restored it again on 11 July 2011. CNIC code of Larkana Division is 43.

Larkana is the divisional headquarters of Larkana Division. It comprises the following districts:

Jacobabad District

Kashmore District

Larkana District

Qambar-Shahdadkot District

Shikarpur District

List of the Districts

#	District	Headquarter	Area (km²)	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Lit. rate (2023)
1	Larkana	Larkana	1,948	1,784,453	915.8	55.58%
2	Jacobabad	Jacobabad	2,698	1,174,097	434.0	42.34%
3	Kashmore	Kandhkot	2,580	1,233,957	477.3	35.59%
4	Qambar Shahdadkot	Qambar	5,475	1,514,869	276.4	40.02%
5	Shikarpur	Shikarpur	2,512	1,386,330	552.1	43.70%

List of the Tehsils

#	Tehsil	Area (km²)	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Districts
1	Garhi Khairo Tehsil	733	193,297	97,102	Jacobabad District
2	Jacobabad Tehsil	664	447,647	226,993
3	Thul Tehsil	1,301	533,153	271,692
4	Kandhkot Tehsil	654	407,592	623.23	Kashmore District
5	Kashmore Tehsil	1,262	487,601	386.37
6	Tangwani Tehsil	664	338,764	510.19
7	Bakrani Tehsil	425	275,268	647.69	Larkana District
8	Dokri Tehsil	412	257,394	624.74
9	Larkana Tehsil	549	873,868	1,591.74
10	Ratodero Tehsil	562	377,923	672.46
11	Mirokhan Tehsil	374	182,461	96,091	Qambar-Shahdadkot District
12	Nasirabad Tehsil	309	174,708	91,575
13	Qambar Tehsil	2,260	448,990	234,516
14	Qubo Saeed Khan Tehsil	1,033	99,308	51,360
15	Shahdadkot Tehsil	419	225,086	117,532
16	Sijawal Junejo Tehsil	385	130,635	67,877
17	Warah Tehsil	695	253,681	132,165
18	Garhi Yasin Tehsil	971	333,289	343.24	Shikarpur District
19	Khanpur Tehsil	629	331,219	526.58
20	Lakhi Tehsil	351	300,490	856.1
21	Shikarpur Tehsil	561	421,332	751.04

References

"Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
Karachi’s district status restored, notification issued, Published in The News Tribe on 11 July 2011, Retrieved on 7 August 2012
Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 30 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine
Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names
Five districts of Karachi restored, Published in The News on 11 July 2011, Retrieved on 7 August 2012
"TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
"TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).

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