Sukkur District

Sukkur District
District of Sindh
  • سکر ضلعو
  • ضلع سکّھر
Clockwise from top-left: Sateen Jo Aastan, Mir Masum's Minar, Sadh Bela temple, Landsdowne Bridge, Muhammad Bin Qasim Masjid
Map of Sindh with Sukkur District highlighted
Map of Sindh with Sukkur District highlighted
Coordinates: 27°40′N 69°30′E / 27.667°N 69.500°E / 27.667; 69.500
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
DivisionSukkur
Established1843
HeadquartersShikarpur 1843 to 1883 Sukkur 1883 to continue
Number of Tehsils5
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerN/A
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
[1]
 • Total5,165 km2 (1,994 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
 • Total1,639,897
 • Density320/km2 (820/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Websitewww.sukkur.gov.pk

Sukkur District (Sindhi: سکر ضلعو, Urdu: ضلع سکّھر) is a district in Sindh Province in Pakistan. It is divided into 5 administrative townships (tehsils, also called "talukas"), namely: Sukkur City, New Sukkur, Rohri, Saleh Pat and Pano Aqil. Among them Sukkur City and New Sukkur are urban centres, while Pano Aqil is famous for having one of the largest military cantonments of the country. Rohri is the smallest tehsil of Sukkur District, both in area and population, but it has an important railway junction.Two districts have been split off from the territory of Sukkur: Shikarpur in 1977 and Ghotki in 1993.[3]

  1. ^ PCO 1999, p. 1.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ PCO 1999, p. 11.