Shikarpur district (, ), 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 km<sup>2</sup>.
Geography
thumb|An old building architecture of Shikarpur.|leftShikarpur 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
As of the 2023 census, Shikarpur district has 214,824 households and a population of 1,386,330. The district has a sex ratio of 102.20 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 43.70%: 52.59% for males and 34.65% for females. 514,189 (37.09% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 318,738 (22.99%) live in urban areas.
! colspan="2" |2023
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!Islam 15x15px
|167,163
|72.27%
|1,215,158
|98.49%
|1,361,515
|98.21%
|-
!Hinduism 16x16px
|63,276
|27.36%
|17,246
|1.40%
|20,885
|1.51%
|-
!Others
|868
|0.37%
|1,356
|0.11%
|3,930
|0.28%
|-
! Total Population
! 231,307
! 100%
! 1,233,760
! 100%
! 1,386,330
! 100%
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religious groups in Shikarpur District (British Sindh era)
! rowspan="2" |Religious<br>group
! colspan="2" |1872
! colspan="2" |1881
! colspan="2" |1891
! colspan="2" |1901
! colspan="2" |1911
! colspan="2" |1921
! colspan="2" |1931
! colspan="2" |1941
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!
|-
! Islam 15px
| 628,662
|
| 684,275
|
| 728,661
|
| 797,882
|
| 414,671
|
| 358,396
|
| 440,148
|
| 491,634
|
|-
! Hinduism 15px
| 147,224
|
| 167,896
|
| 185,813
|
| 218,829
|
| 155,156
|
| 148,188
|
| 177,467
|
| 195,458
|
|-
! Christianity 15px
| 238
|
| 736
|
| 522
|
| 492
|
| 585
|
| 481
|
| 827
|
| 648
|
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! Zoroastrianism 15px
| 39
|
| 64
|
| 71
|
| 66
|
| 96
|
| 123
|
| 123
|
| 59
|
|-
! Judaism 15px
| 1
|
| 9
|
| 27
|
| 31
|
| 5
|
| 0
|
| 10
|
| 10
|
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! Buddhism 15px
|
|
| 6
|
| 0
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| 0
|
| 0
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| 0
|
| 0
|
| 0
|
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! Jainism 15px
|
|
| 0
|
| 1
|
| 0
|
| 3
|
| 16
|
| 2
|
| 0
|
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! Sikhism 15px
|
|
|
|
| 402
|
|
|
| 3,295
|
| 2,146
|
| 5,180
|
| 4,696
|
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! Tribal
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 30
|
| 942
|
| 0
|
| 51
|
|-
! Others
| 63
|
| 0
|
| 0
|
| 813
|
| 72
|
| 0
|
| 22
|
| 0
|
|-
! Total population
! 776,227
!
! 852,986
!
! 915,497
!
! 1,018,113
!
! 573,913
!
! 510,292
!
! 623,779
!
! 692,556
!
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