The Badin District is a district in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The total area of the district is 6,726 square kilometers. Headquartered at the city of Badin, the district is situated between 24°-5 to 25°-25 north latitude and 68 21’ to 69 20’ east longitude and is bounded on the north by the Tando Allahyar District, on the northwest by Hyderabad District, on the east by Mirpur Khas and Tharparkar districts, on the south by the Kutch district of India, and on the west by Sujawal and Tando Muhammad Khan districts.

History

Badin was one of the centers of the ancient Indus Valley civilization. The areas remained under the control of the Islamic caliphate until it came under control of the Ghaznavids. In 1592, Sindh came under the direct rule of the Mughal emperors. In 1975, Badin District was established after the bifurcation of Hyderabad District.

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census, Badin had a sex ratio of 938 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 33.65%: 43.80% for males and 22.84% for females. 390,344 (21.63%) lived in urban areas. 593,744 (32.90%) were under 10 years of age. In 2023, the district had 398,066 households and a population of 1,947,081.

Religion

The majority religion is Islam, with 74.45% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 25.11% of the population.

Language

At the time of the 2023 census, 93.85% of the population spoke Sindhi, 2.75% Punjabi, and 1.11% Hindko as their first language.

Administration

List of Tehsils

The district is administratively subdivided into the following tehsil: With the introduction of the devolution system, the talukas have been subdivided into the Union Councils numbering 49, Tapas 109 and Dehs 511.

List of Union Councils

Badin District includes the following Union Councils: In 2013, the number of union councils in the district was increased to 68.

List of Dehs

The following is a list of Badin District's 511 dehs, organised by taluka:

Education

The University of Sindh Laar Campus offers 4- year (8- Semester) bachelor's degree programs in Business Administration, Commerce and Computer Science, PGD. Computer Science and B.Ed., M.Ed. & M.A. (Education).

Economy

Nearly 83% of the population lives in the rural areas with farming as the main source of livelihood. The district is irrigated by Indus River through the Akram Wah, Phuleli and Guni Canals of Kotri Barrage and Nasir Canal of Sukkur Barrage. Main Crops are Sugar Cane, Rice, Tomato, Wheat and Sunflower. There are six Sugar Mills and 30 Rice Husking mills in the District. The Oil fields in the Badin district produces nearly 50% of total production of crude oil of Pakistan.

Railways

The main line runs from Badin to Hyderabad through the Matli taluka.

Badin Coal Field

Spread at the area of 1,110sq.km, 'Badin Coal Field' reserves around 1.358 billion metric tons of coal.