Ghotki District is a district of the province of Sindh, Pakistan, with headquarter in the city of Mirpur Mathelo. Prior to its establishment as a district in 1993, it formed part of Sukkur District.

Geography

Ghotki District is stretched in 6083 km2 (1,555,528 acres). 25,000 acres area of the district consisting of desert land, 402,578 acres (25.88%) is flooded (Katcha) area and remaining area lying between desert and flooded areas of district is cultivated. Desert area having wind-blown hills as Achro Thar (White Desert). Flooded area (Kacha) is stretched on 87 km along Indus River from north - east to south - west of the district where forests exist in this area.

Administration

The Ghotki district is administratively subdivided into the following Tehsils:

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census, Ghotki had a sex ratio of 939 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 40.88%: 57.46% for males and 23.35% for females. 360,821 (21.89%) lived in urban areas. 556,127 (33.73%) were under 10 years of age. In 2023, the district had 331,132 households and a population of 1,772,609. The majority religion is Islam, with 93.35% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 6.35% of the population. At the time of the 2023 census, 95.79% of the population spoke Sindhi and 1.79% Urdu as their first language. The historic Hindu temple Shadani Darbar is located in this district.

List of Dehs

The following is a list of Ghotki District's dehs (villages), organised by taluka:

Economy

Ghotki District has recently embraced sugar cane. The total acreage of cultivable land is 286,090 ha in 2019–20. The area under cultivation of sugar cane increased to 58,774 ha in 2019-20 from 6,511 ha in 2011–12. Five functional sugar mills are located in the district.

Culture

Ghotki District is the land of Saint where is many Saint's Tomb. 1- Syed Anwar shah at Jahnpur 2- Syed Jaleel Shah Mast 5 kilometres away from Mipur Mathelo town 3- Nare shah Jelani In Ghotki Town. Ghotki District has many historical places, one of them is Mathelo Moomal Ji Mari, there is a museum and at the same place very popular saint Syed Nathan shah's (Naharo) Tomb.