# Sujawal District

Sujawal District (Sindhi: سجاول ضلعو, Urdu: ضلع سجاول) is a district of the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is located at 24°36'23" North and 68°4'19" East and is bordered in the northwest by the Indus River, which separates it from Thatta District. The district has an area of 7,335 km$^2$.

## Administration

Sujawal District is subdivided into five tehsils:
* Jati Taluka
* Kharo Chan
* Mirpur Bathoro Tehsil
* Shah Bandar Tehsil
* Sujawal Tehsil.

## History and geography

The decision to divide Thatta District into two districts by the provincial government was made on 12 October 2013 through a notification issued by the Revenue Department of Sindh. The provincial revenue department said:
   A new district encompassing Sujawal, Kharochhan (barring 10 dehs), Mirpur Bathoro, Jati and Shah Bundar tehsils (talukas) would be Sindh’s 28th district to be called Sujawal. Its headquarters will be located in Sujawal tehsil (taluka). The new district has been established under Section 6 of the Sindh Land Revenue Act, 1967.
According to the notification, the right side of the Indus River will comprise the old Thatta district, and the left side will come under the jurisdiction of the newly created Sujawal. The Thatta District (among the largest districts of the province area-wise), will have half the size in its new boundaries, comprising Thatta, Mirpur Sakro, Keti Bunder and Ghorabari tehsils (talukas). In addition, some areas of Kharo chhan tehsil (taluka) have also been included in the new Thatta District. The historical city of Thatta, which was once the capital of Sindh, was carved out from Karachi as a separate city in August 1948. It was the second largest district in Sindh, in terms of area, covering over 17,335 square kilometers before its recent separation into two parts. The Provincial Revenue Department of Sindh Notification 12 October 2013. There are two Provincial Assembly seats, Constituency PS-86 and Constituency PS-87, and one National Assembly seat, Constituency NA-238, in the newly formed districts of Sujawal.

## Demography

As of the 2023 census, Sujawal district has 158,854 households and a population of 839,292. The district has a sex ratio of 108.71 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 27.02%: 33.70% for males and 19.66% for females. 287,527 (34.26% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 88,847 (10.59%) live in urban areas.
Religions in Sujawal district (2023) :
| Religion | Religion | Percent | Percent |
| Islam | Islam | 97.07% | 97.07% |
| Hinduism | Hinduism | 2.65% | 2.65% |
| Other or not stated | Other or not stated | 0.28% | 0.28% |
Religion in contemporary Sujawal district :
| Religious group | 1941$^{:54–57}$ | 1941$^{:54–57}$ | 2017 | 2017 | 2023 | 2023 |
| Religious group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| Islam | 136,990 | 89.27% | 755,255 | 96.94% | 814,714 | 97.07% |
| Hinduism | 14,868 | 9.69% | 22,720 | 2.92% | 22,247 | 2.65% |
| Sikhism | 779 | 0.51% | — | — | 13 | ~0% |
| Christianity | 100 | 0.07% | 678 | 0.09% | 1,641 | 0.20% |
| Others | 715 | 0.46% | 409 | 0.05% | 677 | 0.08% |
| Total Population | 153,452 | 100% | 779,062 | 100% | 839,292 | 100% |
The majority religion, followed by 97.07% of the population, is Islam. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 2.65% of the population. Sindhi is the predominant language, spoken by 99.40% of the population.