Ghotki District
Ghotki District (; ) is a district of the province of Sindh, Pakistan, with headquarter the city of Mirpur Mathelo. Prior to its establishment as a district in 1993, it formed part of Sukkur District. Administration. The Ghotki district is administratively subdivided into the following Tehsils: Location. The Ghotki District is a border district between the northern Sindh province of Pakistan and Punjab, Pakistan. Sugar Cane. 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. Geography. Ghotki District is stretched in 6975 km (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. Demographics. At the time of the 2017 census, Ghotki district had  a population of 1,648,708, of which 850,272 were males and 798,271 females. The rural population was 1,287,887 (78.11%) and urban 360,821 (21.89%). The literacy rate is 40.88%: 57.46% for males and 23.35% for females. The majority religion is Islam, with 93.67% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 6.19% of the population. At the time of the 2017 census, 93.37% of the population spoke Sindhi, 2.49% Urdu, 1.64% Punjabi and 1.05% Saraiki as their first language. The historic Hindu temple Shadani Darbar is located in this district. List of Dehs. The following is a list  of Dadu District's 351 dehs, organised by taluka: