Back জ্যাকোবাবাদ জেলা Bengali/Bangla Districte de Jacobabad Catalan Jacobābād District CEB Jacobabad (Distrikt) German ناحیه جیکب‌آباد Persian District de Jacobabad French जैकबाबाद ज़िला Hindi Distretto di Jacobabad Italian Dystrykt Jakobabad Polish ضلع جیکب آباد PNB

Jacobabad District

Jacobabad District
ضلع جیکب آباد
جيڪب آباد ضلعو‎
District of Sindh
(Previously Upper Sind Frontier District)
Bungalow in Thul taluk
Bungalow in Thul taluk
Map of Sindh with Jacobabad District highlighted
Map of Sindh with Jacobabad District highlighted
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
DivisionLarkana
Established1847
Founded byBritish Government
HeadquartersJacobabad
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerN/A
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • District of Sindh
2,698 km2 (1,042 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • District of Sindh
1,174,097
 • Density440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
 • Urban
361,917 (30.83%)
 • Rural
812,180
Literacy
[2]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    42.34%
  • Male:
    51.77%
  • Female:
    32.65%
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils3

Jacobabad District (Sindhi: جيڪب آباد ضلعو, Urdu: ضلع جیکب آباد) is a district in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. According to 2023 Census population of Jacobabad District is 1,174,097 It is located in the north of Sindh, by the provincial boundary with Balochistan. Its headquarters is the town of Jacobabad, which was founded by General John Jacob in 1847.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023table1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023, SINDH" (PDF).
  3. ^ PCO 1999, p. 1.
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