Naushahro Feroze District

Naushahro Feroze District (Urdu: ضلع نوشهرو فیروز‎) is a district in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its capital is Naushahro Feroze city. Administratively subdivided into five talukas and 51 union councils, according to the 2017 census of Pakistan it had a population of 1,612,373.[1]

Naushahro Feroze District

ضلع نوشهرو فیروز
District
Map of Sindh with Naushahro Feroze District (نوشهرو فیروز) highlighted
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
DivisionShaheed Benazir Abad
Largest cityMoro
HeadquartersNaushahro Feroze
Government
 • Deputy CommissionerCapt. Bilal Shahid Rao
Area
 • Total2,945 km2 (1,137 sq mi)
Population
 • Total1,612,373
 • Density550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Websitewww.facebook.com/NaushahroFiroz/

Government and politics

National Assembly representation

District Naushahro Feroze has two members in National Assembly of Pakistan. The district electoral is referred to as NA-212 and NA-212. The member elected from NA-212 represents the constituencies of Moro and Naushahro Feroze Talukas. The member elected from NA-212 represents Kandiaro, Bhirya and Mehrabpur Talukas.

Provincial Assembly representation

The district has five member representation in Provincial Assembly of Sindh. The provincial assembly electoral for the district is as below:

  • PS-35 (Naushahro Feroze city, Mithiani, Abran, Bhorti)
  • PS-34 (Tharushah, Bhirya, Darbelo)
  • PS-33 (Halani, Kandiaro, Mehrabpur)

decreased one seat in census 2017

  • PS-36 (Moro, New Jatoi, Dars)

Local governments (tehsils of district)
Administrative unitNumber of Kanungo circles/
Supervisory uapas
Number of mouzas
Circles/Ttpas
TotalRuralUrbanPartly UrbanForestUnpopulatedPopulation
Naushahro Feroze
3
21
60
51
01
07
--
01
372,821
[1]
Bhiria
2
17
33
21
01
10
--
01
301,044
[1]
Moro
4
26
53
47
--
02
03
01
368,789
[1]
Kandiaro
3
17
53
46
--
03
04
01
322,439
[1]
Mehrabpur
2
16
34
29
--
05
--
--
247,280
[1]
Total
14
97
233
194
02
27
07
03
1,612,373
[1]

Transportation

The main N-5 passes through the district.

The main railway track passes through the district which is not functional since long time. The route was from Padidan to NF, Moro, Dadu etc. but it has ended now. Now the main major railway station for the NF peoples is Padidan which is fully functional and having second longest platform in Pakistan with a vast locoshed area. Have major trains stop, Hazara Express, Awami Express, Fareed Express, Pakistan Express and Sukkur Express.

Demographics

Most of the population of district, 98.45%, are Muslim, while Hindus form 1.3% (2.19% of the urban population of the district).[2]

The major first language is Sindhi, accounting for 88% of the population, followed by Urdu with 5.7% and Punjabi with 4.4%.[3]

gollark: Just pretend to be 12 and really smart and also larger than usual 12 year olds.
gollark: It's like a B level, except it actually exists, which B levels don't because I made them up.
gollark: I'm doing a computer science A level.
gollark: I can sort of do Ancient Greek and Latin, having studied them for threeish years at school for !!USEFUL!! reasons.
gollark: Very italian.

References
  1. "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29.
  2. PCO 2000, p. 22.
  3. PCO 2000, p. 24.

Bibliography
  • 1998 District census report of Naushahro Firoze. Census publication. 92. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.


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