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Hyderabad was a majority Sindhi Hindu city prior to 1948, [14] when many migrated to India and elsewhere [35] after the independence of Pakistan 1947. Hindus who departed had played a major role in the city's economy, and formed the majority of the Hyderabad's population. [14]
Hyderabad District (Sindhi: ضلعو حيدرآباد Urdu: ضلع حیدرآباد), pronunciation ⓘ is a district of Sindh, Pakistan. Its capital is the city of Hyderabad . The district is the second most urbanized in Sindh, after Karachi , with 80% of its population residing in urban areas.
Hyderabad Tehsil (rural) (Sindhi: حيدرآباد ٻهراڙي) is an administrative subdivision of Hyderabad District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. [2] Hyderabad district is subdivided into 4 talukas, the Urban area around the capital Hyderabad is part of Hyderabad City Taluka .
The 2017 Census of Pakistan was conducted by over 110,000 civilian staff along with security provided by over 200,000 personnel from the Pakistan Army. [6] Its budget was 18.5 Billion Pakistani Rupees, of which 6.0 Billion went to the armed forces, 6.5 billion was assigned for transportation and other related expenses, and 6.0 Billion was spent on training and re-enumeration. [7]
The country's urban population more than tripled between 1981 and 2017 (from 23.8 million to 75.7 million), as Pakistan's urbanisation rate rose from 28.2% to 36.4%. Even with this, the nation's urbanisation rate remains one of the lowest in the world , and in 2017, over 130 million Pakistanis (making up nearly 65% of the population) lived in ...
Prior to Arab invasions, majority of Sindh's population practiced Hinduism, although a significant minority adhered to Buddhism as well. [12] During the Arab invasions, majority of Sindhi Hindus were a rural pastoral population, who lived mostly in upper Sindh, a region that was entirely Hindu; while the Buddhists of Sindh were a mercantile population, who lived entirely in the urban areas of ...
Qasimabad is a Sindhi majority Town. The Sindhis make up more than 99% of the population of the Town. Qasimabad is known as a Sindhi based town. Although it was formed after the town of Latifabad, it does not follow the numbered unit system for that town, but instead is based on the block system.
Hyderabad, twice the capital of Sindh and now the sixth largest city of Pakistan, is one of the oldest cities of the South Asia. Hyderabad is a communication centre, connected by rail with Peshawar and Karachi. The second largest city of the province of Sindh, it has over 6 million people dwelling in it.