Khairpur District is a district in the Pakistani province of Sindh in Sukkur Division.At the 2017 census, it was the fifth most populated district in the province after four districts of Karachi city, with 2.4 million inhabitants. The headquarters of the district is the city of Khairpur. The district is further divided into eight sub-districts: Khairpur Tehsil, Mirwah Tehsil, Kot Diji Tehsil, Kingri Tehsil, Sobho Dero Tehsil, Gambat Tehsil, Faiz Ganj Tehsil and Nara Tehsil.
Khairpur district is located between middle and northern Sindh. It is bounded on the north by Shikarpur District and Sukkur District, on the east by India, on the south by Sanghar District and Nawabshah District, and on the west by Larkana District, Naushahro Feroze District and Indus River. The revised area of the district is 15,910 km2.At the time of the 2017 census, Khairpur district had a population of 2,405,190, of which 1,240,254 were males and 1,164,826 females. The rural population was 1,628,184 (67.69%) and urban 777,006 (32.31%). The literacy rate is 49.15%: 62.08% for males and 35.49% for females.
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