Badin District
Badin District
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Sunflower field in Badin district | |
Badin is located in the south of Sindh | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| Division | Hyderabad |
| Established | 1975 |
| Headquarters | Badin |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
• District | 6,858 km2 (2,648 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | |
• District | 1,947,081 |
| • Density | 283.9/km2 (735.3/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 429,849 (22.08%) |
| • Rural | 1,517,232 (77.92%) |
| Literacy | |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Number of Tehsils | 6 |
The Badin District (Sindhi: ضلعو بدين, Urdu: ضلع بدین) is a district in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The total area of the district is 6,726 square kilometers. Headquartered at the city of Badin, the district is situated between 24°-5` to 25°-25` north latitude and 68 21’ to 69 20’ east longitude and is bounded on the north by the Tando Allahyar District, on the northwest by Hyderabad District, on the east by Mirpur Khas and Tharparkar districts, on the south by the Kutch district of India, and on the west by Sujawal and Tando Muhammad Khan districts.