Jacobabad District

Jacobabad District (Sindhi: جیکب آباد), (Urdu: ضلع جیکب آباد‎) is a district of Sindh, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census it had a population of 1,425,572 of which 24.10% were urban. The city of Jacobabad is the capital of the District.

Administration

The district is administratively subdivided into the following talukas:

• Ghari Khairo
• Jacobabad
• Thul

Demographics

Following are the demographic indicators of the district (including Kashmore Dist) as per the 1998 census of Pakistan:

Religion:
Islam: 93.30%
Hinduism: 3.56%
Christianity: 3.06%
Ahmaddiya: 0.04%
Others: 0.04%
Hindus and Christians are mainly concentrated in the urban areas

Languages:
Sindhi: 94.14%
Baluchi: 3.15%
Urdu:0.54%
Punjabi:0.53%
Pashto:0.45%
Others:1.19%