The Badin District (Sindhi: ضلعو بدين, Urdu: ضلع بدین) is a district in the Larr Region of 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.
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History
Badin was one of the centers of the ancient Indus Valley civilization.
Matli of Badin served as the second Capital of the Soomra dynasty after their first Capital Mansura (Brahmanabad) got sacked by Mahmud of Ghazni. From here the Soomras rebelled against Ghaznavids around 1026 and freed Sindh from their rule. (See Soomra Rebellion of Tharri for more information)
The areas remained under the control of the Soomras and Sammas until In 1592, Sindh came under the direct rule of the Mughal emperors.
In 1975, Badin District was established after the bifurcation of Hyderabad District.
Demographics
As of the 2023 census, Badin district has 397,892 households and a population of 1,947,081. The district has a sex ratio of 108.42 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 36.65%: 46.46% for males and 26.00% for females. 625,549 (32.16% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 429,849 (22.08%) live in urban areas.
Religion
The majority religion is Islam, with 74.45% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 25.11% of the population.
Language
At the time of the 2023 census, 93.85% of the population spoke Sindhi, 2.75% Punjabi, and 3.34 Others as their first language.
Administration
List of Tehsils
The district is administratively subdivided into the following tehsil:
With the introduction of the devolution system, the talukas have been subdivided into the Union Councils numbering 49, Tapas 109 and Dehs 511.
List of Union Councils
Badin District includes the following Union Councils:
In 2013, the number of union councils in the district was increased to 68.
List of Dehs
The following is a list of Badin District's 511 dehs, organised by taluka:
Badin Taluka (142 dehs)
Abri
Achh
Achhro
Akro
Aminariro
Andhalo
Angri
Babralo-under sea
Badin
Baghar
Bagreji
Bakho Khudi
Bandho
Bano
Behdmi
Bhambhki
Bhaneri
Bidhadi
Bijoriro
Bokhi
Booharki
Borandi
Buxa
Chandhadi
Chanesri
Charo
Cheerandi
Chhel
Chobandi
Chorhadi
Education
The University of Sindh Laar Campus offers 4- year (8- Semester) bachelor's degree programs in Business Administration, Commerce and Computer Science, PGD. Computer Science and B.Ed., M.Ed. & M.A. (Education).
Cadet College Badin
Govt. Islamia Degree College Badin
Govt. Girls College Badin
Govt. Pakistan College Saeedpur Badin
Govt. Elementary College of Education Badin
Nursing College Badin
Government Polytechnic Institute Badin
Govt. Mono Technical Institute S.F Rahu
Army Public School & College Badin
National School & College Badin
Economy
Nearly 78% of the population lives in the rural areas with farming as the main source of livelihood. The district is irrigated by Indus River through the Akram Wah, Phuleli and Guni Canals of Kotri Barrage and Nasir Canal of Sukkur Barrage. Main Crops are Sugar Cane, Rice, Tomato, Wheat and Sunflower. There are six Sugar Mills and 30 Rice Husking mills in the District. The Oil fields in the Badin district produces nearly 50% of total production of crude oil of Pakistan.
Railways
The main line runs from Badin to Hyderabad through the Matli taluka.
Badin Coal Field
Spread at the area of 1,110sq.km, 'Badin Coal Field' reserves around 1.358 billion metric tons of coal.