Kashmore District

Kashmore District, previously known as Khizmer or Khizmore, is a district of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. The capital city is Kandhkot. The district has a population of 1,090,336. Kashmore District is a part of Larkana Division. Its old name was Khizmer or Khizmor. The spoken languages are Sindhi and Balochi. Its border is connected with Punjab and Balochistan provinces. Kashmore city is gateway to Punjab province and Balochistan province. In 2004, Kashmore became a district after its separation from Jacobabad District.

Administrative divisions

Kashmor District is subdivided into three tehsils:

Tehsil	Area	Pop.	Density	Literacy rate	Union Councils
Kandhkot Tehsil	654	407,592	623.23	37.91%	10
Kashmore Tehsil	1,262	487,601	386.37	32.65%	17
Tangwani Tehsil	664	338,764	510.19	36.95%	14

The tehsils are further subdivided into union councils:

U.C. No.	U.C. Name	Taluka
1	Line Purani	Kashmore
2	Khoski	Kashmore
3	Masowalo	Kashmore
4	Domiwali	Kashmore
5	Geehal Pur Village Haji Khan Shar Saleem JAn Mazari Kashmore	Kashmore
6	Gullan Pur	Kashmore
7	Sodhi	Kashmore
8	Noor Pur Pako	Kashmore
9	Chachar	Kashmore
10	Badani	Kashmore
11	Gublo	Kashmore
12	Mahar	Kashmore
13	Toj	Kashmore
14	Kumb	Kashmore
15	Samao	Kashmore
16	Kumbiri	Kashmore
17	Zorgrah	Kashmore
18	Mulgulzar	Kandhkot
19	Rasaldar	Kandhkot
20	Jagirabad	Kandhkot
21	Dolat Pur	Kandhkot
22	Wakro	Kandhkot
23	Akhero	Kandhkot
24	Malheer	Kandhkot
25	Haibat	Kandhkot
26	Dadar	Kandhkot
27	Mangi	Kandhkot
28	Jaffar Abad	Tangwani
29	Cheel	Tangwani
30	Lashari	Tangwani
31	Bijarani	Tangwani
32	Suhliani	Tangwani
33	Manjhi	Tangwani
34	Gulwali	Tangwani
35	Saifal	Tangwani
36	Saido Kot	Tangwani
37	Karam Pur	Tangwani
38	Sher Garh	Tangwani
39	Dunyapur	Tangwani
40	Naseer	Tangwani
41	Bahalkani	Tangwani

Agriculture

Kashmor District has a large cattle market.

Geography

Kashmor District is located in the northern part of Sindh, bordering Ghotki, Jacobabad, Shikarpur and Sukkur within Sindh. It also borders Balochistan on one side and Punjab on the other. The Indus River runs through the Eastern side of Kashmor district. The southeastern side of Kashmor District has forest of "Kacha" that support wild animals. The Thar Desert falls on the Eastern side of the district, and is home to wild desert animals.

Demography

Population

As of the 2023 census, Kashmore district has 208,894 households and a population of 1,233,957. The district has a sex ratio of 103.73 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 35.59%: 45.08% for males and 25.72% for females. 485,925 are under 10 years of age. 271,782 live in urban areas.

Religion

The majority religion is Islam, with 96.5% of the population. Hinduism is practiced by 3.21% of the population who mostly live in urban areas.

Languages

At the time of the 2023 census, Kashmore district is predominantly Sindh with more than 90% of the population speaking Sindhi as their mothertongue.

Kashmore City

Kandhkot is the district headquarters of Kashmore, and also an old city that lies on the right side of the Indus River. Kashmore City is a gateway to Punjab and Balochistan. In addition, the city’s main electricity comes from the Indus River.

List of Dehs

The following is a list of Kashmore District's dehs, organised by taluka: