Khairpur

Khairpur district, Sindh — 2,597,535 people at the 2023 census.

Census, 1981 to 2023

Indicator	1981	1998	2017	2023
Population	981,190	1,546,587	2,405,190	2,597,535
Urban population		365,216	777,006	844,263
Yearly growth since the previous census		2.71%	2.34%	1.29%
Literacy rate (age 10+)		35.5%		50.1%
Female literacy rate		19.7%		38.1%
Average household size		6.10	5.83	5.70
Males per 100 females		110.1	106.5	102.7
Urban share		23.6%	32.3%	32.5%
People per km²		97	151	163
Area		15,910 km²	15,910 km²	15,910 km²

Schooling, connectivity and living conditions

Indicator	2014-15	2019-20	Sindh, 2019-20
Adult literacy (15+)	46.0%	47.0%	57.0%
Net primary enrolment	67.0%	51.0%	55.0%
Children out of school (5-16)		48.0%	44.0%
People using the internet		5.27%	22.2%
People owning a mobile phone		30.4%	49.3%
Households with a smartphone		10.8%	31.9%
Households with tap water	4.00%	4.84%	35.4%
Households with a flush toilet	43.0%	52.0%	76.0%
Households cooking with gas		26.3%	57.3%
Households lit by electricity		90.6%	86.8%
Children (12-23 months) vaccinated against measles		90.0%	77.0%
Households moderately or severely food-insecure		34.0%	17.5%

Businesses and farms

Business establishments (2023)	69,563
People working in them (2023)	230,541
Farms (2024)	187,955
Cultivated area (2024)	597,253 acres
Tractors (2024)	7,716
Tubewells and lift pumps (2024)	13,752
Cattle (2024)	809,766
Buffaloes (2024)	527,947
Goats (2024)	1,488,235

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. About the data · All districts