Districts of Pakistan

Districts of Pakistan
Category	Third-level administrative division
Location	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Number	166 (as of 2024)
Populations	Greatest: Lahore, Punjab — 11,126,285 (2017)[1] Least: Awaran, Balochistan — 121,660 (2017)[1]
Areas	Largest: Chagai, Balochistan — 44,748 km2 (17,277 sq mi) Smallest: Nazimabad (Karachi Central), Sindh — 69 km2 (27 sq mi)
Government	District government
Subdivisions	Tehsils Union councils

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The districts of Pakistan (Urdu: اِضلاعِ پاكِستان) are the third-level administrative divisions of Pakistan, below provinces and divisions, but forming the first-tier of local government. In total, there are 166 districts in Pakistan, including the Capital Territory, and the districts of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.^[2][3] These districts are further divided into tehsils and union councils.

In 1947, when Pakistan gained independence there were 124 districts. In 1969, 2 new districts (Tangail and Patuakhali) in East Pakistan were formed, bringing the total to 126. With the Independence of Bangladesh, Pakistan lost 20 of its districts and so there were 106 districts. In 2001, the number was reduced to 102 by the merger of the 5 districts of Karachi Central, Karachi East, Karachi South, Karachi West and Malir to form Karachi District. The number of districts rose to 106 again in December 2004, when four new districts were created in the province of Sindh of which one (Umerkot) had existed until 2000 and three districts (Kashmore, Qambar and Jamshoro) were newly created.^[4][a] The new districts were carved out of Mirpur Khas, Jacobabad, Larkana and Dadu Districts respectively. In May 2005, the Punjab provincial government created a new district by raising the status of Nankana Sahib from a tehsil of Sheikhupura District to a district in its own right.^[5][b] On 11 July 2011, the Sindh Government restored again the districts of Karachi South, Karachi East, Malir, Karachi West and Karachi Central, then later in 2013, the district of Korangi was carved out of Karachi East District. In Azad Jammu and Kashmir, a second-tier of government was formed from three administrative divisions into ten districts. In Gilgit–Baltistan, there are ten districts divided between the two regions of Gilgit and Baltistan. In 2018, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) was merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and FATA agencies were converted into districts.

Chagai is the largest district of Pakistan by area while Lahore District is the largest by population with a total population of 11,126,285 at the 2017 census. Quetta is the largest district of Balochistan by population with a total population of 2,275,699 at the 2017 census. Bahawalpur is the largest district of Punjab by area. Chitral is the largest by area and Peshawar is the largest by population from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with the population of 4,269,079 at the Census 2017. Sindh's largest district by area is Tharparkar^[6] and by population its Karachi West with a population of 3,914,757 at the 2017 Census. The combined population of the six districts of Karachi division is over 16 million at the 2017 census, giving an average population for these six districts of Karachi division of over 2.675 million each. Neelum and Kotli are the largest districts of Azad Kashmir by area and population respectively. Gilgit is the largest by area and population both for Gilgit-Baltistan.

A deputy commissioner (popularly abbreviated to "DC") is the executive head of the district. Deputy commissioners are appointed by the government from the Pakistan Administrative Service.

A district council (or zila council) is a local government body at the district level.

The functions of a district council include construction and maintenance of roads, and bridges, building hospitals and dispensaries, schools and educational institutions, health facilities and sanitation, tube wells for drinking water, rest houses, and coordination of activities of the Union councils within the district.

Sr. No.	Province or territory	Division(s)	District(s)	Area (km2)	Population (2017)[7]	Population (2023)[8]	Density 2017 (people/km2)
1	Azad Jammu and Kashmir	3	10	13,297	4,045,366		304.23
2	Balochistan	8[9]	36[10]	347,190	12,344,408	14,894,402	35.55
3	Gilgit-Baltistan	3	14	72,971	1,492,924		47.96
4	Islamabad Capital Territory	1	1	906	2,006,572	2,363,863	2,214.76
5	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	7[9]	38[9]	101,741	35,525,047	40,856,097	349.17
6	Punjab	11[9]	41[11]	205,344	110,012,442	127,688,922	535.74
7	Sindh	6	30[12]	140,914	47,886,051	55,696,147	339.82
	Pakistan	39	166	882,363	213,312,810

#	District	Headquarters	Area (km2)	Population (2017)[13]	Density (ppl/km2)	Division
1	Muzaffarabad	Muzaffarabad	1,642	650,370	394	Muzaffarabad
2	Hattian Bala	Hattian Bala	854	230,529	270	Muzaffarabad
3	Neelum	Athmuqam	3,621	191,251	53	Muzaffarabad
4	Mirpur	Mirpur	1,010	456,200	452	Mirpur
5	Bhimber	Bhimber	1,516	420,624	297	Mirpur
6	Kotli	Kotli	1,862	774,194	416	Mirpur
7	Poonch	Rawalakot	855	500,571	585	Poonch
8	Bagh	Bagh	770	371,919	483	Poonch
9	Haveli	Forward Kahuta	598	152,124	254	Poonch
10	Sudhnati	Pallandari	569	297,584	523	Poonch

#	District	Headquarters	Area (km2)	Population (1998)	Division
1	Ghanche	Khaplu	6,400	88,366	Baltistan
2	Skardu	Skardu	15,000	214,848	Baltistan
3	Astore	Eidghah	8,657	71,666	Diamer
4	Diamer	Chilas	10,936	131,925	Diamer
5	Ghizer	Gahkuch	9,635	120,218	Gilgit
6	Gilgit	Gilgit	38,000	243,324	Gilgit
7	Hunza	Karimabad	17,145	80,355	Gilgit
8	Kharmang	Tolti	7,909	188,000 (20,000 in 2013[14])	Baltistan
9	Shigar	Shigar	8,500	109,000	Baltistan
10	Nagar	Nagarkhas	15,567	89,420	Gilgit

#	District	Headquarter	Area (km2)[15]	Population (2023)[15]	Density (ppl/km2)[15]	Division
1	Awaran	Awaran	29,510	178,958	6.1	Kalat
2	Barkhan	Barkhan	3,514	210,249	59.8	Loralai
3	Chagai	Dalbandin	44,748	269,192	6.0	Rakhshan
4	Chaman	Chaman	1,341	466,218	347.7	Quetta
5	Dera Bugti	Dera Bugti	10,160	355,274	35.0	Sibi
6	Duki	Duki	4,233	205,044	48.4	Loralai
7	Gwadar	Gwadar	12,637	305,160	24.2	Makran
8	Harnai	Harnai	2,492	127,571	51.2	Sibi
9	Hub	Hub	N/A	N/A	N/A	Kalat
10	Jafarabad	Dera Allahyar	1,643	594,558	361.1	Nasirabad
11	Jhal Magsi	Gandava	3,615	203,368	56.2	Nasirabad
12	Kachhi	Dhadar	5,682	442,674	77.9	Nasirabad
13	Kalat	Kalat	7,654	271,560	35.5	Kalat
14	Kech	Turbat	22,539	1,060,931	47.0	Makran
15	Kharan	Kharan	14,958	260,352	17.4	Rakhshan
16	Khuzdar	Khuzdar	35,380	997,214	28.2	Kalat
17	Kohlu	Kohlu	7,610	260,220	34.2	Sibi
18	Lasbela	Uthal	15,153	680,977	44.9	Kalat
19	Loralai	Loralai	3,785	272,432	72.0	Loralai
20	Mastung	Mastung	3,308	313,271	94.7	Kalat
21	Musakhel	Musa Khel Bazar	5,728	182,275	31.8	Loralai
22	Nasirabad	Dera Murad Jamali	3,387	563,315	166.1	Nasirabad
23	Nushki	Nushki	5,797	207,834	35.9	Rakhshan
24	Panjgur	Panjgur	16,891	509,781	30.2	Makran
25	Pishin	Pishin	6,218	835,482	134.6	Quetta
26	Quetta	Quetta	3,447	2,595,492	754.3	Quetta
27	Qila Abdullah	Jungle Pir Alizai	3,553	361,971	102.3	Quetta
28	Qilla Saifullah	Qilla Saifullah	6,831	380,200	55.7	Zhob
29	Sherani	Sherani	4,310	191,687	44.5	Zhob
30	Sibi	Sibi	7,121	224,148	31.5	Sibi
31	Sohbatpur	Sohbatpur	802	240,106	299.6	Nasirabad
32	Surab	Surab	762	279,038	366.5	Kalat
33	Washuk	Washuk	33,093	302,623	9.1	Rakhshan
34	Zhob	Zhob	15,987	355,692	22.2	Zhob
35	Ziarat	Ziarat	3,301	189,535	57.4	Kalat
36	Usta Muhammad	Usta Muhammad	N/A	N/A	N/A	Nasirabad

Sr. No.	District	Headquarters	Area (km2)[16]	Population (2023)[16]	Density (ppl/km2)[16]	Division
1	Abbottabad	Abbottabad	1,967	1,419,072	721.6	Hazara
2	Allai	Allai Valley	N/A	N/A	N/A	Hazara
3	Bajaur	Khar	1,290	1,287,960	998.4	Malakand
4	Bannu	Bannu	1,972	1,357,890	688.6	Bannu
5	Battagram	Battagram	1,301	554,133	425.9	Hazara
6	Buner	Daggar	1,865	1,016,869	545.1	Malakand
7	Charsadda	Charsadda	996	1,835,504	1,843.1	Peshawar
8	Central Dir District	Wari	N/A	N/A	N/A	Malakand
9	Dera Ismail Khan	Dera Ismail Khan	9,334	1,829,811	196.1	Dera Ismail Khan
10	Hangu	Hangu	1,097	528,902	482.3	Kohat
11	Haripur	Haripur	1,725	1,174,783	681.3	Hazara
12	Karak	Karak	3,372	815,878	241.9	Kohat
13	Khyber	Landi Kotal	2,576	1,146,267	445.0	Peshawar
14	Kohat	Kohat	2,991	1,234,661	412.9	Kohat
15	Kolai Palas	Kolai	1,410	280,162	198.7	Hazara
16	Kurram	Parachinar	3,380	785,434	232.4	Kohat
17	Lakki Marwat	Lakki Marwat	3,296	1,040,856	315.8	Bannu
18	Lower Chitral	Chitral	6,458	320,407	49.6	Malakand
19	Lower Dir	Timergara	1,583	1,650,183	1,042.4	Malakand
20	Lower Kohistan	Pattan	642	340,017	529.5	Hazara
21	Malakand	Batkhela	952	826,250	868.1	Malakand
22	Mansehra	Mansehra	4,125	1,797,177	435.6	Hazara
23	Mardan	Mardan	1,632	2,744,898	1,681.4	Mardan
24	Mohmand	Ghalanai	2,296	553,933	241.2	Peshawar
25	North Waziristan	Miranshah	4,707	693,332	147.3	Bannu
26	Nowshera	Nowshera	1,748	1,740,705	995.8	Peshawar
27	Orakzai	Kalaya	1,538	387,561	252.0	Kohat
28	Peshawar	Peshawar	1,518	4,758,762	3,135.6	Peshawar
29	Shangla	Alpuri	1,586	891,252	562.0	Malakand
30	Upper South Waziristan	Spinkai	N/A	N/A	N/A	Dera Ismail Khan
31	Lower South Waziristan	Wana	N/A	N/A	N/A	Dera Ismail Khan
32	Swabi	Swabi	1,543	1,894,600	1,228.0	Mardan
33	Swat	Saidu Sharif	5,337	2,687,384	503.6	Malakand
34	Tank	Tank	2,900	470,293	162.2	Dera Ismail Khan
35	Torghar	Judba	454	200,445	441.6	Hazara
36	Upper Chitral	Booni	8,392	195,528	23.3	Malakand
37	Upper Dir	Dir	3,699	1,083,566	292.9	Malakand
38	Upper Kohistan	Dasu	5,440	422,947	77.8	Hazara

Sr. No.	District	Headquarters	Area (km2)[17]	Population (2023)[17]	Density (ppp/ km2)[17]	Division
1	Attock	Attock	6,858	2,170,423	316.7	Rawalpindi
2	Bahawalnagar	Bahawalnagar	8,878	3,550,342	399.6	Bahawalpur
3	Bahawalpur	Bahawalpur	24,830	4,284,964	172.3	Bahawalpur
4	Bhakkar	Bhakkar	8,153	1,957,470	240.5	Mianwali
5	Chakwal	Chakwal	6,524	1,734,854	266.2	Rawalpindi
6	Chiniot	Chiniot	2,643	1,563,024	591.3	Faisalabad
7	Dera Ghazi Khan	Dera Ghazi Khan	11,922	3,393,705	285.8	Dera Ghazi Khan
8	Faisalabad	Faisalabad	5,856	9,075,819	1,551.7	Faisalabad
9	Gujranwala	Gujranwala	3,622	5,959,750	1,644.5	Gujranwala
10	Gujrat	Gujrat	3,192	3,219,375	1,007.0	Gujrat
11	Hafizabad	Hafizabad	2,367	1,319,909	557.0	Gujrat
12	Jhang	Jhang	6,166	3,065,639	497.6	Faisalabad
13	Jhelum	Jhelum	3,587	1,382,308	385.7	Rawalpindi
14	Kasur	Kasur	3,995	4,084,286	1,021.4	Lahore
15	Khanewal	Khanewal	4,349	3,364,077	774.3	Multan
16	Khushab	Jauharabad	6,511	1,501,089	230.8	Sargodha
17	Lahore	Lahore	1,772	13,004,135	7,336.6	Lahore
18	Layyah	Layyah	6,289	2,102,386	334.5	Dera Ghazi Khan
19	Lodhran	Lodhran	2,778	1,928,299	693.5	Multan
20	Mandi Bahauddin	Mandi Bahauddin	2,673	1,829,486	683.1	Gujrat
21	Mianwali	Mianwali	5,840	1,798,268	307.4	Mianwali
22	Multan	Multan	3,720	5,362,305	1,441.1	Multan
23	Muzaffargarh	Muzaffargarh	8,249	5,015,325	607.5	Dera Ghazi Khan
24	Nankana Sahib[5]	Nankana Sahib	2,216	1,634,871	737.0	Lahore
25	Narowal	Narowal	2,337	1,950,954	834.3	Gujranwala
26	Okara	Okara	4,377	3,515,490	802.2	Sahiwal
27	Pakpattan	Pakpattan	2,724	2,136,170	785.3	Sahiwal
28	Rahim Yar Khan	Rahim Yar Khan	11,880	5,564,703	468.2	Bahawalpur
29	Rajanpur	Rajanpur	12,319	2,381,049	193.3	Dera Ghazi Khan
30	Rawalpindi	Rawalpindi	4,547	5,745,964	1,868.79	Rawalpindi
31	Sahiwal	Sahiwal	3,201	2,881,811	900.6	Sahiwal
32	Sargodha	Sargodha	5,854	4,334,448	740.1	Sargodha
33	Sheikhupura	Sheikhupura	3,744	4,049,418	1,080.3	Lahore
34	Sialkot	Sialkot	3,016	4,499,394	1,492.5	Gujranwala
35	Toba Tek Singh	Toba Tek Singh	3,252	2,524,044	776.2	Faisalabad
36	Vehari	Vehari	4,364	3,430,421	787.7	Multan
37	Talagang	Talagang	N/A	N/A	N/A	Rawalpindi
38	Murree	Murree	N/A	N/A	N/A	Rawalpindi
39	Taunsa	Taunsa	N/A	N/A	N/A	Dera Ghazi Khan
40	Kot Addu	Kot Addu	N/A	N/A	N/A	Dera Ghazi Khan
41	Wazirabad	Wazirabad	N/A	N/A	N/A	Gujrat

Sr. No.	District	Headquarters	Area (km2)[18]	Population (2023)[18]	Density (ppl/km2)[18]	Division
1	Badin	Badin	6,858	1,947,081	284.6	Hyderabad
2	Dadu	Dadu	7,866	1,742,320	221.8	Hyderabad
3	Ghotki	Mirpur Mathelo	6,083	1,772,609	291.3	Sukkur
4	Hyderabad	Hyderabad	993	2,432,540	2,448.7	Hyderabad
5	Jacobabad	Jacobabad	2,698	1,174,097	434.0	Larkana
6	Jamshoro	Jamshoro	11,204	1,117,308	99.7	Hyderabad
7	Karachi Central	North Nazimabad	69	3,822,325	55,838.8	Karachi
8	Karachi East	Gulshan e Iqbal	139	3,921,742	28,220.1	Karachi
9	Karachi South	Saddar Karachi	122	2,329,764	19,104.6	Karachi
10	Karachi West	Orangi Town	370	2,679,380	7,238.1	Karachi
11	Kashmore	Kandhkot	2,580	1,233,957	477.3	Larkana
12	Keamari	Moriro Mirbahar	559	2,068,451	3,699.8	Karachi
13	Khairpur	Khairpur	15,910	2,597,535	163.3	Sukkur
14	Korangi	Korangi	108	3,128,971	28,968.8	Karachi
15	Larkana	Larkana	1,948	1,784,453	915.8	Larkana
16	Malir	Malir	2,160	2,432,248	1,126.8	Karachi
17	Matiari	Matiari	1,417	849,383	599.0	Hyderabad
18	Mirpur Khas	Mirpur Khas	2,925	1,681,386	574.7	Mirpur Khas
19	Naushahro Feroze	Naushahro Feroze	2,945	1,777,082	603.2	Shaheed Benazir Abad
20	Qambar Shahdadkot	Qambar	5,475	1,514,869	276.4	Larkana
21	Sanghar	Sanghar	10,728	2,308,465	215.0	Mirpur Khas
22	Shaheed Benazirabad	Nawabshah	4,502	1,845,102	409.5	Shaheed Benazirabad
23	Shikarpur	Shikarpur	2,512	1,386,330	552.1	Larkana
24	Sujawal	Sujawal	8,785	839,292	95.5	Hyderabad
25	Sukkur	Sukkur	5,165	1,639,897	317.7	Sukkur
26	Tando Allahyar	Tando Allahyar	1,554	922,012	592.8	Hyderabad
27	Tando Muhammad Khan	Tando Muhammad Khan	1,423	726,119	509.1	Hyderabad
28	Tharparkar	Mithi	19,637	1,778,407	90.6	Mirpur Khas
29	Thatta	Thatta	8,570	1,083,191	126.8	Hyderabad
30	Umerkot[19]	Umerkot	5,608[6]	1,159,831	207.2	Mirpur Khas

N.B. All the figures require to be re-checked. Data entry error has occurred in Sindh Province.

List of districts by population over the years

District	Population (2023)[20]	Population (2017)[20][21]	Population (1998)[20][22]	Population (1981)	Population (1972)	Population (1961)	Population (1951)
Muzaffarabad	...	650,370	453,957	...	...	...	...
Hattian Bala	...	230,529	166,064	...	...	...	...
Neelum	...	191,251	125,712	...	...	...	...
Mirpur	...	456,200	333,482	...	...	...	...
Bhimber	...	420,624	301,633	...	...	...	...
Kotli	...	774,194	563,134	...	...	...	...
Poonch	...	500,571	411,035	...	...	...	...
Bagh	...	371,919	281,721	...	...	...	...
Haveli	...	152,124	111,694	...	...	...	...
Sudhnati	...	297,584	224,091	...	...	...	...
Ghanche	...	160,000	88,366	...	...	...	...
Skardu	...	...	214,848	...	...	...	...
Astore	...	...	71,666	...	...	...	...
Diamer	...	...	131,925	...	...	...	...
Ghizer	...	...	120,218	...	...	...	...
Gilgit	...	330,000	243,324	...	...	...	...
Hunza	...	243,324	80,355	...	...	...	...
Kharmang	...	...	188,000	...	...	...	...
Shigar	...	...	109,000	...	...	...	...
Nagar	87,500	...	89,420	...	...	...	...
Gupis-Yasin District	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
Abbottabad	1,419,072	1,332,912	880,666	647,635	524,826	354,452	318,775
Allai	...	180,414	...	...	...	...	...
Bajaur	1,287,960	1,093,684	595,227	289,206	364,050	280,200	320,985
Bannu	1,357,890	1,211,006	695,260	485,240	392,468	...	...
Battagram	554,133	476,612	307,278	339,119	174,009	94,357	...
Buner	1,016,869	897,319	506,048	265,517	187,984	123,217	109,147
Charsadda	1,835,504	1,616,198	1,022,364	630,811	513,193	364,088	282,618
Central Dir District	...	595,227	...	...	...	...	...
Dera Ismail Khan	1,829,811	1,695,688	891,985	550,256	430,051	...	...
Hangu	528,902	518,798	314,529	182,474	125,721	87,163	55,167
Haripur	1,174,783	1,003,031	692,228	479,031	417,561	273,507	252,168
Karak	815,878	706,299	430,796	249,681	191,204	121,199	99,908
Khyber	1,146,267	986,973	546,730	284,256	378,032	301,319	216,622
Kohat	1,234,661	1,112,452	651,100	383,862	308,507	209,817	...
Kolai Palas	280,162	275,461[23]	165,613	123,685	...	...	...
Kurram	785,434	619,553	430,796	249,681	191,204	121,199	99,908
Lakki Marwat	1,040,856	902,541	...	...	...	...	...
Lower Chitral	320,407	278,122	184,874	121,641	87,617	54,844	...
Lower Dir	1,650,183	1,435,917	717,649	404,844	277,481	...	...
Lower Kohistan	340,017	202,913[23]	122,211	161,428	...	...	...
Malakand	826,250	720,295	452,291	257,797	185,872	133,627	89,699
Mansehra	1,797,177	1,556,460	978,157	686,308	552,842	373,975	260,631
Mardan	2,744,898	2,373,061	1,460,100	881,465	696,622	481,297	357,455
Mohmand	553,933	466,984	334,453	163,933	382,922	294,215	129,300
North Waziristan	693,332	543,254	361,246	238,910	250,663	159,470	128,235
Nowshera	1,740,705	1,518,540	874,373	537,638	410,718	276,937	222,527
Orakzai	387,561	254,356	225,441	358,751	283,557	209,616	...
Peshawar	4,758,762	4,333,770	2,080,692	1,150,364	867,144	...	...
Shangla	891,252	757,810	434,563	251,546	179,813	121,528	107,731
Upper South Waziristan	...	367,364	...	...	...	...	...
Lower South Waziristan	...	307,851	...	...	...	...	...
Swabi	1,894,600	1,624,616	1,026,804	625,035	507,631	332,543	272,279
Swat	2,687,384	2,309,570	1,257,602	715,938	520,614	344,859	283,720
Tank	470,293	428,274	265,432	171,245	120,005	...	...
Torghar	200,445	171,395	174,682	83,927	195,580	151,718	142,599
Upper Chitral	195,528	169,240	133,815	86,919	71,383	58,213	...
Upper Dir	1,083,566	946,421	575,858	362,565	251,045	...	...
Upper Kohistan	422,947	306,337[24]	184,746	180,124	121,529	...	...
Badin	1,947,081	1,804,958	1,106,272	813,335	640,718	353,232	273,398
Dadu	1,742,320	1,550,390	1,106,717	705,669	556,669	342,939	295,402
Ghotki	1,772,609	1,648,708	968,797	558,058	401,318	221,243	179,186
Hyderabad	2,432,540	2,199,928	1,494,866	1,005,460	814,060	537,000	319,232
Jacobabad	1,174,097	1,007,009	727,190	...	...	...	...
Jamshoro	1,117,308	993,908	582,094	375,942	254,318	144,228	123,561
Karachi Central	3,822,325	2,971,382	2,289,071	...	...	...	...
Karachi East	3,921,742	2,875,315	1,447,529	...	...	...	...
Karachi South	2,329,764	1,769,230	1,468,579	...	...	...	...
Karachi West	2,679,380	3,907,065	2,127,765	...	...	...	...
Kashmore	1,233,957	1,090,336	677,120	...	...	...	...
Keamari	2,068,451	1,829,837	...	...	...	...	...
Khairpur	2,597,535	2,405,190	1,547,751	981,190	724,935	500,258	347,068
Korangi	3,128,971	2,577,556	1,608,609	...	...	...	...
Larkana	1,784,453	1,521,786	1,001,608	...	...	...	...
Malir	2,432,248	1,924,346	914,765	...	...	...	...
Matiari	849,383	770,040	494,244	438,319	336,367	148,995	124,948
Mirpur Khas	1,681,386	1,504,440	1,006,329	...	...	...	...
Naushahro Feroze	1,777,082	1,612,047	1,087,571	829,051	685,829	369,161	267,638
Qambar Shahdadkot	1,514,869	1,338,035	924,294	566,574	460,722	299,259	258,327
Sanghar	2,308,465	2,049,873	1,319,881	893,047	674,210	417,440	311,553
Shaheed Benazirabad	1,845,102	1,613,506	1,102,584	838,350	678,982	330,730	228,016
Shikarpur	1,386,330	1,233,760	880,438	596,409	530,551	314,780	306,007
Sujawal	839,292	779,062	513,702	...	...	...	...
Sukkur	1,639,897	1,488,372	931,387	575,962	460,649	277,356	222,848
Tando Allahyar	922,012	838,527	493,526	329,370	256,994	140,259	106,267
Tando Muhammad Khan	726,119	677,098	438,624	...	...	...	...
Tharparkar	1,778,407	1,647,036	914,291	540,985	359,357	290,402	249,280
Thatta	1,083,191	982,138	599,492	...	...	...	...
Umerkot[19]	1,159,831	1,073,469	664,797	...	...	...	...
Awaran	178,958	121,821	118,173	110,353	...	...	...
Barkhan	210,249	171,025	103,545	...	...	...	...
Chagai	269,192	226,517	104,534	...	...	...	...
Chaman	466,218	434,561	151,854	68,848	47,692	26,087	...
Dera Bugti	355,274	313,110	181,310	...	...	...	...
Duki	205,044	152,977	115,976	...	...	...	...
Gwadar	305,160	262,253	185,498	...	...	...	...
Harnai	127,571	97,052	76,652	...	...	...	...
Hub	382,885	339,640	163,194	...	...	...	...
Jafarabad	594,558	513,972	291,290	...	...	...	...
Jhal Magsi	203,368	148,900	109,941	...	...	...	...
Kachhi	442,674	309,932	255,480	...	...	...	...
Kalat	271,560	412,058	237,834	...	...	...	...
Kech	1,060,931	907,182	413,204	...	...	...	...
Kharan	260,352	162,766	96,900	...	...	...	...
Khuzdar	997,214	798,896	417,466	...	...	...	...
Kohlu	260,220	213,933	99,846	...	...	...	...
Lasbela	680,977	576,271	312,695	...	...	...	...
Loralai	272,432	244,446	134,171	97,887	41,615	23,293	...
Mastung	313,271	265,676	150,039	...	...	...	...
Musakhel	182,275	167,243	134,056	...	...	...	...
Nasirabad	563,315	487,847	245,894	...	...	...	...
Nushki	207,834	178,947	98,030	...	...	...	...
Panjgur	509,781	315,353	234,051	...	...	...	...
Pishin	835,482	736,903	367,183	202,256	131,923	58,957	...
Quetta	2,595,492	2,269,473	774,547	...	...	...	...
Qila Abdullah	361,971	323,793	218,415	107,493	69,539	40,286	...
Qilla Saifullah	380,200	342,932	193,553	148,362	72,086	37,577	...
Sherani	191,687	152,952	81,684	78,625	25,384	10,354	...
Sibi	224,148	179,751	136,322	...	...	...	...
Sohbatpur	240,106	200,426	141,527	...	...	...	...
Surab	279,038	200,857	93,401	...	...	...	...
Washuk	302,623	175,712	110,009	...	...	...	...
Zhob	355,692	310,354	193,458	134,660	74,519	39,755	...
Ziarat	189,535	160,095	80,748	63,179	37,688	15,853	...
Usta Muhammad	...	263,202	...	...	...	...	...
Attock	2,170,423	1,886,378	1,274,935	876,667	748,890	532,845	486,043
Bahawalnagar	3,550,342	2,975,656	2,061,447	1,373,747	1,073,891	822,827	630,430
Bahawalpur	4,284,964	3,669,176	2,433,091	1,453,438	1,071,026	735,524	527,837
Bhakkar	1,957,470	1,647,852	1,051,456	665,884	500,498	332,882	233,733
Chakwal	1,734,854	1,495,463	...	...	...	...	...
Chiniot	1,563,024	1,368,659	965,124	694,080	570,775	396,948	329,615
Dera Ghazi Khan	3,393,705	2,872,631	1,643,118	943,663	686,057	472,600	380,393
Faisalabad	9,075,819	7,882,444	5,429,547	3,561,909	3,163,756	1,990,297	1,548,689
Gujranwala	5,959,750	5,011,066	2,756,707	1,665,872	1,245,258	745,393	578,179
Gujrat	3,219,375	2,756,289	2,048,008	1,408,585	1,177,345	835,045	742,892
Hafizabad	1,319,909	1,156,954	832,980	567,572	444,187	291,778	251,557
Jhang	3,065,639	2,742,633	1,869,421	1,276,864	983,818	668,540	534,046
Jhelum	1,382,308	1,222,403	...	...	...	...	...
Kasur	4,084,286	3,454,881	2,375,875	1,528,002	1,186,386	853,877	760,304
Khanewal	3,364,077	2,920,233	2,068,490	1,369,766	1,067,993	774,701	635,482
Khushab	1,501,089	1,280,372	905,711	641,366	543,314	360,395	268,118
Lahore	13,004,135	11,119,985	6,318,745	3,544,942	2,587,621	1,625,810	1,134,757
Layyah	2,102,386	1,823,995	1,120,951	666,517	495,537	273,224	162,202
Lodhran	1,928,299	1,699,693	1,171,800	739,912	558,793	363,563	289,052
Mandi Bahauddin	1,829,486	1,594,039	1,160,552	846,114	721,833	490,967	414,850
Mianwali	1,798,268	1,542,601	1,056,620	711,529	595,134	413,851	315,816
Multan	5,362,305	4,746,166	3,116,851	1,970,075	1,506,223	983,815	725,131
Muzaffargarh	5,015,325	4,328,549	1,827,465	1,048,243	756,221	532,015	446,038
Nankana Sahib[5]	1,634,871	1,354,986	1,044,865	...	...	...	...
Narowal	1,950,954	1,707,575	1,265,097	908,977	834,501	550,425	512,475
Okara	3,515,490	3,040,826	2,232,992	1,487,261	1,123,812	827,528	730,472
Pakpattan	2,136,170	1,824,228	1,286,680	843,623	615,742	440,091	380,678
Rahim Yar Khan	5,564,703	4,807,762	3,141,053	1,841,451	1,398,879	1,015,715	664,234
Rajanpur	2,381,049	1,996,039	1,103,618	638,921	456,391	304,020	247,136
Rawalpindi	5,745,964	5,402,380	3,363,911	...	...	...	...
Sahiwal	2,881,811	2,513,011	1,843,194	1,281,526	944,656	743,614	603,782
Sargodha	4,334,448	3,696,212	2,665,979	1,911,849	1,557,641	1,107,226	893,269
Sheikhupura	4,049,418	3,460,004	2,276,164	...	...	...	...
Sialkot	4,499,394	3,894,938	2,723,481	1,802,505	1,509,424	1,045,958	961,721
Toba Tek Singh	2,524,044	2,191,495	1,621,593	1,134,572	1,084,442	706,800	615,582
Vehari	3,430,421	2,902,081	2,090,416	1,328,808	1,027,319	703,197	558,536
Talagang	602,246	527,756	401,607	...	...	...	...
Murree	372,947	352,329	...	...	...	...	...
Taunsa	1,045,460	677,785	...	...	...	...	...
Kot Addu	...	1,347,501	808,438	449,493	313,137	184,639	143,009
Wazirabad	993,412	830,396	644,233	442,493	370,310	254,715	217,197
Islamabad Capital Territory	2,363,863	2,006,572	805,235	340,286	237,549	...	...

District	Headquarter	Area (km2)	Population (2023)[20]	Density (people/km2) (2023)	Literacy rate (2023) [25][26][27][28][29]	Division	Province
Muzaffarabad	Muzaffarabad	1,642	...	394	...	Muzaffarabad	Azad Kashmir
Hattian Bala	Hattian Bala	854	...	270	...
Neelum	Athmuqam	3,621	...	53	...
Mirpur	Mirpur	1,010	...	452	...	Mirpur
Bhimber	Bhimber	1,516	...	297	...
Kotli	Kotli	1,862	...	416	...
Poonch	Rawalakot	855	...	585	...	Poonch
Bagh	Bagh	770	...	483	...
Haveli	Forward Kahuta	598	...	254	...
Sudhnati	Pallandari	569	...	523	...
Ghanche	Khaplu	6,400	...	...	...	Baltistan	Gilgit-Baltistan
Skardu	Skardu	15,000	...	...	...
Kharmang	Tolti	7,909	...	...	...
Shigar	Shigar	8,500	...	...	...
Astore	Eidghah	8,657	...	...	...	Diamer
Diamer	Chilas	10,936	...	...	...
Ghizer	Gahkuch	9,635	...	...	...	Gilgit
Gilgit	Gilgit	38,000	...	...	...
Hunza	Karimabad	17,145	...	...	...
Nagar	Nagarkhas	15,567	...	...	...
Gupis-Yasin District	Phander	...	...	...	...
Haripur	Haripur	1,725	1,174,783	681.3	74.88%	Hazara	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Battagram	Battagram	1,301	554,133	425.9	39.09%
Abbottabad	Abbottabad	1,967	1,419,072	721.6	77.34%
Allai	Allai Valley	521	...	...	...
Lower Kohistan	Pattan	642	340,017	529.5	22.05%
Mansehra	Mansehra	4,125	1,797,177	435.6	63.79%
Torghar	Judba	454	200,445	441.6	29.74%
Upper Kohistan	Dasu	5,440	422,947	77.8	19.05%
Kolai Palas	Kolai	1,410	280,162	198.7	18.80%
Hangu	Hangu	1,097	528,902	482.3	43.15%	Kohat
Kurram	Parachinar	3,380	785,434	232.4	35.22%
Karak	Karak	3,372	815,878	241.9	65.36%
Kohat	Kohat	2,991	1,234,661	412.9	58.55%
Orakzai	Kalaya	1,538	387,561	252.0	33.57%
Bajaur	Khar	1,290	1,287,960	998.4	26.26%	Malakand
Buner	Daggar	1,865	1,016,869	545.1	43.75%
Lower Chitral	Chitral	6,458	320,407	49.6	66.10%
Lower Dir	Timergara	1,583	1,650,183	1,042.4	57.36%
Shangla	Alpuri	1,586	891,252	562.0	33.74%
Malakand	Batkhela	952	826,250	868.1	...
Swat	Saidu Sharif	5,337	2,687,384	503.6	48.13%
Upper Chitral	Booni	8,392	195,528	23.3	73.83%
Upper Dir	Dir	3,699	1,083,566	292.9	46.77%
Central Dir District	Wari	1,483	...	...	...
Charsadda	Charsadda	996	1,835,504	1,843.1	53.94%	Peshawar
Khyber	Landi Kotal	2,576	1,146,267	445.0	38.45%
Nowshera	Nowshera	1,748	1,740,705	995.8	56.78%
Peshawar	Peshawar	1,518	4,758,762	3,135.6	53.28%
Mohmand	Ghalanai	2,296	553,933	241.2	31.28%
Upper South Waziristan	Spinkai	2,815	...	...	31.96%	Dera Ismail Khan
Lower South Waziristan	Wana	3,805	...	...	31.96%
Tank	Tank	2,900	470,293	162.2	40.67%
Dera Ismail Khan	Dera Ismail Khan	9,334	1,829,811	196.1	46.58%
North Waziristan	Miranshah	4,707	693,332	147.3	32.82%	Bannu
Bannu	Bannu	1,972	1,357,890	688.6	41.75%
Lakki Marwat	Lakki Marwat	3,296	1,040,856	315.8	48.47%
Swabi	Swabi	1,543	1,894,600	1,228.0	58.48%	Mardan
Mardan	Mardan	1,632	2,744,898	1,681.4	55.79%
Jamshoro	Jamshoro	11,204	1,117,308	99.7	49.63%	Hyderabad	Sindh
Hyderabad	Hyderabad	993	2,432,540	2,448.7	67.21%
Badin	Badin	6,858	1,947,081	284.6	36.65%
Dadu	Dadu	7,866	1,742,320	221.8	47.13%
Matiari	Matiari	1,417	849,383	599.0	45.88%
Sujawal	Sujawal	8,785	839,292	95.5	27.02%
Tando Allahyar	Tando Allahyar	1,554	922,012	592.8	39.80%
Tando Muhammad Khan	Tando Muhammad Khan	1,423	726,119	509.1	34.02%
Thatta	Thatta	8,570	1,083,191	126.8	26.88%
Ghotki	Mirpur Mathelo	6,083	1,772,609	291.3	41.38%	Sukkur
Khairpur	Khairpur	15,910	2,597,535	163.3	50.14%
Sukkur	Sukkur	5,165	1,639,897	317.7	58.26%
Karachi Central	North Nazimabad	69	3,822,325	55,838.8	83.55%	Karachi
Karachi East	Gulshan e Iqbal	139	3,921,742	28,220.1	80.07%
Karachi South	Saddar Karachi	122	2,329,764	19,104.6	78.57%
Karachi West	Orangi Town	370	2,679,380	7,238.1	67.43%
Keamari	Moriro Mirbahar	559	2,068,451	3,699.8	62.07%
Korangi	Korangi	108	3,128,971	28,968.8	79.86%
Malir	Malir	2,160	2,432,248	1,126.8	63.14%
Larkana	Larkana	1,948	1,784,453	915.8	55.58%	Larkana
Jacobabad	Jacobabad	2,698	1,174,097	434.0	42.34%
Kashmore	Kandhkot	2,580	1,233,957	477.3	35.59%
Qambar Shahdadkot	Qambar	5,475	1,514,869	276.4	40.02%
Shikarpur	Shikarpur	2,512	1,386,330	552.1	43.70%
Mirpur Khas	Mirpur Khas	2,925	1,681,386	574.7	45.37%	Mirpur Khas
Umerkot[19]	Umerkot	5,608[6]	1,159,831	207.2	38.69%
Tharparkar	Mithi	19,637	1,778,407	90.6	36.39%
Sanghar	Sanghar	10,728	2,308,465	215.0	43.66%
Shaheed Benazirabad	Nawabshah	4,502	1,845,102	409.5	50.86%	Shaheed Benazirabad
Naushahro Feroze	Naushahro Feroze	2,945	1,777,082	603.2	57.15%
Hub	Hub	6,716	382,885	57	36.47%	Kalat	Balochistan
Surab	Surab	762	279,038	366.5	37.44%
Lasbela	Uthal	15,153	680,977	44.9	36.47%
Mastung	Mastung	3,308	313,271	94.7	45.97%
Khuzdar	Khuzdar	35,380	997,214	28.2	38.59%
Kalat	Kalat	7,654	271,560	35.5	39.70%
Awaran	Awaran	29,510	178,958	6.1	36.34%
Barkhan	Barkhan	3,514	210,249	59.8	33.62%	Loralai
Duki	Duki	4,233	205,044	48.4	44.18%
Musakhel	Musa Khel Bazar	5,728	182,275	31.8	36.60%
Loralai	Loralai	3,785	272,432	72.0	43.16%
Gwadar	Gwadar	12,637	305,160	24.2	50.30%	Makran
Kech	Turbat	22,539	1,060,931	47.0	49.65%
Panjgur	Panjgur	16,891	509,781	30.2	42.07%
Jafarabad	Dera Allahyar	1,643	594,558	361.1	35.53 %	Nasirabad
Jhal Magsi	Gandava	3,615	203,368	56.2	30.14%
Kachhi	Dhadar	5,682	442,674	77.9	30.20%
Nasirabad	Dera Murad Jamali	3,387	563,315	166.1	28.96%
Sohbatpur	Sohbatpur	802	240,106	299.6	41.02%
Usta Muhammad	Usta Muhammad	953	...	280	35.53%
Dera Bugti	Dera Bugti	10,160	355,274	35.0	24.07%	Sibi
Kohlu	Kohlu	7,610	260,220	34.2	28.53%
Sibi	Sibi	7,121	224,148	31.5	47.41%
Harnai	Harnai	2,492	127,571	51.2	39.83%
Ziarat	Ziarat	3,301	189,535	57.4	43.37%
Chaman	Chaman	1,341	466,218	347.7	39.97%	Quetta
Pishin	Pishin	6,218	835,482	134.6	51.07%
Quetta	Quetta	3,447	2,595,492	754.3	56.29%
Qila Abdullah	Jungle Pir Alizai	3,553	361,971	102.3	36.40%
Qilla Saifullah	Qilla Saifullah	6,831	380,200	55.7	32.96%	Zhob
Sherani	Sherani	4,310	191,687	44.5	23.86%
Zhob	Zhob	15,987	355,692	22.2	36.62%
Kharan	Kharan	14,958	260,352	17.4	41.07%	Rakhshan
Nushki	Nushki	5,797	207,834	35.9	57.12%
Washuk	Washuk	33,093	302,623	9.1	21.58%
Chagai	Dalbandin	44,748	269,192	6.0	33.15%
Rawalpindi	Rawalpindi	4,547	5,745,964	1,868.79	83.06%	Rawalpindi	Punjab
Jhelum	Jhelum	3,587	1,382,308	385.7	80.65%
Attock	Attock	6,858	2,170,423	316.7	70.22%
Murree	Murree	738	372,947	480	86.01%
Chakwal	Chakwal	6,524	1,734,854	266.2	77.79%
Taunsa	Taunsa	2,769	...	240	...	Dera Ghazi Khan
Kot Addu	Kot Addu	3,471	...	390	...
Layyah	Layyah	6,289	2,102,386	334.5	61.83%
Dera Ghazi Khan	Dera Ghazi Khan	11,922	3,393,705	285.8	46.78
Muzaffargarh	Muzaffargarh	8,249	5,015,325	607.5	47.99%
Rajanpur	Rajanpur	12,319	2,381,049	193.3	36.09%
Jampur	Jampur	...	...	...	...
Toba Tek Singh	Toba Tek Singh	3,252	2,524,044	776.2	71.38%	Faisalabad
Jhang	Jhang	6,166	3,065,639	497.6	59.45%
Chiniot	Chiniot	2,643	1,563,024	591.3	55.05%
Faisalabad	Faisalabad	5,856	9,075,819	1,551.7	73.41%
Lahore	Lahore	1,772	13,004,135	7,336.6	79.62%	Lahore
Kasur	Kasur	3,995	4,084,286	1,021.4	62.85%
Nankana Sahib[5]	Nankana Sahib	2,216	1,634,871	737.0	63.12%
Sheikhupura	Sheikhupura	3,744	4,049,418	1,080.3	68.88%
Mianwali	Mianwali	5,840	1,798,268	307.4	62.87%	Mianwali
Bhakkar	Bhakkar	8,153	1,957,470	240.5	55.68%
Talagang	Talagang	2,932	...	140	...
Sialkot	Sialkot	3,016	4,499,394	1,492.5	78.37%	Gujranwala
Gujranwala	Gujranwala	3,622	5,959,750	1,644.5	76.77%
Narowal	Narowal	2,337	1,950,954	834.3	75.28%
Okara	Okara	4,377	3,515,490	802.2	60.25%	Sahiwal
Pakpattan	Pakpattan	2,724	2,136,170	785.3	57.13%
Sahiwal	Sahiwal	3,201	2,881,811	900.6	64.77%
Rahim Yar Khan	Rahim Yar Khan	11,880	5,564,703	468.2	47.94%	Bahawalpur
Bahawalnagar	Bahawalnagar	8,878	3,550,342	399.6	57.01%
Bahawalpur	Bahawalpur	24,830	4,284,964	172.3	53.35%
Sargodha	Sargodha	5,854	4,334,448	740.1	66.73%	Sargodha
Khushab	Jauharabad	6,511	1,501,089	230.8	62.52%
Khanewal	Khanewal	4,349	3,364,077	774.3	60.97%	Multan
Vehari	Vehari	4,364	3,430,421	787.7	59.10%
Multan	Multan	3,720	5,362,305	1,441.1	61.41%
Lodhran	Lodhran	2,778	1,928,299	693.5	51.68%
Mandi Bahauddin	Mandi Bahauddin	2,673	1,829,486	683.1	70.27%	Gujrat
Gujrat	Gujrat	3,192	3,219,375	1,007.0	81.37%
Hafizabad	Hafizabad	2,367	1,319,909	557.0	65.77%
Wazirabad	Wazirabad	1,206	993,412	690	...
Islamabad Capital Territory	Islamabad	906	2,363,863	2,214.76	83.97%	Islamabad Capital Territory	Islamabad Capital Territory

• Administrative units of Pakistan
• City Districts of Pakistan
• List of administrative units of Pakistan by Human Development Index
• Pakistan District Education Rankings
• Divisions of Pakistan
• List of tehsils of Pakistan
• List of cities in Pakistan by population
• Union councils of Pakistan

• Population Census Organization, Government of Pakistan. "List of Districts/Agencies/Tribal Areas". Archived from the original on 19 December 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2006.
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• List of districts from the Population Census Organization (Government of Pakistan)