District Headquarters Uthal
Date of Registration 30-06-1954
Area (Sq. km) 12,574
Major Ethnic Groups Baloch, Brahvi, Med, Khoja, Jamoot, Ranjhas, Sheikh
Languages: Sindhi 56 percent, Balochi 21 percent, Brahvi 9 percent, Urdu 2 percent, Others 12 percent
Climate The coast has a moderate and moist climate. The weather is generally fine. May and June are the hottest months.
Major Crops Wheat, Fruits, Vegetable, Fodder, Jowar, Caster Seed, Guar Seed
Economy Agriculture, Fisheries, livestock, trade and Industry are the major sectors of economic activity, followed by mining, transport and informal sector.
Important Minerals Barite, Serpentine, Shale, Basalt, Ebrystone, Quartrite, Red Ocher, magnesium, Marble, Lime-stone and building stone.
Important Places Tombs of General Muhammad-Ibn-Haroon, Sir Robert Sandeman and Jamia Masjid. Caves at kumbh Shirin Spring and Mai Goudrani, Shrine of Shah Bilawal , Shrine and Farhad tomb Lahut-i-Lamakan and Sassi Waro-Chodo (Sassi Spring).
Energy (sources) Wood and dung cake are used by 95 percent of population and 5 percent uses gas cylinders for cooking purposes. For lighting, 35 percent housing units use electricity and 65 percent uses kerosene lamps.
Major Industries Industries are functioning at Hub and Winder Industrial Trading Estate. The major industries are textile weaving, plastics, chemical, food preserve, engineering, paper & paper conversion, etc. These are 122 in number.
Communication Metalled 322 Km
Shingle 1095 Km
Railway Nil
Airport Nil