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Chapter 6 Major Socio-Economic and Livestock Sector Profiles of Sindh Chapter 6 Major Socio-economic and Livestock Sector Profiles of Sindh Chapter 6 Major Socio-economic and Livestock Sector Profiles of Sindh 6.1 Demography, Area, and Economy of the Province In Sindh Province there are 23 Districts, 160 Talukas and 1,094 Union Councils. The province supports a population of 42.4 million people (projected population in 2010) in the total area of about 140,914 km2. The area and population of each district are shown in Table 6-1-1, and those at Taluka level are indicated in Appendix B. Table 6-1-1 Area and Population (projected in 2010) of Each District Area Population Area Population Districts Districts (km2) (1,000) (km2) (1,000) Ghotki 6,290 1,352 Thatta 17,350 1,551 Sukkur 4,800 1,256 Matiari 1,420 718 Khairpur 15,730 2,154 TandoAllahyar 1,730 652 Naushero Feroze 3,020 1,515 Hyderabad 1,010 2,088 Shaheed Benazirabad 4,510 1,536 Tando Muhammad 1,950 614 (Nawabshah) Khan Kashmore 2,610 952 Badin 6,120 1,538 Shikarpur 2,840 1,236 Sanghar 10,180 1,845 Jacobabad 2,670 1,033 Mirpurkhas 3,530 1,395 Kamber Shadadkot 5,410 1,287 Umerkot 5,010 926 Larkana 2,010 1,397 Tharparkar 20,170 1,273 Dadu 6,670 1,542 Karachi 3,530 13,729 Jamshoro 12,350 811 Total 140,910 42,400 Source: Development Statistics of Sindh 2009 The population growth rate has been decreased as 4.57%, 3.56%, and 2.80% respectively computed at the time of the population census in 1972, 1981, and 1998. Approximately 75% of this population are Sindhi, and speak the Sindhi language. Another 11% of the population speaks Urdu1 and it is predominant in Karachi, the capital city of Sindh and the largest city in Pakistan. Karachi is located on the Arabian Sea with a population of 11 million people (Projected population in 2001). Further inland is the city of Hyderabad with a population of 2 million people and other smaller cities such as Sukkur and Larkana. For this reason the percentage of urban dwellers in Sindh is 48.8%, which is higher than the national ratio of 32.5%. A total of 91% of Sindhis are adherents of Islam, while a further 7.5% are Hindu. Hindu accounts for about 20 to 40% of total population in Badin, Sanghar, Mirpurkhas, Umerkot and Tharparkar districts. Hindu in Sindh represents 95% of the total Hindu population in Pakistan. As indicted in Table 6-1-2, Sindh economy is well diversified to various sectors such as mining, manufacturing, agriculture, livestock, etc. Sindh is a center of heavy industries, commerce, and finance in the country, particularly Karachi being the economic center of Pakistan. The port of Karachi also performs the role as the Pakistan's gateway to imports and exports. Agriculture is also significant in Sindh with irrigated farming along the Indus River, and produces cotton, rice, wheat, sugarcane, bananas, mango, etc. Livestock and dairy production is very prosperous with the large number of various livestock breeds. Furthermore, Oil, natural gas, petrol, and coal are abundant natural resources of Sindh. 1 The data was obtained from the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Sindh (http://sindhagri.gov.pk/history-sindh.html) 6 - 1 In Sindh 46.9% of employed population are engaged in the primary sector as shown in Table 6-1-3. This is followed by construction (13.1%), wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels (10.7%). As for literacy, the 45% Table 6-1-2 Sindh Economy (1999-2000) Value of Production Share to National literacy rate of Sindh is close to the Item (Rs. million) Total (%) national average of 43%. Higher GDP 196,240 30.2 ratios are observed in districts Manufacturing 42,204 38.9 encompassing large cities such as Agriculture 46,412 27.6 Livestock 13,535 23.0 Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, and Mining 1,527 50.7 Larkana. Source: Regional Account of Pakistan: Methodology and Estimate 1973-2000 Table 6-1-4 shows the poverty rates of the 4 provinces in Pakistan. That of Sindh Province was Table 6-1-3 Ratio of Employed Population lower than the national level and Categories Ratio (%) decreasing2. However, close to 30% Agriculture, livestock, forestry, hunting, and 46.87 fishing of the rural population in Sindh were Mining and quarrying 0.07 forced to live below the poverty line. Manufacturing 8.58 The poverty rate in the rural Sindh is Electricity, gas and water 0.40 Construction 13.06 more than double that in the urban Wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and 10.67 areas while in other provinces such hotels gap is less than that. From this Transport, storage and communication 3.17 perspective, poverty reduction in Financing, insurance, real estate and business 1.47 services Sindh Province is an important issue. Community, social and personal services 5.49 Activities not adequately defined 10.22 Source: Population census 1998, Sindh Table 6-1-4 Poverty Rates in Each Province 2000 ~ 2001 (Fiscal Year) 2004 ~ 2005 (Fiscal Year) Urban Rural Total Urban Rural Total Punjab 22.1 32.8 29.7 20.5 32.3 26.6 Sindh 19.9 47.1 36.5 13.6 28.1 21.9 NWFP 29.0 42.8 40.8 24.7 40.7 38.1 Balochistan 26.3 38.2 36.1 21.2 34.6 31.8 National Total 22.0 37.9 33.3 18.4 32.9 28.3 Source: World Bank staff estimation based on PHIS 2000-1 and PSLM 2004-5 taken from Poverty Profile of The Islamic Republic of Pakistan (JBIC 2007) 2 However, in 2000-01 there was a severe drought in Sindh that caused serious damage. In 2005 the opposite case occurred with torrential rainfall, and as a result, it contributed to harvest plentiful crops and narrow considerably the gap between rural and urban populations. 6 - 2 The average monthly household income in Sindh is Rs.14,819; Rs.19,185 for the urban and Rs.10,410 for the rural (54% of the urban) while the national average household income is Rs.14,456 per month.3 This income comes largely from agricultural products (41%) and wages (34%) while 7% are from livestock. On the other hand, the rural household‟s expenditure in Sindh is Rs.9,576.72/month, 60% of the urban households. Food (53%) is the main expense of the rural household. In addition, the average number of family members is 7.57 for the rural household and 6.53 for the urban household. However, in reality, an extended family4, including nuclear families, relatives, same biradari members, is commonly observed in Sindh. In fact, the results of the household survey conducted by the Project Team show that the average number of household members is 11.8 (median is 11), which is 1.5 times larger than the number of the family members. In Sindh 46.9% of the employed population engaged in the primary sector. This is followed by construction (13.1%), wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels (10.7%)5. In the rural areas particularly, the primary sector is predominant, accounting for 74.7% of the employed population. 6.2 Livestock Holdings and Productions 6.2.1 Livestock Holdings Sindh has a livestock population of 46.28 million6 which accounts for 21% of the nation‟s total according to Livestock Census 2006. As shown in Table 6-2-1, the number of cattle in Sindh is 6.93 million (23% of the nation‟s total), 7.34 million buffaloes (27%), 3.96 million sheep (15%), 12.57 million goat (23%) and 0.28 million camel (30%). Table 6-2-1 Number of Livestock Holdings in Each Province Cattle Buffalo Sheep Goat Camel Horse Mules/Asses Poutry Total Pakistan 29,558,812 27,334,985 26,487,741 53,786,988 920,868 344,253 4,424,170 73,647,888 216,505,705 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Sindh 6,925,022 7,340,162 3,958,508 12,572,221 278,424 44,999 1,024,437 14,135,540 46,279,313 23% 27% 15% 23% 30% 13% 23% 19% 21% Punjab 14,412,323 17,747,474 6,361,767 19,831,039 198,964 163,107 2,295,052 25,905,928 86,915,654 49% 65% 24% 37% 22% 47% 52% 35% 40% NWF 5,967,886 1,927,495 3,363,249 9,599,017 63,952 76,174 626,483 27,695,116 49,319,372 20% 7% 13% 18% 7% 22% 14% 38% 23% Balochistan 2,253,581 319,854 12,804,217 11,784,711 379,528 59,973 478,198 5,911,304 33,991,366 8% 1% 48% 22% 41% 17% 11% 8% 16% Source: Livestock Census 2006 3 Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES) 2007-08, Pakistan Federal Bureau of Statistics. 4 Refer to Chapter 9 for the details. 5 1998 Provincial Census Reports of Sindh 6 Livestock Census 2006 covers following animals: cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goats, camels, horses, mules, asses, and poultry. 6 - 3 Livestock are well distributed throughout the province as shown in Table 6-2-2. The most populous district of cattle is Tharparkar followed by Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Khairpur, Dadu and Thatta. Buffaloes are found most numerously in Shikarpur on a scale similar to Larkana, Naushero Feroze, Khairpur, and Badin. Tharparkar has the largest population of not only cattle but also sheep, goats, and camels.
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