Hyderabad City Tehsil | |
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| حيدرآباد شھر تعلقو | |
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| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| District | Hyderabad District |
| Government | |
| • Assistant Commissioner | Babar Saleh Rahupoto |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 755,290 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Number ofUnion Councils | 20 |
Hyderabad City Tehsil (Sindhi :حيدرآباد شھر تعلقو) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) ofHyderabad District in theSindh province of Pakistan.[2] Hyderabad district is subdivided into 4 tehsils or talukas, the urban area around the capitalHyderabad is part of Hyderabad City Taluka.[2]
TheTaluka of Hyderabad city is administratively subdivided into 11Union Councils.[2]
DuringBritish rule the city ofHyderabad, Sindh became the headquarters of Hyderabad Taluka - and for a time was part of theBombay Presidency of British India.
TheImperial Gazetteer of India, written over a century ago during British rule, describes the taluka as follows:
Hyderābād Tāluka.-Tāluka of Hyderābād District, Sind, Bombay, lying between 25°10' and 25°33' N. and 68°20' and 68°45' E., with an area of 398 square miles (1,030 km2). It contains one town, HYDERĀBĀD (population, 69,378), the District and tāluka headquarters; and 98 villages. The population in 1901 was 138,021, compared with 122,507 in 1891. The density, 347 persons per square mile, is largely above the District average. Land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to about 200,000. A small limestone range, known as theGanjo hills, runs nearly due south parallel to the Indus for about 14 miles (23 km). The tāluka is compact in shape, and produces bijra, green gram, wheat, and cotton. It is irrigated wholly by canals.[3]
At the time of the2017 Census of Pakistan, the distribution of the population of Hyderabad City Tehsil byfirst language was as follows:[4]
25°22′45″N68°22′06″E / 25.3792°N 68.3683°E /25.3792; 68.3683
