Research datasets / Issue 2026-10
Ghotki and Umerkot: district profile indicators
The source-linked indicators behind the October district profiles.
Source and definitions
Centre for Social Justice Human Rights Observer reports, PBS Census 2017 and 2023, provincial MICS surveys and SSDO police returns; Adaad calculations.
Counts, percentages and annual reported-case rates per 100,000 non-Muslim residents; each row records its period, source and limitations.
district_profiles.csv
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| measure | period | ghotki | umerkot | source | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported abduction or forced-conversion cases involving minority girls and women | 2021 | 5 | 1 | Centre for Social Justice, Human Rights Observer 2022-2025 | Reported cases, not confirmed conversions. From 2023, district totals include abduction without conversion; the categories cannot be separated by district. |
| Reported abduction or forced-conversion cases involving minority girls and women | 2022 (top-ten table only) | 8 | 10 | Centre for Social Justice, Human Rights Observer 2022-2025 | Reported cases, not confirmed conversions. From 2023, district totals include abduction without conversion; the categories cannot be separated by district. |
| Reported abduction or forced-conversion cases involving minority girls and women | 2023 | 15 | 14 | Centre for Social Justice, Human Rights Observer 2022-2025 | Reported cases, not confirmed conversions. From 2023, district totals include abduction without conversion; the categories cannot be separated by district. |
| Reported abduction or forced-conversion cases involving minority girls and women | 2024 | 1 | 3 | Centre for Social Justice, Human Rights Observer 2022-2025 | Reported cases, not confirmed conversions. From 2023, district totals include abduction without conversion; the categories cannot be separated by district. |
| Reported cases, three complete years | 2021, 2023-24 | 21 | 18 | Centre for Social Justice, Human Rights Observer 2022-2025 | Combined series; abduction-only cases included from 2023. Excludes 2022. Reporting and monitoring coverage may differ between districts. |
| Non-Muslim residents | 2023 | 117060 | 639008 | PBS Census 2023, Table 9 | Unavailable |
| Reported cases a year per 100,000 non-Muslim residents | 2021, 2023-24 | 6.0 | 0.9 | Centre for Social Justice, Human Rights Observer 2022-2025; Census 2023 | Combined series; abduction-only cases included from 2023. Excludes 2022. Reporting and monitoring coverage may differ between districts. |
| Non-Muslim share of population | 2023 | 6.6 | 55.2 | Census 2023 | Unavailable |
| Poverty headcount | 2019-20 | 65 | 70 | Data Darbar, PSLM 2019–20 | Unavailable |
| Girls aged 5 to 16 in school | 2023 | 32 | 35 | Census 2023 | Unavailable |
| Female literacy, ages 10 and over | 2023 | 26.27 | 25.11 | Data Darbar; PBS Census 2023, Table 12 | Female residents aged 10 and over. Published values retained here; article and chart round to one decimal place. Field t12_2023_literacy_ratio_female at https://darbar.adaad.org/data/districts.json |
| Women aged 20-49 married before 18 | 2018-19 | 42 | 31 | Sindh MICS | Unavailable |
| Honour killings registered, 2023 and 2024 | 2023-24 | 37 | 0 | SSDO police returns | Unavailable |
| Convictions as a share of court verdicts | 2016-19 | 12 | 29 | Sindh High Court | All criminal verdicts in 12 monthly statements between 2016 and 2019; not outcomes in the reported forced-conversion or abduction cases. |
district_profile_case_sources.csv
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| year | province_as_printed | area_as_printed | cases | district_key | province | coverage | source_file | source_table | extraction | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Sindh | Mirpur Mathelo | 2 | Ghotki | Sindh | full | CSJ-Human-Rights-Observer-2022.pdf | Table 4 | text layer | town in Ghotki district; printed as a separate row |
| 2021 | Sindh | Ghotki | 3 | Ghotki | Sindh | full | CSJ-Human-Rights-Observer-2022.pdf | Table 4 | text layer | Unavailable |
| 2021 | Sindh | Amerkot | 1 | Umerkot | Sindh | full | CSJ-Human-Rights-Observer-2022.pdf | Table 4 | text layer | Unavailable |
| 2022 | Sindh | Umerkot | 10 | Umerkot | Sindh | top10 | CSJ-Human-Rights-Observer-2023.pdf | Table 4 (top ten districts, 2021-22) | image, read from 150 dpi render of PDF p.6 | Unavailable |
| 2022 | Sindh | Ghotki | 8 | Ghotki | Sindh | top10 | CSJ-Human-Rights-Observer-2023.pdf | Table 4 (top ten districts, 2021-22) | image, read from 150 dpi render of PDF p.6 | Unavailable |
| 2023 | Sindh | Ghotki | 15 | Ghotki | Sindh | full | CSJ-Human-Rights-Observer-2024.pdf | Table 10 | image, read from 130 dpi render of PDF p.14 | Unavailable |
| 2023 | Sindh | Umerkot | 14 | Umerkot | Sindh | full | CSJ-Human-Rights-Observer-2024.pdf | Table 10 | image, read from 130 dpi render of PDF p.14 | Unavailable |
| 2024 | Sindh | Umerkot | 3 | Umerkot | Sindh | full | CSJ-Human-Rights-Observer-2025.pdf | Table 9 | text layer | Unavailable |
| 2024 | Sindh | Ghotki | 1 | Ghotki | Sindh | full | CSJ-Human-Rights-Observer-2025.pdf | Table 9 | text layer | Unavailable |
Reuse and citation
Hiba Sameen / Adaad (2026). Ghotki and Umerkot: district profile indicators. https://adaad.org/datasets/pakistan-ghotki-umerkot-districts/. Adaad’s original analysis is CC BY 4.0. Underlying third-party data retain their own terms. Please credit Adaad and the original sources.