[2] The Taluka of Hyderabad city is administratively subdivided into 11 Union Councils.

The Imperial 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).

A small limestone range, known as the Ganjo 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.

[3]At the time of the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the distribution of the population of Hyderabad City Tehsil by first language was as follows:[4]