CNIC REGIONAL CODE · SINDH

412 Dadu

CNIC numbers beginning 412 were registered in Dadu District, Hyderabad Division, Sindh. See the tehsils it covers, its documented local-zone codes, and what each digit of the prefix stands for.

DOCUMENTED ANCHOR CODE

412
PROVINCE
Sindh
DIVISION
Hyderabad DivisionDigit 2 of the prefix — 1
DISTRICT
Dadu District
TEHSILS
5Dadu · Khairpur Nathan Shah · Mehar · Johi · Sehwan

What 412 tells you

A Pakistani CNIC is thirteen digits long, and the first five of them are not random. They are a location record, written at the moment the card was registered. A card whose number opens with 412 was registered in Dadu District, Sindh, in Hyderabad Division.

Reading it left to right: 4 is the province digit and is definitive — 4 always means Sindh. 1 selects the division inside that province, here Hyderabad Division. 2 selects the district inside that division, which gives us Dadu. The two digits that follow — positions four and five — narrow it further to a local registration zone inside the district.

WHAT IT DOES NOT TELL YOUThe prefix is a registration record, not an address. It does not prove where someone lives now, it is not a domicile certificate, and it says nothing about ethnicity or nationality beyond Pakistani citizenship. People who move keep the prefix they were first registered under.

TEHSILS OF DADU

Dadu District is divided into 5 administrative tehsils. NADRA’s internal registration zones do not map one-to-one onto tehsil boundaries, so treat this as the administrative picture rather than a decoder for digits four and five.

ADMINISTRATIVE TEHSILS · DADU DISTRICT
#TehsilDistrictProvince
1DaduDaduSindh
2Khairpur Nathan ShahDaduSindh
3MeharDaduSindh
4JohiDaduSindh
5SehwanDaduSindh

DOCUMENTED LOCAL ZONES UNDER 412

These are the five-digit codes this register can name for Dadu District. Codes not listed here still exist — NADRA has simply never published the full zone table.

41201Dadu — city registration zoneDerived code41205Mehar / Radhan belt (Khairpur Nathan Shah side)Documented anchor

OTHER DISTRICTS IN HYDERABAD DIVISION

411BadinDerived code413HyderabadDocumented anchor414ThattaDerived code415JamshoroDerived code416MatiariDerived code417Tando AllahyarDerived code418Tando Muhammad KhanDerived code419SujawalDerived code

COMMON QUESTIONS

Which district is CNIC code 412?

412 belongs to Dadu District in Sindh, within Hyderabad Division.

Digit 1 (4) is the province, digit 2 (1) the division, and digit 3 (2) the district within that division.

Does a 412 CNIC mean the holder lives in Dadu?

No. The regional prefix records where the card was registered with NADRA, not where the holder lives now. People who move, or who register at a family address, keep the original prefix.

It is also not proof of domicile. Domicile is a separate certificate issued by the district administration.

Which tehsils fall under Dadu District?

Dadu District covers 5 administrative tehsils: Dadu, Khairpur Nathan Shah, Mehar, Johi, Sehwan.

Tehsil boundaries and NADRA's internal registration zones are not the same thing, so the last two digits of a CNIC do not map one-to-one onto this list.

What comes after 412 in a full CNIC?

A complete CNIC is thirteen digits: the five-digit regional prefix, then a seven-digit family/serial number, then a single check digit that also encodes gender (odd for male, even for female).

For Dadu, this register documents 2 local-zone codes: 41201, 41205.

How reliable is the code 412?

412 is a documented anchor code — it appears consistently in public records and published examples, so the district mapping is solid.

NADRA has never released a complete district-to-prefix table, which is why this register marks every entry as either a documented anchor or a derived code.

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Sources. Administrative data adapted from Wikipedia (CNIC, Administrative units of Pakistan, Districts of Pakistan) under CC BY-SA 4.0, with changes; prefix mapping cross-checked against public administrative and community-compiled lists. Reviewed 2026-09-02. Full sources, accuracy and ethics. Unofficial reference — not affiliated with NADRA, and not proof of identity or domicile.