Sujawal

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title: "Sujawal" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-sujawal-district", "sujawal-district", "tehsils-of-sujawal-district"] description: "Town in Sindh, Pakistan district" topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-sujawal-district" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sujawal" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Town in Sindh, Pakistan district ::

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Field	Value
name	Sujawal
native_name
native_name_lang
settlement_type	Town
population_total	38,736
population_as_of	2023
pushpin_map	Sindh#Pakistan
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Pakistan
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Sindh
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Sujawal District
website
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| name = Sujawal | native_name = | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | etymology = | nickname = | population_total =38,736 | population_as_of =2023 | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_footnotes = | pushpin_map = Sindh#Pakistan | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Pakistan | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Sindh | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Sujawal District | website = Sujawal (), town is headquarter of Sujawal district of Sindh. Previously, it was Sub Divisional Headquarter of Sujawal Sub Division of Thatta District, Sindh, Pakistan. The Government of Sindh has granted Sujawal the status of a district and after the approval of Chief Minister Sindh, a notification has been issued by Revenue Department on 12 October 2013. The new district would comprise Sujawal, Kharo Chan, Mirpur Bathoro, Jati and Shahbandar talukas. It is located at about 20 km west of Thatta on the road Badin to Karachi. Sujawal is an agricultural city with a few industries located near it. Sujawal is a multi community and ethnic city containing different sects and religions.

Sujawal's climate is moderate, winter is cold and summer is bit hot. As well humidity in this area too. Sujawal is near the sea. During winter seasonal birds migrate from Siberia and Russia in this area lakes. In Indus river there is famous fish called Palla, is famous in this area, now breeding of that fish is diminishing every year due to water shortage in river Indus. It has been a political centre of the District, mainstream parties in Sujawal include the Pakistan People's Party, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), Pakistan Muslim League (N), JUP, PMLF, JSQM, PPPSB and others. There are two Provincial Assembly seats PS 86 and PS 87 and one National Assembly seat NA 238 in the District Sujawal.

History

According to historian Aziz Jafrani, the town of Sujawal was originally known as Maanjar because of its wetlands. The late 16th-century Ain-i-Akbari lists Maanjar as one of the 18 mahals of the Sarkar of Thatta, with a yearly revenue of 1,221,752 dams. The name "Sujawal" dates from the time of the Talpur dynasty, in the late 1700s: a fisherman named Sujawal Khaskheli, who came from the village of Maanjar, correctly predicted the birth of a son to Mir Fateh Ali Khan Talpur, the ruler of Sindh. Mir Fateh Talpur rewarded him with gifts of land and precious jewels, as well as renaming the village of Maanjar to Sujawal in his honor.

Demographics

Population

According to the 2023 census, Sujawal had population of 38,736.

References

References

1. Khwaja, Iqbal. (14 October 2013). "Sujawal residents welcome 'new district' with cautious hope". Dawn.
2. (1891). "The Ain I Akbari". Asiatic Society of Bengal.
3. "Sujāwal (Sujawal, Sindh, Pakistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map, Location, Weather and Web Information".
4. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998". [[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]].

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