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Sanghar District

FieldValue
nameSanghar District
native_name{{script/Arabicضلعو سانگهڙ}}
image_skyline{{Photomontage
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photo1aShāhdādpur, Pakistan - panoramio.jpg
photo2aAgricultural land view.jpg
image_captionTop: Mosque at Shahdadpur
Bottom: Fields near Sirhinwari
image_mapPakistan - Sindh - Sanghar.svg
map_captionSanghar is located in the centre of Sindh.
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_name
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Sindh
subdivision_type2Division
subdivision_name2Shaheed Benazir Abad
established_titleFirst Founded
seatSanghar
government_typeDistrict Administration
leader_title2MNA Sanghar
leader_name2khudadad Brohi
unit_prefMetric
area_total_km210,728
population_as_of2023
population_footnotes
population_total2,308,465
population_density_km2auto
population_urban630782 (27.32%)
population_rural1,677,683 (72.68%)
demographics_type1Literacy
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demographics1_title1Literacy rate
timezone1PST
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blank1_name_sec1Number of Tehsils
blank1_info_sec16 Khipro, Jam Nawaz Ali, Tando Adam, Sinjhoro, Shahdadpur, Sanghar.
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Bottom: Fields near Sirhinwari bulleted list| Total: 43.66% | Male: 53.11% | Female: 33.85%

Sanghar District (, ) is one of the largest districts of Sindh province, Pakistan. This district lies between 25058'13 N latitudes and 69024'4E longitudes. It was a village before Mallah tribe were settled there. This district has the largest Mallah population. It has an area of 9874 square kilometres. It is located in the centre of Sindh and is bounded to the east by India. The district capital, Sanghar, is itself a small city roughly 35 mi east-south-east of the city of Nawabshah and the same distance north of Mirpur Khas. Its primary industry is agriculture.

Largest tribe of Sanghar district is Mallah who has the population of almost 350000 people. Other tribes are: Bheel, Marri, Meghwar, Oad, Kolhi, Jakhro, Jam, Rajput, Jat, Hingora, Wassan, Mirani, Mirbahar, Dhareja, Unar, Siyal, Nizamani, Chandio, Rind, Leghari, Arain, Muhajir, Nareja, Bugti, Sanjrani

The following cities are located in Sanghar District: Sanghar, Tando Adam, Jam Nawaz Ali, Shahdadpur, Shahpur Chakar, Sinjhoro, Jhol, and Sarhari among others.

Sanghar District is also known as the district of Hur Mujhaids, who are followers of Muslim saint Syed Shah Mardan Shah-II. They also fought against British government under the command of Sibghatullah Shah Rashidi.

Administrative subdivisions

The district of Sanghar is administratively subdivided into 6 tehsils:

  • Jam Nawaz Ali Tehsil
  • Khipro Tehsil
  • Sanghar Tehsil
  • Shahdadpur Tehsil
  • Sinjhoro Tehsil
  • Tando Adam Khan Tehsil

District Council Sanghar has 70 Union councils, 4 Municipal Committees and 11 Town Committees.

History

The town of Sanghar, the district headquarters, was formerly a small village that has been populated since the 18th century. It was named after a pious fisher-woman, Mai Singhar but there is no evidence about entity of such woman,whereas, as per Dr nabi bux its name came from saang means overflow of water; for more than a century, it remained a small village with a population of a few hundred.

After the 1853 invasion by Charles Napier, Sindh was divided into provinces and was assigned zamindars, also known as "Wadera", to collect taxes for the British. Sindh was later made part of British India's Bombay Presidency, and became a separate province in 1935. During this period Sanghar obtained the status of Taluka, a subdivision, and was alternatively included in districts of Nawabshah and Tharparkar. In 1954 it was given the status of District-Headquarters.

The people of the district, specifically the Hurs, played a vital role in independence of Pakistan. The Hurs were an organized military resistance group led by Pir Syed Sabghatullah Shah Pagaro Shaheed, popularly known as Pir Pagara, which sought independence from the British Raj. They fought a guerrilla warfare campaign against the British military, and were always a thorn in the side of British Raj. It has been said that this warfare was one of the major nails in the coffin of British Raj in India.

According to legend, the bodies of Sohni Mahiwal, the titular heroes of one of the four popular tragic romances of Sindh, were recovered from the Indus River near Shahdadpur city and are buried there. The Tomb of Sohni is situated in Shahdadpur, which is 40 km from Sanghar and 75 km from Hyderabad.

Places

  • Mir Shahdad Jo Qubo, the tomb of Mir Shahdad Talpur, who is regarded as one of the finest military commanders of Sindh, is one of the historical heritages of Sindh and is located in Shahpur Chakar, at a graveyard of the family members of Mir Shahdad Talpur. Shahdadpur, a big city of Sindh Province, is named after Mir Shahdad Talpur, while Shahpur Chakar is named behind his son Mir Chakar Talpur.
  • Mansura, ruins from the seventh century A.D. This site has been excavated by the government of Pakistan, and where the local folks go Gold-jewelry hunting after heavy rains. The rains wash off the top soil thereby exposing, among other artifacts, the ancient jewelry.

Demographics

|1951 |311553 |1961 |417440 |1972 |674210 |1981 |893047 |1998 |1421977 |2017 |2049873 |2023 |2308465

As of the 2023 census, Sanghar district has 406,937 households and a population of 2,308,465. The district has a sex ratio of 103.25 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 43.66%: 53.11% for males and 33.85% for females. 734,122 (31.81% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 630,782 (27.32%) live in urban areas.

Religious
group194120172023Pop.%Pop.%Pop.%Total Population260,877100%2,049,873100%2,307,831100%
Islam [[File:Star_and_Crescent.svg15x15px]]161,10261.75%1,594,74477.80%1,729,75174.95%
Hinduism [[File:Om.svg16x16px]]96,10936.84%446,73721.79%564,64824.47%
Sikhism [[File:Khanda.svg19x19px]]1,8080.69%88~0%
Tribal1,3190.51%
Christianity [[File:Christian_cross.svg21x21px]]5360.21%7,5780.37%9,6770.42%
Others3~0%8140.04%3,6670.16%
Note: 1941 census data is for Shahdadpur and Sinjhoro taluks of Nawabshah District and Sanghar and part of Khipro taluks of Tharparkar District, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Sanghar District. the ratio of population of Khipro district which became part of Sindhri taluka was determined from 1951-1998 census data.

The majority religion is Islam, with 74.95% of the population. Hinduism (including those from Scheduled Castes) is 24.47% of the population.

At the time of the 2023 census, 76.13% of the population spoke Sindhi, 8.69% Urdu, 5.38% Punjabi, 2.05% Balochi, 1.57% Hindko, 1.22% Saraiki, 1.19% Brahui and 0.94% Pashto as their first language.

Tando Adam is the most populous city of the district.

The total area of the district is 10,728 km2. The population of other major cities and towns is presented in the following Table.

NameStatusCensusCensusCensusCensus
1Tando AdamMunicipal42,10762,744104,907
2ShahdadpurMunicipal29,18042,10762,655
3SangherMunicipal19,73929,23950,696
4KhiproTown8,22414,20025,580
5JatiaTown.............
6Shahpur ChakarTown6,79812,54418,361
7JholTown5,1267,38213,738
8SinjhoroMunicipal7,6628,61614,055
9BeraniTown....7,1218,352
10SarhariTown....6,2619,571
11KhadroTown5,1106,0118,624
12KandiariTown........5,161
13Jam Nawaz AliTown........4,452
14Tando Mitha KhanTown........2,309
15Piru MalTown....1,4682,155

List of {{transliteration|sd|italic=no|dehs}}

The following is a list of Sanghar District's dehs, organised by taluka:

References

Bibliography

References

  1. "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023, SINDH".
  2. [http://www.lgdsindh.com.pk/sanghar2.htm District Government – Sanghar] {{webarchive. link. (2007-09-15)
  3. "Sanghar Local Government Election 2015 Result".
  4. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998". [[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]].
  5. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 20".
  6. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1".
  7. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12".
  8. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 5".
  9. "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME XII SINDH PROVINCE".
  10. "District Statistics (Census - 2017) - Sanghar District".
  11. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9".
  12. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11".
  13. "Sanghar (District, Sindh, Pakistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
  14. "List of Dehs in Sindh".
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