Country Pakistan Time zone PST (UTC+5) Area 10,608 km² | Headquarters Sanghar Website www.sanghar.gov.pk Province Sindh | |
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Number of Tehsils 6 Khipro, Niabad, Tando Adam, Sinjhoro, Shahdadpur, Sanghar. | ||
Chairman district counicl sanghar awam ka dard mehtataya howay
Sanghar District (Sindhi: ضلعو سانگھڙ : Urdu: ضلع سانگھڑ) is one of the largest districts of Sindh province, Pakistan. 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 miles (56 km) east-south-east of the city of Nawabshah and the same distance north of |Mirpur Khas. Its primary industry is agriculture.
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- Chairman district counicl sanghar awam ka dard mehtataya howay
- Map of Sanghar District Pakistan
- Administrative divisions
- History
- Demographics
- Places
- References
Map of Sanghar District, Pakistan
The following cities are located in Sanghar District: Sanghar, Tando Adam, Jam Nawaz Ali, Shahdadpur, Shahpur Chakar, Sinjhoro, Jhol, among others.
sanghar district is also known as the district of hur mujhaid they are follower of Muslim saint Syed Shah Mardan Shah-II
They also fought against British government under the command of pir syed sibghatullah shah rashdi also known as سورهيه بادشاه.
Administrative divisions
The district of Sanghar is administratively subdivided into 6 talukas:
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; for more than a century, it remained a small village with a population of few hundreds.
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, an administrative 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 organised military rebel group led by Pir Syed Sabghatullah Shah Pagaro Shaheed, popularly known as Pir Pagara, that 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 kilometres (25 mi) from Sanghar and 75 kilometres (47 mi) from Hyderabad.
Demographics
According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district had a population of 1,453,028, of which 22.13% were located in urban areas. 79% were Muslim, and 19% – Hindu. Sindhi is spoken by 77% of the population, Urdu – by 10%, Punjabi – by 7.8%, and Balochi – by 1.7%.
Places
The Hameer Faqeer Dargah is Situated In Khadro Sindh.In Sanghar District also.