Tando Muhammad Khan

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Tando Muhammad Khan ٽنڊو محمد خان
General Information
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Coordinates	25°7′60″N 68°31′60″E / 25.13333, 68.53333Coordinates: 25°7′60″N 68°31′60″E / 25.13333, 68.53333
Elevation	11 m (36 ft) AMSL
Calling code	022
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)
No. of Towns	3
Government
Nazim (Mayor)	Mir Ghulamullah Khan Talpur
Naib Nazim (Deputy Mayor)	Pir Ashfaq Ahmed Jan Sarhandi
No. of Union Councils
Location

Tando Muhammad Khan (Sindhi: ٽنڊو محمد خان, Urdu: ٹنڈو محمد خان) is a town in Sindh, Pakistan. It is the headquarters of Tando Muhammad Khan District. It has a railway station on the Badin - Hyderabad section of the railways.

1 History
2 Location
3 Climate
4 Culture
- 4.1 Languages
5 References

[edit] History

Tando Muhammad Khan was founded by Mir Muhammad Khan Talpur Shahwani, who died in 1813. During the British period it was seat of Assistant Collector. Its status was changed to Municipality in 1856.

[edit] Location

The town is located at 25°8'N and 68°32'E at an elevation of 11 metres^[1] on the right bank of Fuleli canal at distance of 21 miles from Hyderabad.

Near by Large Cities	Distance in Miles
Hyderabad	21 miles
Karachi	124 miles

[edit] Climate

Climate of Tando Muhammad Khan	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high temperature (in °C)
Avg low temperature (in °C)

[edit] Culture

[edit] Languages

Sindhi is the major language of the town, although Urdu, is also spoken and understood. Persian is the language spoken by the Hazara (Mughal) tribe (of Late General Mosa Khan) which is living in Bulri Shah Karim (Sub-Town) and Sarhandis, who live in village Tando Saindad, which is 1 km before from T.M. Khan city. Punjabi, Pushto and Saraiki are also spoken in the city area.^[2]