| Sanghar District | |
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| — District — | |
| sanghar | |
| Sanghar is located in the centre of Sindh. | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| Capital | |
| Established | |
| Government | |
| • District Nazim | Haji Khuda Bux Rajar |
| • District Naib Nazim | Mehmood Ahmed |
| Population (1998) | |
| • Total | 1,453,028 |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
| District Council | |
| Number of Tehsils | 6 |
| Website | www.sanghar.gov.pk |
Sanghar District (Urdu: ضلع سانگھڑ) is one of the largest districts of Sindh province, Pakistan. 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. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district had a population of 1,453,028, of which 22.13% were located urban areas.[1]
The following cities are located in Sanghar District: Sanghar, Tando Adam, Jam Nawaz Ali, Shahdadpur, Shahpur Chakar, Sinjhoro, Jhol, and Deh 25 A Jamrao among others.
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The district is administratively subdivided into 6 talukas, these are:[2]
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 fisherwoman, 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 (Colonist). They fought a guerrilla warfare 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 nail in the coffin of British Raj in India.
According to the legend the bodies of Sohni Mahiwal, the titular heroes of one of the four popular tragic romances of Sindh, were recovered from the river Indus 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. there is mehran high way is going from sanghar city from the central road of Jamrao head,between there is village named by Gujri. the .99% of people which there language is Pashto are belonging from there. Mr.Suleman Rafique Durrani which belongs to(Milatery Intelligencey) is Also located in that village.(gujri) The folk stories of the generosity of Nawab Jam Kambhu Khan the father of Late Jam Sadiq Ali the ex Chief Minister Sindh is also the part of Sanghar and Sindh History.
Following are the demographic indicators of the district as per the 1998 census of Pakistan:
Religion:
Islam: 79.15%
Hinduism: 20.15%
Christianity: 0.49%
Ahmaddiya: 0.10%
Others: 0.13%
Christians are mainly concentrated in the urban areas while Hindus in the rural areas
Languages:
Sindhi: 78.09%
Urdu: 7.08% (mainly concentrated in the urban areas where they form 26.74%)
Punjabi: 5.80%
Baluchi: 1.73%
Pashto: 0.99%
Seraiki: 0.46%
Others: 1.85%
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