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Taluka in Sindh, Pakistan
Sanghar Taluka تعلقہ سانگھڑ
سانگهڙ ضلعو‎
Taluka (Tehsil)
Country Pakistan
ProvinceSindh
DistrictSanghar District
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Sanghar Taluka is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Sanghar District in the Sindh province of Pakistan, the city of Sanghar is the district headquarter of district Sanghar.

History

During British rule the taluka of Sanghar was part of the Thar and Parkar district of Sindh (initially part of the Bombay Presidency). In 1901 the taluka covered an area of 1,050 square miles (2,700 km), however the taluka was subdivided shortly afterwards and then contained an area of 830 square miles.

The population according to the 1901 census was 40,341 this was a decrease of about a thousand since the 1891 census (41,265). The 1901 census also revealed a density of 49 people per square miles which was considerably higher than the district average. The land revenues and cessess in 1903-4 amounted to 130,000, the taluka was chiefly irrigated by the Mithrao Canal and rice was the principle crop.

References

  1. Tehsils & Unions in the District of Sanghar - Government of Pakistan Archived 4 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Sanghar - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 22, p. 51.
Tehsils (Talukas) of Sindh
Hyderabad
Badin
Sujawal
Thatta
Dadu
Hyderabad
Jamshoro
Matiari
Tando Allahyar
Tando Muhammad Khan
Karachi
Karachi Central
Karachi East
Karachi South
Karachi West
Korangi
Malir
Larkana
Jacobabad
Kashmore
Larkana
Qambar-Shahdadkot
Shikarpur
Mirpur Khas
Mirpur Khas
Sanghar
Tharparkar
Umerkot
Sukkur
Ghotki
Khairpur
Sukkur
Shaheed Benazir Abad
Naushahro Feroze
Shaheed Benazir Abad
Sub-Divisions are listed in italics

26°02′47″N 68°56′53″E / 26.04639°N 68.94806°E / 26.04639; 68.94806

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