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Tharparkar District
Eastern Sindh Frontier District | |
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Clockwise from top-left: Naukot Fort, Jain Temple, Nagarparkar, Thar Desert, view of Mithi, Bhodesar Masjid | |
![]() Location in Sindh | |
Coordinates: 24°44′24″N 69°48′0″E / 24.74000°N 69.80000°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Division | Mirpur Khas |
Established | 1860[1] |
Founded by | British India Government |
Headquarters | Mithi |
Government | |
• Type | District Administration |
• Deputy Commissioner | Muhammad Nawaz Sohoo, PAS[2] |
• District Police Officer | Zahida Parveen Jamro, PSP |
• District Health Officer | Dr. Herchand Rai |
Area | |
• Total | 19,637 km2 (7,582 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,778,407 |
• Density | 91/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Demonym | Thari |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
HDI (2018)[5] Rank in Pakistan | ![]() ![]() |
Constituencies
Provincial PS-54 Tharparkar-I - Abdul Razzaque PS-55 Tharparkar-II - Muhammad Qasim Soomro PS-56 Tharparkar-III - Faqir Sher Muhammad Bilalani PS-57 Tharparkar-IV - Arbab Lutfullah National NA-221 Tharparkar-I - Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani NA-222 Tharparkar-II - Mahesh Kumar Malani |
Tharparkar (Dhatki/Sindhi: ٿرپارڪر; Urdu: تھرپارکر, Urdu pronunciation: [t̪ʰəɾpɑːɾkəɾ]), also known as Thar, is a district in Sindh province in Pakistan, headquartered at Mithi. Before Indian independence it was known as the Thar and Parkar (1901–1947) or Eastern Sindh Frontier District (1860–1901).[6]
The district is the largest in Sindh,[7] and has the largest Hindu population in Pakistan.[8] It has the lowest Human Development Index rating of all the districts in Sindh. Currently the Sindh government is planning to divide the Tharparkar district into Tharparkar and Chhachro district.[9]
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