Sanghar District
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Sanghar District ضلعو سانگھڙ |
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 Sanghar is located in the centre of Sindh. |
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| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| Headquarters | Sanghar |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10,608 km2 (4,096 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 est.) | |
| • Total | 1,905,188 |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
| Number of Tehsils | 6 Khipro, Niabad, Tando Adam, Sinjhoro, Shahdadpur, Sanghar. |
| Website | www.sanghar.gov.pk |
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.
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.
The district of Sanghar is administratively subdivided into 6 talukas:
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.
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