Mehar Tehsil

Mehar Taluka تعلقا ميھڙ
میہڑ
Tehsil Mehar highlighted in red coordinates 27° 10' 41.682 N 67° 49' 25.0104 E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
District	Dadu District
Established	1848; 177 years ago (1848)
Founded by	British Raj
Government
• Deputy Commissioner Dadu	Jawad Ali Soomro
• Constituensy	NA-227 Dadu-I PS-81 Dadu-II
Area
• Total	928 km^2 (358 sq mi)
Elevation	43 m (141 ft)
Highest elevation	50 m (160 ft)
Lowest elevation	37 m (121 ft)
Population  (2023)[1]
• Total	520,559
• Density	560.95/km^2 (1,452.9/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:00 (PKT)
• Summer (DST)	DST is not observed
ZIP Code	76330
NWD (area) code	025
ISO 3166 code	PK-SD

Mehar Taluka (Sindhi: ميهڙ ,Urdu: میہڑ) is an administrative subdivision (taluka) of Dadu District of Hyderabad Division in the Sindh province of Pakistan.^[2] According to the 2023 Pakistani census, Mehar Taluka had a population of 520,559. It is located on coordinates 27° 10' 41.682'' N67° 49' 25.0104'' E

History

According to records, in 1848 Mehar Taluka was created as a subdivision of Dadu District during British rule with the town of Mehar as the headquarters. The taluka, along with the rest of Sindh, was for a time part of the Bombay Presidency of British India.

The Imperial Gazetteer of India, written over a century ago during British rule, describes the taluka as follows:^[3]

It was once a taluka in Sindh province’s Larkana District "Mehar.- Tāluka of Lārkāna District, Sindh, Bombay, lying between elev 162ft, with an area of 328 square miles. The population in 1901 was 58,434, compared with 48,320 in 1891. The tāluka contains 64 villages, of which Mehar is the headquarters. The density, 178 persons per square mile, greatly exceeds the District average. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to 2.8 lakhs. The tāluka is irrigated by the Western Nāra and one of its feeders, the stable crop is jowār and rice. Prior to the floods of 1874 Mehar was fertile, but the water has now become brackish and all gardens have perished. Cultivation near the hills on the west depends entirely on rainfall."

Demographics

Languages of Mehar Taluka (2023 Pakistani census)^[4]

  Sindhi (99.74%)

  Urdu (0.09%)

  Pashto (0.05%)

  Brahui (0.05%)

  Punjabi (0.1%)

  Hindko (0.01%)

  Others (0.02%)

According to 2023 Pakistani census there were 519,238 spoke Sindhi, 477 Urdu, 306 Pashto, 264 Brahui, 82 Punjabi, 82 Hindko, 20 Balochi, 5 Saraiki, 1 Kashmiri & 84 others.

Administrative divisions

Mehar (Sindhi: ميهڙ) Taluka is administratively subdivided into 15 Union Councils.^[2]

Union Councils

1. Mehar
2. Balishah (including Village Kothi Khokhar)
3. Bothro (Sardar Mehboob Ali Dahar)
4. Baledai
5. Betto
6. Fareedabad
7. Gahi Mahessar
8. Kolachi
9. Khan Jo Goth
10. Mandwani
11. Nau Goth
12. Qazi Aarif
13. Radhan
14. Shah Panjo [Masoo sahar]
15. Tharari Mohabat
16. Sobho Khan Magsi
17. Thohro Chandio
18. Sindhi Butra
19. Goth Qaim Shah
20. Goth Molvi Siddique

Locality

Mehar is a town in Dadu District. It is administrated by the Government of Sindh. It is divided in 15 Union Councils. The politics of the area mostly remains in the hands of feudal families of Jatois and Butts. It is the hometown of Former Chief Minister of Sindh Liaquat Ali Jatoi and provincial Minister Fayaz Ali Butt.

References

1. "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
2. Taluka Municipal Administration Mehar^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. Mehar Tāluka - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 16, p. 144.
4. "TABLE 11 – POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.