Khorwah, also spelled Khore Wah,[1] is a village and deh in Shaheed Fazil Rahu taluka of Badin District, Sindh.[3] As of 2017, it has a population of 7,574, in 1,404 households.[2] It is located about 26 miles south of Tando Muhammad Khan by road, with other roads connecting it to Badin, Mirpur Bathoro, and Bulri Shah Karim.[4]
Khorwah
Khore Wah | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 24°45′10″N 68°24′55″E / 24.752685°N 68.415223°E[1] | |
Country | Pakistan |
Region | Sindh |
District | Badin |
Population (2017)[2] | |
• Total | 7,574 |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (PDT) |
Khorwah is the seat of a tapedar circle, which also includes the villages of Lakhi, Miano Karath, Narbut, and Nokhi.[2] It is also the seat of a Union Council, which has a total population of 39,475.[5]
Khorwah was founded in the late 1700s by Kamal Khor.[4][note 1] As of 1874, it was described as a village held directly by the British government, and it had a population of 914 people, including 649 Hindus and 235 Muslims.[4] Most residents were agriculturalists, along with a few merchants and shopkeepers.[4] It was not as significant producer of manufacturing goods or a trading centre, although there was local trade in cloth, grain, and ghee.[4] Some ghee and rice did also get traded long-distance, but only very little.[4] It was then the seat of a tappedar in the pargana of Guni, and it also had a police lines.[4]
Notes
edit- ^ The 1874 gazetteer said it was "supposed to have been built about 98 years ago", or about 1776.
References
edit- ^ a b "Geographic Names Search WebApp". Search for "Khorwah" here.
- ^ a b c Population and household detail from block to tehsil level (Badin District) (PDF). 2017. p. 16. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "List of Dehs in Sindh" (PDF). Sindh Zameen. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g Hughes, A.W. (1874). A Gazetteer of the Province of Sindh. London: George Bell and Sons. pp. 424–5. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Union Council wise Thematic Analysis". Department of Health, Government of Sindh. Retrieved 23 May 2021.