Official Name: | Khipro |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Coordinates: | 25.823°N 69.377°W |
Pushpin Map: | Pakistan Sindh#Pakistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Sindh |
Population Total: | 332833 |
Area Total Km2: | 5933 |
Elevation M: | 28 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Area Code: | 235 |
Area Code Type: | Calling code |
Timezone1: | PST |
Utc Offset1: | +5 |
Khipro (Urdu: کھپرو, Sindhi :کپرو) is a tehsil of Sanghar district. Its headquarters are in Khipro town. It is bounded to the east by India.
No clear reference describes the origin of the word Khipro. as of the word of mouth of population of Khipro City, its one of the historical places in White Thar,
The nearest airport is Sindhri Tharparkar Airport (IATA: MPD) .
Khipro is the biggest taluka of Pakistan. It consists of acres of which 1,109,129 are desert, 11,475 forest and 191,647 agriculture.
Its primary industry is agriculture. Cotton, Wheat, Sugar cane, and Chilies are major crops.
Khipro taluk has a population of 332,833 living in 63,642 households. Khipro has a sex ratio of 919 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 33.75%: 44.99% for males and 21.53% for females. 15.32% of the population lives in urban areas.[1]
91.39% of the taluk spoke Sindhi, 4.18% Urdu and 1.08% Punjabi as their first language.
The city is a mixture of Hindu, Muslim and other communities. In the Muslims most of the peoples belongs to Gajju, Samejo, Junejo, Mangrio, Hingorja, Chohan, Rajar, Khaskheli, Dars, Jatt, Bozdar, Malik, Qaimkhani, Syed, Lohar, Qureshi, Baloch, Laghari, Lashari tribes and in Hindus most of the peoples belongs to Goswami, Lohana, Khatri, Malhi, Bheel, Kolhi, Guriro, Oad, Sodha Rajput and others communities.
Complete History of Taluka Khipro