Khokhropar Explained

Official Name:Khohkhropar
Settlement Type:Border town
Mapsize:150 px
Coordinates:25.6833°N 82°W
Pushpin Map:Pakistan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Subdivision
Subdivision Name1:Sindh
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Tharparkar
Elevation M:71
Area Code Type:Calling code
Timezone1:PST
Utc Offset1:+5
Native Name:کھوکھروپار
Native Name Lang:ur

Khokhropar or Khokhrapar (;) is a border town situated in Tharparkar District, Sindh, Pakistan. It is located at 25°41 North 70°12 East and has an altitude of 71m (233feet).[1]

Railway

Khokhrapar railway station was established in 1916. Before the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the Sind Mail was run between Hyderabad, Pakistan and Ahmedabad, India via Mirpur Khas, Khokhrapar, Munabao, Barmer, Luni, Jodhpur, Pali, Marwar and Palanpur. After the independence Khokhrapar was the last railway station in Pakistan on Hyderabad, Pakistan - Jodhpur, India railway line and used for customs and immigration.

The train service between Hyderabad, Pakistan and Jodhpur, India closed down after the 1965 war.[2] The town, and the rest of the Nagarparkar salient were captured by India in the 1971 war, and returned to Pakistan in 1972.

In February 2006 Mirpur Khas - Munabao railway line reopened after the conversion of metre gauge railway track to broad gauge. Now Zero Point railway station is the last station in Pakistan on this railway line to customs and immigration.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/05/Khokhropar.html Location of Khokhropar-Falling Rain Genomics
  2. Web site: Chugging along history -DAWN Magazine; February 19, 2006 . https://archive.today/20120701170500/http://archives.dawn.com/weekly/dmag/archive/060219/dmag8.htm . dead . 1 July 2012 . archives.dawn.com . 20 April 2012 .
  3. Web site: Khokhrapar station to be operational soon: Rashid . 2014-03-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140313154151/http://208.112.102.150/PrintEdition.aspx?ID=4700&Cat=13&dt=12%2F11%2F2006 . 2014-03-13 . dead .