Official Name: | Kingri |
ڪنگري | |
Settlement Type: | Tehsil |
Blank Emblem Size: | 100px |
Blank Emblem Type: | Logo |
Mapsize: | 280px |
Map Caption1: | Location within Pakistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Sindh |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Khairpur District |
Subdivision Type3: | Capital |
Subdivision Name3: | Karachi |
Population As Of: | 1998 |
Leader Title: | Tehsil Chairman |
Leader Name: | Sayed Najeebullah Shah Rashidi (2015) |
Leader Title1: | City Chairman |
Leader Name1: | Abdul Gafar Memon (2015) |
Blank Name Sec1: | Number of towns |
Blank Info Sec1: | 1 |
Timezone1: | PST |
Utc Offset1: | +5 |
Kingri (Sindhi: ڪنگري) is a Tehsil of Khairpur District in the Sindh province of Pakistan, it is administratively subdivided into 10 Union Councils.[1] Word kingri is taken from "keenger", "keenger" means clay utensils or clay pots, cause in earlier times in the south of current city Pir Jo Goth there used to live tribes of Kumhar People (Kumbher in Sindhi) who used to make clay pots. Taluka Kingri's headquarters is Pir Jo Goth, According to Nabi Bux Khan Baloch city was founded on 3 October 1883. According to 2017 census, the population of Taluka is about 340,218, with 56,915 households.
Taluka Kingri, Khairpur Mir's Sindh