Mirpur Bathoro Tehsil
Mirpur Bathoro Tehsil (Sindhi: ميرپور بٺورو) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Sujawal District. Previously it was in Thatta District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Its capital is the city of Thatta.[1]
Mirpur Bathoro Tehsil | |
|---|---|
Taluka | |
  Mirpur Bathoro Tehsil Location in Pakistan  Mirpur Bathoro Tehsil Mirpur Bathoro Tehsil (Pakistan) | |
| Coordinates: 24°43′48.0″N 68°15′0.0″E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| District | Sujawal |
| Taluka | Mirpur Bathoro |
| Towns | 2 |
| Union Councils | 08 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Tehsil Municipal Administration |
| • Assistant Commissioner / Administrator | MR. Muhammad Ali Memon |
| • Founder | Abdul Bano |
| Area | |
| • Taluka | 4 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 2 km2 (0.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 39 m (128 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Taluka | 210,959 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (PDT) |
| Area code | +298 |
Administration
Mirpur Bathoro Taluka is administratively subdivided into 8 Union Councils.
Mirpur Bathoro is a taluka in the Sujawal District, Sindh, Pakistan, located about 55 km southwest of Tando Muhammad Khan District and 50 km northeast of Thatta.
It has famous villages like Jhok Sharif. Famous for its Shrine of Soofi Shah Inayat Shaheed, who fought for the rights of peasants (Sindhi: هاري ; Urdu: کسان) against feudal lords and the government. Daro City the main business town of Mirpur Bathoro and has the highest literacy rate in the Sujawal District. Bannu a small town situated on the Left Bank of the river Indus. Mirpur Bathoro town is birthplace of great saint Makhdoom Muhammad Hashim Thattvi.
References
- Taluka Municipal Administration Mirpur Bathoro Archived 2006-02-20 at the Wayback Machine