Khipro Tehsil
Tehsil in Sindh, Pakistan
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Khipro (Urdu: کھپرو, Sindhi :کپرو ) is a tehsil of Sanghar District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Khipro is the tehsil headquarters.
Khipro | |
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City | |
Milad Shareef rally in Khipro town | |
  Khipro Location within Sindh  Khipro Location within Pakistan | |
| Coordinates: 25.823°N 69.377°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| District | Sanghar |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,933 km2 (2,291 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 28 m (92 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 332,833 |
| • Density | 56.10/km2 (145.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Calling code | 235 |
History
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,
Transport
The nearest airport is Sindhri Tharparkar Airport (IATA: MPD) .
Geography
It consists of 1,300,776 acres (526,405 ha) acres of which 1,109,129 are desert, 11,475 forest and 191,647 agriculture.
Economy
Its primary industry is agriculture. Cotton, Wheat, Sugar cane, and Chilies are major crops.
Demographics
Khipro tehsil 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 tehsil spoke Sindhi, 4.18% Urdu and 1.08% Punjabi as their first language.[1]
Culture
The city is a mixture of Muslim, Hindu and other communities. In the Muslim community, most of the people belong to Gajju, Samejo, Junejo, Mangrio, Hingorja, Chohan, Rajar, Khaskheli, Kunbhar, Dars, Jatt, Bozdar, Malik, Qaimkhani, Syed, Lohar, Qureshi, Baloch, Laghari, Lashari tribes and in Hindus, most of the people belong to Goswami, Lohana, Khatri, Malhi, Bheel, Kolhi, Guriro, Oad, Sodha, Rajput and other communities.[citation needed]
