Garhi Yasin Sindhi ڳڙهي ياسين is taluka of Shikarpur District

Shikarpur District

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, Sindh

Sindh

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, Pakistan

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One of the four talukas (sub-districts) of Shikarpur

Shikarpur District

Shikarpur district is a district in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The city of Shikarpur is the capital. It is spread over an area of 2,512 km2, according to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 880,438 of which 23.51% were urban....

, Garhi Yasin is of great political and historical significance to Pakistan

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On 1 June 1977 the old Shikarpur subdivision, consisting of the two talukas of Shikarpur and Garhiyasin, was separated from Sukkur District, and a new District Shikarpur was created and attached to Larkana Division.

Garhi Yasin is a town located in the north of Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the second largest town of the district Shikarpur, having population of more than 14,000. Garhi Yasin is situated on the right bank of River Indus. Garhi Yasin region has always been an important because of proximity with the Shikarpur, a place that commanded the trade route through the Bolan Pass, and its merchants had dealings with many towns in Central Asia.

Garhi Yasin taluka comprises two main towns of Madeji,Dakhan and ancient village Jado khan Kalhoro besides Garhi Yasin town itself.

The town is named after its founder Yasin Khan Pathan. Sindhi is the common language of the people in this region. The population of the town is, mainly Kalhora

Kalhora

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Pashtun people

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Mirani

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Bhutta

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Channa (tribe)

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Unar

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Lashari

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Mahar

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Brahui people

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, Sabahya, and other tribes. Beside a large number of Punjabi

Punjabi people

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s and Muhajirs also reside in the town. After the independence from British India, Many Hindu

Hindu

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 and Sikh

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clans migrated to India. There also Hindus settled in Garhi Yasin. The people live here without any discrimination of tribsl, color, language and religion.

Education: The town has a Higher Secondary School and Three High Schools, Several Primary Schools, a Mono Technique School and number of Vocational Schools (such as Typing, Commercial, Computer etc).

Agriculture: A considerable part of the area is irrigated. Major productions of the area are Rice, Wheat and pulses beside Maize, sugarcane, vegetables fruits etc.

Industry: It has a small market and manufactures of handicrafts, metal ware, furniture, bricks and pottery. Handloom weaving of the area used to be very popular.

The Land: It is chiefly alluvial plain. The lands are greatly suffered after construction of barrage at sukkur and being rapidly converted into salt lands (Kalar).

The climate is hot, dry and enervating.

News Publications: PEGAM newspaper used to be published from Garhi Yasin in 1936.