Tando Allahyar District
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Tando Allah Yar District is a district
Districts of Pakistan
The Districts of Pakistan are the second order administrative divisions of Pakistan. Districts were the third order of administrative divisions, below provinces and "divisions", until the reforms of August 2000, when "divisions" were abolished...

 of Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

 province, Pakistan
Pakistan
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, the city of Tando Allahyar
Tando Allahyar
Tando Allahyar is a town in Sindh, Pakistan. It is the capital of Tando Allahyar District.- History :...

 is the capital.

History

The town was founded by Mir Allahyar Talpur
Mir Allahyar Talpur
Mir Allahyar Talpur belonged to Mankani branch of the Talpur dynasty, which ruled Southeastern Sindh. He founded the town of Tando Allahyar. Remnants of his clay fort are still of interest to visitors...

. The remains of clay fort built by Mir Allahyar still exist in the town.

Administration

The district is subdivided into the three Talukas
Tehsil
A Tehsil or Tahsil/Tahasil , also known as Taluk and Mandal, is an administrative division of some country/countries of South Asia....

 which contain a total of 19 Union Councils
Union Councils of Pakistan
A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...

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Taluka Union Councils
Chamber
Chambers of parliament
Many parliaments or other legislatures consist of two chambers : an elected lower house, and an upper house or Senate which may be appointed or elected by a different mechanism from the lower house. This style of two houses is called bicameral...

Began Jarwar
Began Jarwar
Began Jarwar is a town and union council of Tando Allahyar District in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It is part of Chamber Taluka and is located in the south of the district to the south-east of the district capital Tando Allahyar at 25°25'35N 68°50'20E. The population of the Union Council is...


Chamber-1
Chamber-2
Dad Khan Jarwar
Dad Khan Jarwar
Dad Khan Jarwar is a town and union council of Tando Allahyar District in the Sindh Province of Pakistan, it has a population of 65,295. It is and is part of Chamber Taluka and is located in the south of the district at 25°19'5N 68°43'20E.-References:...


Sanjar Chang
Sanjar Chang
Piyaro Lund is a town and union council of Tando Allahyar District in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It is and is part of Chamber Taluka and is located in the south-east of the district, the Union Council has a population of 35,169....

Jhando Mari
Jhando Mari
Jhando Mari is a town and union council of Tando Allahyar District in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It is and is part of Jhando Mari Taluka and is located in the north of the district at , the Union Council has a population of 30,384....

Dasori
Dasori
Dasori is a town and union council of Tando Allahyar District in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It has a population of 49,427 and is part of Jhando Mari Taluka....


Jhando Mari
Jhando Mari
Jhando Mari is a town and union council of Tando Allahyar District in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It is and is part of Jhando Mari Taluka and is located in the north of the district at , the Union Council has a population of 30,384....


Mirabad
Mirabad
Mirabad may refer to:*Mirabad, Afghanistan*Mirabad, Pakistan - a town in Tando Allahyar District of Sindh....


Missan
Piyaro Lund
Piyaro Lund
Piyaro Lund is a town and union council of Tando Allahyar District in the Sindh Province of Pakistan, it has a population of 23,613. It is and is part of Jhando Mari Taluka and is located in the south of the district at ....


Tando Soomaro
Tando Soomaro
Tando Soomro, or Tando Soomaro, is a village and union council of Tando Allahyar District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. Tando Soomro is lies 7 km to the north-west of the district capital - Tando Allahyar at 25°31'60N 68°40'60E. .-History:...

Tando Allahyar
Tando Allahyar
Tando Allahyar is a town in Sindh, Pakistan. It is the capital of Tando Allahyar District.- History :...

 (city)
Bukera Sharif
Bukera Sharif
Bukera Sharif is a town and union council of Tando Allahyar District in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It is part of Tando Allahyar Taluka located in the south-west of the district....


hingano Bozdar Dhaghano Bozdar
Dhaghano Bozdar
Dhingano Bozdar is a town and union council of Tando Allahyar District in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. The Union Council has a population of 56,892 while the population of town of Dhingano Bozdar is more than 10,000 and is part of Tando Allahyar Taluka, it is located in the west of the...

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Pak Singhar
Pak Singhar
Pak Singhar is a town and union council of Tando Allahyar District in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It is and is part of Tando Allahyar Taluka and is located to the south-east of the capital. The Union Council has a population of 43,473.-References:...


Shaikh Moosa
Shaikh Moosa
Shaikh Moosa is a town and union council of Tando Allahyar District in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. It is and is part of Tando Allahyar Taluka and is located in the centre of the district, the Union Council has a population of 65,776....


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District Administration

Previous District government disolveed, now election will be held , However DCO is running the affiars of the District.

Healthcare

The healthcare facilities available in the city includes:
  • District Hospital Tando Allahyar
  • Aga Khan Laboratories Collection Point.
  • Al Barkat Medical Welfare Center, Tando Allahyar
  • Muhammad Medical Centre & Maternity Home; Run By Dr. Haleema Shokat Sanjrani Contact 03003458784
  • Marie Stopes Society (MSS) Pakistan Leading Reproductive Health Organization
  • Haris Clinic Near Al Khidmat (Dr.Sabir KK)
  • Rashidabad General Welfare Hospital
  • Jam Tamachi Hospital
  • Yousuf Welfare Dispensary
  • City Hospital
  • Y_K HOSPITAL
  • Dr. Dinna Private Clinics


plus many other private and public sector clinics and basic health units are working in the city. A Yousuf Shaheed blood Bank is also working.

Bridge Consultants Foundation, It is working along with the TB Control Program and HIV/AIDS. By Sajad Ali Qumbrani
0333-2833045

Telecommunication

Tando allahyar is now connected with the country's Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

 backbone. Many ISP's
Internet service provider
An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...

 including Supernet, Paknet, Cybernet and Indus Dolphin Net are providing internet services to the town.

Moreover cellular
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...

 services are now rampant, and companies like Zong
ZONG
ZONG is the first international brand of China Mobile, launched in Pakistan in 2008. The company is often cited as China Mobile .In October 2011, ZONG signed a three-year partnership deal with the English football club Manchester United F.C....

, Mobilink
Mobilink
Pakistan Mobile Communications Limited, better known as Mobilink GSM, is a telecommunication service provider in Pakistan. The company is Pakistan's leading cellular operator with a subscriber base of 31.5m and market share of 31% in October 2010....

, Ufone
Ufone
Ufone GSM is a Pakistani GSM cellular service provider, It's one of five GSM Mobile companies in Pakistan, and is a subsidiary of Pakistan Telecommunication Company. After the privatization of PTCL, Ufone is now owned by Etisalat. Ufone has a subscriber base of 20.23 million as of September 2010.-...

, Warid and Telenor
Telenor
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 are servicing the area and the surrounding areas.

Additionally Tando Allahyar hosts one of the largest National TV (PTV) Booster in the country.
Al-HABIB MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE CENTRE

Education

The Education Institutes Includes the following:
  • Iqra Higher Secondary School.(M.Umer KZ, A.R KZ 0321-9244652)
  • Al-Mehmood Bright Star Higher Secondary School. (AR KZ, Ashiq H.Mastoee 0321-9244652)
  • Kaim Khan Memorial Higher Secondary School.
  • Younus Academy Higher Secondary School Tando Allahyar
  • Green Life Public Elementary School
  • SST Public School Rashidabad
  • SM Degree College Tando Allahyar
  • YK Academy Rashidabad
  • Mehran Higher Secondary School.
  • Shah Waliullah Higher Secondary School.
  • Government (N) Sindh modle high school.
  • Government primary school at Deh Ghani Khan.
  • Government Little Fairies High school.
  • Government Secondary Higher school.
  • Government Main Sindhi Middle School.
  • Aqsa Higher Secondary School
  • Sachal
    Sachal Sarmast
    Sachal Sarmast was a Sufi poet from Sindh during the Kalhora era. He was born in daraza near Ranipur, Sindh. His real name was Abdul Wahab and "Sachal" was his nickname. He also used it in his own poetry. Sachu means truthful in Sindhi while Sarmast means mystic in Sindhi and Urdu...

     Public High School.
  • Faizan public Higher School.
  • Aga Khan School Sultanabad
  • Government High School Paksinghar.
  • Government S.M.Shah Aga khan school Sultanabad
  • Government Girls High School Sultanabad
  • Government Higher secondary School Mubarak Jarwar
  • Government boys school Shadman Jarwar
  • Government Girls Middle School Shadman Jarwar
  • Foundation Grammar High School Tando Allahyar.
  • Govt:Dar -ul-uloom high school Tando Allahyar
  • Al-Mehmood bright stars high school Tando Allahyar
  • Eagle House Higher Secondery School Tando Allah Yar
  • Air Foundation School Tando Allah Yar

Population Statistics

Tando Allahyar (Urban & Rural) population stood at 575,000. Statistics indicate 35% of population consists of immigrants settling here from India during partition
Partition of India
The Partition of India was the partition of British India on the basis of religious demographics that led to the creation of the sovereign states of the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India on 14 and 15...

 and almost 65% are indigenous Sindhi
Sindhi people
Sindhis are a Sindhi speaking socio-ethnic group of people originating from Sindh, a province Formerly of British India, now in Pakistan. Today Sindhis that live in Pakistan belong to various religious denominations including Islam, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Christianity...

/Baluchi
Baloch people
The Baloch or Baluch are an ethnic group that belong to the larger Iranian peoples. Baluch people mainly inhabit the Balochistan region and Sistan and Baluchestan Province in the southeast corner of the Iranian plateau in Western Asia....

 inhabitants.Kaim-Khani & Khanzada communities are the major community players in population of Tando Allahyar City.

Agriculture

Mangoes are the most popular produce of this area. The local growers take pride in the quality of the mango their soil produce. A wide variety of mangoes are farmed here.
It is one of the richest areas of the country in terms of agriculture. Cash crops like sugarcane
Sugarcane
Sugarcane refers to any of six to 37 species of tall perennial grasses of the genus Saccharum . Native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South Asia, they have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sugar, and measure two to six metres tall...

, wheat
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...

, onion
Onion
The onion , also known as the bulb onion, common onion and garden onion, is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium. The genus Allium also contains a number of other species variously referred to as onions and cultivated for food, such as the Japanese bunching onion The onion...

 and cotton
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....

 are cultivated in a vast area. Besides, orchards are spread over hundreds of acres of land and are owned by political and influential families.
The farmers of District Tando Allahyar Are performing Vital role in production of Vegetables ,the same is supllied to Karachities at Large scale through Sabzi mandi located at khuwaja Goth i.e. Mooli, Piaz, Paalak Green Chillies, landy finger, gowar and bengan.
Tando Allahyar is known also for its progressive growers. It has one of the highest yield in the province. It produces the highest quantity of sugarcane with around 50 to 60 million maund
Maund
The maund is the anglicized name for a traditional unit of mass used in British India, and also in Afghanistan, Persia and Arabia: the same unit in the Moghul Empire was sometimes written as mun in English, while the equivalent unit in the Ottoman Empire and Central Asia was called the batman...

s of sugarcane worth of annual produce.

MoSt Popular Companies In Tando Allahyar
  • Almuneer Traders(Treading Cotton,sugar cane)(Shahid Jaffer & Brothers)
  • Mehran Sugar Mill
  • Ammar Cotton Factory
  • Almas Flore Mill
  • Shehzeeb Traders
  • Advance Seed Corporation
  • Tassco Seed Corporation

Culture

Tando Allahyar has a rich traditional Sindhi culture. Men clad themselves with a peculiar style of Shalwar Kameez
Shalwar kameez
Shalwar kameez — or salwar kameez or shalwar qameez — is a traditional dress worn by both women and men in South Asia and Central Asia. Shalwar or salwar are loose pajama-like trousers. The legs are wide at the top, and narrow at the ankle. The kameez is a long shirt or tunic...

 having broader bottoms and traditional Sindhi style cap.
The women also clad themselves with Shalwar Kameez; however the local peasant women dress up modestly wearing the traditional dress called 'gharara' or 'parro' with bangles all the way up till shoulders.

Clogging Road side tea stalls with colleagues and friends are favorite pastimes for men.

People

People of Tando Allahyar are proud people, taking pride in their land and its history; they are by nature, quiet and inoffensive; moderately religious minded, hospitable and accommodating. Their attitude to life is determined by geographical, economic and moral set-up, making them unassertive.The important tribes living in the urban areas are Memon, Kaim-Khani, Keerio, Khanzada,khuwaja, Dars, Bachani, Yousuf Zai Pathans, Halepota, Kalyar, Mastoi, Sanjrani, Mirjat & etc. Where as in rural areas its Khokhar, Kori, Thebo, Bozdar, Khuawja etc.

Languages

Sindhi
Sindhi language
Sindhi is the language of the Sindh region of Pakistan that is spoken by the Sindhi people. In India, it is among 22 constitutionally recognized languages, where Sindhis are a sizeable minority. It is spoken by 53,410,910 people in Pakistan, according to the national government's Statistics Division...

, Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

 and Rajistani are the main languages of the town, other languages include Marwari,Siraiki,punjabi, and Balochi as well some Dravidian languages
Dravidian languages
The Dravidian language family includes approximately 85 genetically related languages, spoken by about 217 million people. They are mainly spoken in southern India and parts of eastern and central India as well as in northeastern Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Iran, and...

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