Khorwah, also spelled Khore Wah,
is a village and
deh in
Shaheed Fazil Rahu taluka Shaheed Fazil Rahu Tehsil is a tehsil in Badin district, Pakistan. Sardar Kamal Khan Chang is National assembly member from this tehsil. Largest city in tehsil is Shaheed Fazil Rahu
Shaheed Fazil Rahu (also known as Golarchi) is a city in distric ...
of
Badin District,
Sindh
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
.
As of 2017, it has a population of 7,574, in 1,404 households.
It is located about 26 miles south of
Tando Muhammad Khan
Tando Muhammad Khan ( sd, ٽنڊو محمد خان; ur, ) is a city and headquarter of the Tando Muhammad Khan District located in Sindh, Pakistan. Is is named after Mir Muhammad Khan Talpur Shahwani.
It is the 95th largest city of Pakistan, ...
by road, with other roads connecting it to
Badin
Badin ( Sindhi and ur, ) is the main city and capital of Badin District in Sindh, Pakistan. It lies east of the Indus River. It is the 87th largest city in Pakistan.
Badin is often called 'Sugar State' due to its production of sugar.
Badin ...
,
Mirpur Bathoro
Mirpur Bathoro Tehsil ( sd, 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.[Bulri Shah Karim Bulri Shah Karim ( Sindhi:بلڙي شاھ ڪريم) is a town and taluka headquarter of Tando Muhammad Khan District, Sindh, Pakistan. after the name of Shah Abdul Karim Bulri
Shah Abdul Karim Bulri (1538–1623) ( sd, شاه عبدالڪريم ...]
.
Khorwah is the seat of a
tapedar circle, which also includes the villages of
Lakhi,
Miano Karath,
Narbut, and
Nokhi.
It is also the seat of a
Union Council, which has a total population of 39,475.
Khorwah was founded in the late 1700s by Kamal Khor.
As of 1874, it was described as a village held directly by the British government, and it had a population of 914 people, including 649 Hindus and 235 Muslims.
Most residents were agriculturalists, along with a few merchants and shopkeepers.
It was not as significant producer of manufacturing goods or a trading centre, although there was local trade in cloth, grain, and
ghee
Ghee is a type of clarified butter, originating from India. It is commonly used in India for cooking, as a traditional medicine, and for religious rituals.
Description
Ghee is typically prepared by simmering butter, which is churned from c ...
.
Some ghee and rice did also get traded long-distance, but only very little.
It was then the seat of a tappedar in the
pargana
Pargana ( bn, পরগনা, , hi, परगना, ur, پرگنہ) or parganah, also spelt pergunnah during the time of the Sultanate period, Mughal times and British Raj, is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent and each ...
of
Guni, and it also had a police lines.
Notes
References
Populated places in Badin District
Union councils of Sindh
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