Mehar Tehsil ( sd, ميهڙ , ur, میہڑ) is an administrative subdivision (

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

) of

Dadu District Dadu District ( sd, ضلعو دادو), ( ur, ) is a district of Sindh Province, Pakistan. With headquarters the city of Dadu, the district was created in 1931 by merging Kotri and Mahal Kohistan (later Jamshoro) tehsils from Karachi District a ...

in the

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 ...

province of

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.Taluka Municipal Administration Mehar
/ref> It is famous for the production of Henna or Mehndi. The Tehsil has a population o
460,000
(2017 census). Major markets in the city include Shahi Bazaar, Resham Galli , Sonaarki Bazaar and Ghanta Ghar market. The Kakul Waah runs through the city; an old canal which is still used for the irrigation.

History

According to records, in 1848 Mehar Taluka was created as a subdivision of

during

British rule The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was hims ...

with the town of Mehar as the headquarters. The taluka, along with the rest of Sindh, was for a time part of the

Bombay Presidency The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay. The first mainl ...

of British India. The

Imperial Gazetteer of India ''The Imperial Gazetteer of India'' was a gazetteer of the British Indian Empire, and is now a historical reference work. It was first published in 1881. Sir William Wilson Hunter made the original plans of the book, starting in 1869.< ...

, written over a century ago during British rule, describes the taluka as follows:Mehar Tāluka - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 16, p. 144.
/ref> "Mehar.- ''Tāluka'' of Lārkāna District, Sindh, Bombay, lying between elev 162ft, with an area of 328 square miles. The population in 1901 was 58,434, compared with 48,320 in 1891. The tāluka contains 64 villages, of which Mehar is the headquarters. The density, 178 persons per square mile, greatly exceeds the District average. The land revenue and cesses in 1903-4 amounted to 2.8

lakh A lakh (; abbreviated L; sometimes written lac) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000; scientific notation: 105). In the Indian 2,2,3 convention of digit grouping, it is written as 1,00,000. For ex ...

s. The tāluka is irrigated by the Western Nāra and one of its feeders, the stable crop is jowār and rice. Prior to the floods of 1874 Mehar was fertile, but the water has now become brackish and all gardens have perished. Cultivation near the hills on the west depends entirely on rainfall."

Administrative divisions

Mehar ( sd, ميهڙ)

Tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

is administratively subdivided into 20 Union Councils.

Union Councils

# Mehar # Balishah(including old ancient Village Kothi Khokhar) # Bothro(Sardar Mehboob Ali Dahar) # Baledai # Thariri Mohabat # Fareedabad # Charo # Gahi Mahessar # Kolachi # Khan Jo Goth # Mandwani # Mureed Lakhier # Nau Goth (saint saedi mosani tomb) # Qazi Aarif # Radhan (railway station) # Saeedpur # Shah Panjo # Betto # Sobho Khan Magsi # Sindhi Butra

Locality

Mehar is a town in

. It is administrated by the Government of Sindh. It is divided in 20 Union Councils.

References

Talukas of Sindh Populated places in Dadu District {{Sindh-geo-stub