The Pal/ Paluh/ Palh ( Sindhi: پلهہ) is a Sammat tribe of

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province, Pakistan. parts of

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bordering Sindh, in

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province, and in the

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. There is a railway station in Sindh Hyderabad Badin line also on the name of Palh,

Palh railway station Palh Railway Station ( ur, , sd, پلھ ريلوي اسٽيشن) is located in Sindh, Pakistan. See also * List of railway stations in Pakistan * Pakistan Railways Pakistan Railways ( ur, ) is the national, state-owned railway company o ...

There are villages by the name of Palh in Badin, Dadu, Khairpur and Sukkur Districts,

Distribution

Most of this tribe live mainly in the

Miranpur, Sindh Miranpur is a village in Naushahro Feroze, Sindh, Pakistan. The population was 3000 at the 2017 census. The Miranpur ( sd, ميرانپور) a Palh community village and Deh of Union Council Miranpur of Naushahro Feroze District in the Pakis ...

Padidan Padidan (also spelled Pad Idan) ( ur, ) ( sd, پَڊيدن) is a town in Naushahro Feroze district of Sindh province in Pakistan. It is located at 26° 46 North 68° 17 East and has an altitude of . Padidan lies in jurisdiction of Noshero Feroz ...

and Dariya Khan Marri areas of

Naushahro Feroze District Naushahro Feroze District ( sd, نوشهرو فيروز ضلعو, ur, ) is a district in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its capital is Naushahro Feroze city. Administratively subdivided into five talukas and 51 union councils, according to ...

, Village Palh, and Dadu areas 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 ...

, Jam Sahib in

Shaheed Benazirabad District Shaheed Benazirabad District ( sd, شهيد بينظيرآباد ضلعو, ur, ) previously known as Nawabshah District, is one of the districts in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Renaming The district was renamed in September 2008 when mos ...

, Ranipur, Sindh, Kunmb, Kandir and Palh village in

Khairpur District Khairpur District ( sd, خيرپور ضلعو, ur, ) is a district in the Pakistani province of Sindh in Sukkur Division. At the 2017 census, it was the fifth most populated district in the province after four districts of Karachi city, with ...

. However some families are settled in the cities of

Larkana Larkana ( ur, , translit=lāṛkāna; sd, لاڙڪاڻو, translit=lāṛkāṇo) is a city located in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the 15th largest city of Pakistan by population. It is home to the Indus Valley civilization site Moh ...

Sukkur Sukkur (; ) is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh along the western bank of the Indus River, directly across from the historic city of Rohri. Sukkur is the third largest city in Sindh after Karachi and Hyderabad, and 14th largest ci ...

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Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in Geography of Pakistan, south-west of the country close to the ...

and

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The total population of Palh tribe is around 23,000. The head of this tribe is called Sardar and current head of Palh tribe is Haji Arbab Ali Khan Palh.

Notable people

Haji Idrees Palh (Social Activist). Haji Khan Palh Muhammad Qabool Palh Muhammad Noah Palh

References

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