Kot Ghulam Muhammad ( sd, ڪوٽ غلام محمد) (formerly known as Jemesabad) is named after

Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri ( sd, غلام محمد خان ڀرڳڙي) (Barrister),(1878-1924) was a Sindhi statesman. Raees Ghulam Mohammad Bhurgri was one of the earliest leaders of Sindh during the colonial period. He was contemporary and ...

,Kot Ghulam Muhammad (Formerly Jamesabad)
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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 ...

situated in south-east Mirpur Khas District of the Southern Province

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 ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. Kot Ghlam Muhammad Bhurgri is situated west of

Samaro Samaro ( ur, ) is a tehsil in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The town is the headquarters of a tehsil (an administrative subdivision) of Umarkot District. History During British rule the town was renamed Jamesabad (literally "Jamestown" - ...

and north of

Digri Digri ( sd, ڊگھڙي, ur, ڈگری) is a Tehsil in Mirpur Khas District Sindh, Pakistan. It is the second largest town of Mirpurkhas District. Geography Digri is connected to several towns by main roads: * Tando Ghulam Ali Road (Disstt Badin) ...

. It is about south of

Mirpur Khas Mirpur Khas ( Sindhi and ; ''meaning "Town of the most-high Mirs"'') is the capital city of the Mirpur Khas District and Mirpur Khas Division in the Sindh province, Pakistan. Mirpur Khas is the 16th largest city in Sindh province and the 80th ...

History

Kot Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri was formerly known as

Jamesabad Jamesabad is a town in the Sindh province of Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fift ...

, it was named after Captain

H. E. M. James Sir Henry Evan Murchison James (20 January 1846 – 20 August 1923) was a British civil servant in the Indian Civil Service from 1865 to 1900. He was the Commissioner in Sind from 1891 to 1900. Official duties He formally opened Dayaram Jeth ...

for his services in the Battle of Miani in

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

. During British rule the town was renamed as

earlier called

Jamesābād - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 45
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taluka 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 Jamesabad was 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 ...

, lying between 24°50' and 25°28' N. and 69°14' and 69°35′E and had an area of . According to the 1901 census the population was 24,038 - an increase almost 5,000 since the 1891 (19,208). The density of 48 persons per square mile was considerably above the District average. The Taluka contained 184 villages, of which Jamesabad was headquarters. The land revenue and

cess Cess is a tax that is generally levied for promoting services like health and education. Governments often charge cess for the purpose of development in social sectors. The word is a shortened form of "assess". The spelling is due to a mistaken ...

es 1903-4 amounted to 370,000. The

has been renamed as Kot Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri officially by

Government of Sindh The Government of Sindh ( sd, حڪومت سنڌ) ( ur, ) is the provincial government of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution, in which 30 Districts of 7 Divisions un ...

after Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgari.

is enlisted in Pioneers of Freedom for

. and was close friend to Mohammad Ali Jinnah the founder of

Profile

Town is situated on Mirpurkhas loop and it is also connected by road with Mirpurkhas, being at 30 miles from Mirpurkhas. Education Kot Ghulam Muhammad city has got one Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Primary Boys /Girls Schools In the Private sector, there are The Founders Institute, Ghazali Vision Higher Secondary School, Fauji Foundation Model School Kot Ghulam Muhammad, BAHRIA FOUNDATION COLLEGE KGM Town has one High School managed by Sindh Education foundation (SEF) Health A Taluka headquarter hospital and many dispensaries and Basic Health Units are covering the health needs of the entire town area.https://paperads.com/tenders/980841/taluka-hospital-mirpurkhas-tender-notice https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/PESA-District-Mirpurkhas-Sindh.pdf Though town is old one but it is well planned, almost all-street crosses are right angled, buildings are of pucca brick, and main roads are mettle and street bricks paved and C.C Roads. Majority population of the Taluka lives in the rural areas, which are having the dearth of the ample sources of job avenues.

Geography

The city of ''Kot Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgari'' is situated on right bank of ''Jamrao canal'' branch of Nara canal coming from

Indus river The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. The river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the disputed region of Kashmir, ...

. The town situated on coordinates: 25°17′14"N 69°15′7"E. Total area of Taluka is 192296 Sq:km. Kot Ghlam Muhammad Bhurgari is situated in west of Taluka

and north of Taluka

. It is about south of

Demographics

Population Kot Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgari Taluka is an important and biggest taluka of District Mirpurkhas, having population 273,193, according to Provisional Summary Results of 6th Population & Housing Census-2017,http://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/sindh/MIRPUR%20KHAAS_SUMMARY.pdf Union Councils/Wards Area and Estimated Population of Taluka/Town per Union Council Now administratively Kot Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgari is subdivided into 14 Union Councils, after new delimitation by Election Commission of Pakistan. Provisional census results for 2017 census Provisional total Population of Kot Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri is about having population 273,193. Former Union Council Ghous Bux Bhurgri, also had status of Union council till 2001, status was abolished on political basis before 2001 Local bodies elections in the Country.

Communities

''Kot Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri'' is a small town where different communities are living. They speak languages of each other and every person has his due respect. Sindhi, language is spoken by high majority in the town, other spoken languages are

Gujarati Gujarati may refer to: * something of, from, or related to Gujarat, a state of India * Gujarati people, the major ethnic group of Gujarat * Gujarati language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them * Gujarati languages, the Western Indo-Aryan sub- ...

, Siraiki,

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

Balochi Balochi, sometimes spelt in various other ways, may refer to: * Balochi language, a language of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan * an adjective for something related to the Baloch people, an ethnic group of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan * an adjecti ...

, Brohi, arwariand Kolhki. In

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraha ...

: Naghar Pathan, Syed, Noondani, Bhurgri,

Talpur Talpur (, bal, تالپورء اۏبادگ) is a Saraiki-speaking Baloch sub-clan of the Hoth tribe settled in Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan in Pakistan. The tribe established the Talpur dynasty, which ruled between 1783 and 1843, while a bran ...

, Kumbhar, Khaskheli,

Jat The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subse ...

Mahars Mahar, meaning "original inhabitants of Maharashtra" (in various languages), is an Indian caste found largely in the state of Maharashtra and neighbouring areas. Most of the Mahar community followed B. R. Ambedkar in converting to Buddhism in ...

, Sheedi, Laghari, Buledi, Halepoto, Chelia, Dall, Ramdan, Meo, Rajput, Arain,

Qaimkhani Kayamkhani or Kaimkhani (also spelled kayam Khani and Kaim Khani) is a Muslim community of India who were notable for ruling the Fatehpur-Jhunjhunu region in Rajasthan from the 1300s to the 1700s. History They are said to be descended from Cha ...

Mughal Mughal or Moghul may refer to: Related to the Mughal Empire * Mughal Empire of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries * Mughal dynasty * Mughal emperors * Mughal people, a social group of Central and South Asia * Mughal architecture * Mug ...

, Rao, Rangar, Halepota and Babbar and

Baloch Baloch, also spelled Baloch, Beluch and in other ways, may refer to: * Baloch people, an ethnic group of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan * Baluch, a small itinerant community of Afghanistan * Balouch, Azad Kashmir, a town in Pakistan * Baloch (s ...

live frome in taluka as majority. In

Hindus Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

:Menghwar, Birhaman (mahraj), Dewan (Maheshwari & Lohana), Khatri,

Malhi Malhi may refer to: People * Ali Asjad Malhi, Pakistani politician of Punjabi ancestry * Naseer Ahmad Malhi, Pakistani politician of Punjabi ancestry * Harinder Malhi, Canadian politician of Punjabi ancestry * Gobind Malhi, Indian writer of Si ...

, Kolhi and Bhel

Economy

Majority population of Taluka lives in the rural areas, which are having the dearth of the ample sources of job avenues. Therefore are attached with agriculture and other seasonal crops. Economically the status of common people comes under the poor class. ''Kot Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri'' economy is primarily based on

agricultural Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating Plant, plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of Sedentism, sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of Domestication, domesticated species created food ...

livestock Livestock are the domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to provide labor and produce diversified products for consumption such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool. The term is sometimes used to refer solely to animals ...

and

agribusiness Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy, in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise. The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit w ...

or Agro Industries. Crops like

cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus ''Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor perce ...

wheat Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus ''Triticum'' ; the most widely grown is common wheat (''T. aestivum''). The archaeologi ...

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...

mango A mango is an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical tree ''Mangifera indica''. It is believed to have originated in the region between northwestern Myanmar, Bangladesh, and northeastern India. ''M. indica'' has been cultivated in South a ...

banana A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Musa''. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called "plantains", distinguis ...

sapodilla ''Manilkara zapota'', commonly known as sapodilla (), sapote, naseberry, nispero or chicle, is a long-lived, evergreen tree native to southern Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. An example natural occurrence is in coastal Yucatán in the ...

or chikoo, Dundicut chillies and

tomato The tomato is the edible berry of the plant ''Solanum lycopersicum'', commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. The Mexican Nahuatl word gave rise to the Spanish word ...

are major agriculture products. Sindhri Mango

The main industries are agriculture based. The town has sugar mill, cotton factories. Tharparkar Sugar Mill Ltd is situated in the Kot Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri town. Like other talukas the Taluka of Kot Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri is also agro based cum industrial area. It is having good network of cotton factories, floor mills, sugar Mil and ice factories. The majorities of population are engaged in agriculture and live stock fields. Where as some portion of population has access to transport, construction, wholesale and retail. Renowned Agriculture farms in the town are ''Kachelo farms'' known as ''King of Mangoes''. Khair Mohammad Khan Bhurgri Mango farms, another grower from Mirpurkhas, after Kachhelos, who has developed a variety, which will produce fruit that extends the fruiting and harvesting season.

Basic Services

Town has recently been installed with residential natural gas by Sui Southern Gas Company Electrical power is provided by HESCO

Hyderabad Electric Supply Company Hyderabad Electric Supply Company or HESCO ( ur, ) is an electric distribution company that supplies electricity to the southern districts of Sindh in Pakistan, excluding Karachi. Noor Ahmed Soomro is the CEO of the company since 3 July 2017. F ...

a distribution company of

Water and Power Development Authority The Pakistan Water & Power Development Authority (WAPDA; ur, ) is a government-owned public utility maintaining power and water in Pakistan, although it does not manage thermal power. WAPDA includes Tarbela and Mangla dams among its resources. ...

. Khair Muhammad Bhurgri 132-KV Grid Station has been installed at Kot Ghulam Muhammad. Town has a railway station property of

Pakistan Railways Pakistan Railways ( ur, ) is the national, state-owned railway company of Pakistan. Founded in 1861 and headquartered in Lahore, it owns of track across Pakistan, stretching from Torkham to Karachi, offering both freight and passenger servi ...

Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd., commonly known as PTCL ( ur, ) is the national telecommunication company in Pakistan.Mobilink #

Telenor Telenor ASA ( or ) is a Norwegian majority state-owned multinational telecommunications company headquartered at Fornebu in Bærum, close to Oslo. It is one of the world's largest mobile telecommunications companies with operations worldwide, ...

Ufone Pak Telecommunication Mobile Limited or Ufone ( ur, ) is a Pakistani GSM cellular service provider. It is the third mobile operator to enter Pakistani market. It started its operations under the brand Ufone, in Islamabad on January 29, 2001. PTM ...

# Zong #

Warid Pakistan Warid ( ar, وريد ur, وارد) was a GSM, HSPA+ and LTE based mobile operator in Pakistan. It was the seventh mobile carrier to enter the Pakistani market. It commenced commercial operations on May 23, 2005 by the Abu Dhabi Group, a busines ...

List of Government Medical faculties TALUKA HOSPITAL, KOT GHULAM MUHAMMAD HOSPITAL BHU KACHELO, DISPENSARY DISPENSARY BHU KOT MIRS LANDHI BASIC HEALTH UNIT BHU NAWAB COLONY BASIC HEALTH UNIT BHU JHILURI BASIC HEALTH UNIT BHU KACHELLO BASIC HEALTH UNIT BHU MUHAMMAD HASHIM BHURGARI BASIC HEALTH UNIT BHU BHUDIAL GARH BASIC HEALTH UNIT BHU SIKRIYARI BASIC HEALTH UNIT BHU UBEDULLAH BHURGARI BASIC HEALTH UNIT BHU DENGAN BHURGARI BASIC HEALTH UNIT

Government

Taluka Nazim (after local bodies election) Member

Provincial Assembly of Sindh The Provincial Assembly of Sindh ( ur, ) is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Sindh, and is located in Karachi, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of the Constitution of ...

Raees Noor Ahmed Bhurgri Member

National Assembly (Pakistan) The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower legislative house of the bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which also comprises the Senate of Pakistan (upp ...

Mir Munawar Ali TalpurNational Assembly of Pakistan
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Gallery

File:Kot Ghulam Muhammad city entrance.jpg, Entrance Kot Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri File:Mango_Orchard,_Village_Ghous_Bux_Bhurgri,_Kot_Ghulam_Muhammad_Bhurgri.jpg, Mango Orchard Village Ghous Bux Bhurgri, Kot Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri

References

{{Reflist, 2 Mirpur Khas District Populated places in Mirpur Khas District Talukas of Sindh