Sanghar

Sanghar is a city in Sanghar District, Sindh, Pakistan, and the headquarters of both the district and Sanghar Taluka. It lies about 267 kilometres by road from Karachi and has road links with Hyderabad, Nawabshah, Mirpur Khas, Khairpur and Sukkur. The surrounding land is mostly semiarid, part of the great Thar Desert, with cropped areas irrigated by the Mithrao Canal system fed from the Indus. Rice, wheat and cotton are the main crops, and the town is a local market with several cotton-textile factories. It is generally believed to be named after a pious fisherwoman, Mai Sanghar. It began as a small village, grew into a town under British rule, became a taluka when Sindh separated from the Bombay Presidency in 1935 and a district headquarters in 1954. Its 2023 census population was 74,112.