Kot Ghulam Muhammad ( sd, ڪوٽ غلام محمد) (formerly known as Jemesabad) is named after Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri,Kot Ghulam Muhammad (Formerly Jamesabad)
/ref> the Tehsil situated in south-east Mirpur Khas District of the Southern Province

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in Pakistan. Kot Ghlam Muhammad Bhurgri is situated west of Samaro 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

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History

Kot Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri was formerly known as

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, it was named after Captain

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for his services in the Battle of Miani in Hyderabad. During British rule the town was renamed as

earlier called SamaroJamesābād - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 45
/ref> The taluka of Jamesabad was part of the

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, 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 cesses 1903-4 amounted to 370,000. The taluka has been renamed as Kot Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri officially by Government of Sindh after Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgari. Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bhurgri is enlisted in

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

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

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. 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 Samaro 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, Siraiki, Urdu,

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, Brohi, arwariand Kolhki. In Muslims: 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 branc ...

, Kumbhar, Khaskheli, Jat,

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

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, Rao, Rangar, Halepota and Babbar and

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live frome in taluka as majority. In Hindus:Menghwar, Birhaman (mahraj), Dewan (Maheshwari & Lohana), Khatri, Malhi, 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 and

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or Agro Industries. Crops like cotton, wheat,

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 ...

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, sapodilla or chikoo, Dundicut chillies and tomato 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 a distribution company of Water and Power Development Authority. Khair Muhammad Bhurgri 132-KV Grid Station has been installed at Kot Ghulam Muhammad. Town has a railway station property of Pakistan Railways Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd provides land line phones & wireless phones. Following cellular network operators operate the town. # Mobilink #

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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

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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 Talpur Mir Munawar Ali Talpur (; born 21 March 1956) is a veteran Pakistani politician hailing from Mirpurkhas, Sindh, who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, since August 2018. Previously he was a member of the National Assembly fr ...

National 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