Kunri (Urdu: کنری; Sindhi: ڪنري) is a
Tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...
and town located in the
Umarkot District,
Sindh
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province in southern
Pakistan
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. According to the
2023 Pakistani census
The 2023 Census of Pakistan was the detailed enumeration of the Pakistani population and the seventh national census in the country. It was conducted by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. It was also the first ever digital census to be held in ...
, Kunri Tehsil had a population of 237,063.
Description
Kunri is known as the
chili capital of
Asia
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due to the prolific cultivation and production of chili peppers. The climatic conditions and soil of Kunri contribute to the chili quantity. The region hosts a chili research center located near Dadhro.
Agriculture
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sustains a considerable number of inhabitants.
The town is divided into union councils administered by a central municipal body.
The city contains a non-operational
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
.
Education
Kunri is host to several small-scale
educational institutions
An educational institution is a place where people of different ages gain an education, including preschools, childcare, primary-elementary schools, secondary-high schools, and universities. They provide a large variety of learning environments a ...
, including government
high schools
A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...
named Qazi Sultan, Fazal e Umer, and Nusrat Jahan.
Religion
As of the 2017 census, slightly over half (50.465%) of the population of the Kunri Tehsil were
Hindus
Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...
, with
Muslims
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making up most of the remainder (47.66%). Just over 3,000
Ahmadis
Ahmadiyya, officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ), is an Islamic messianic movement originating in British India in the late 19th century. It was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835–1908), who said he had been divinely appointed a ...
live in the Tehsil, which accounts for most of the Ahmadi population within the Umerkot District. Additionally, a small
Christian
A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...
population resides in Kunri.
See also
*
Kunri Christian Hospital
References
*
*Linda S. Walbridge. ''The Christians of Pakistan: the passion of Bishop John Joseph.'' Routledge. 1st edition. 19 September 2002.
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Populated places in Umerkot District
Tehsils of Umerkot District