Talhar () 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 ...

(Taluka) and town in the

Badin District The Badin District (, ) is a district in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The total area of the district is 6,726 square kilometers.Sindh Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind (caliphal province), Sind or Scinde) is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, southeastern region of the country, Sindh is t ...

, Pakistan. It is situated approximately 240 kilometres east of

Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...

. As of 2025 census, it has a population of 200,014. Talhar serves as a Taluka, an administratively subdivisional unit, within Badin District. The Talhar Taluka includes two town committees, Talhar and Khaskheli, and is further organised with six union councils.

History

Badin is part of the region of the ancient heritage of the

Indus Valley Civilisation The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the Northwestern South Asia, northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 Common Era, BCE to 1300 BCE, and in i ...

, which flourished around 2500 BCE. Over the centuries, it came under the rule of several Muslim dynasties, including the

Mughals The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of pre ...

. The Mughal Empire established direct control over Sindh in 1592 following the defeat of local rulers. In modern administrative history, Badin was designated as a separate district in 1975, following its separation from Hyderabad District.

References

Populated places in Badin District Tehsils of Badin District {{Sindh-geo-stub