Thana Bulla Khan or Thano Bula Khan (, Sindhi: ٿاڻو بولا خان) is a town and Taluka headquarter in

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. Thana Bula Khan Taluka (Formally '' Kohistan Mahal Taluka''). The name of the taluka, Mahal Kohistan, translates to "Mountainous Region" in Sindhi. There are hills all around the town. The taluka, which is in Sindh's western region, is bordered to the north by the talukas of Khairpur Nathan Shah and Sehwan, to the east by Kotri, to the west by Dureji Tehsil, and to the south by the talukas of Gadap and

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. The

Ranikot Fort Ranikot Fort (; also known as Rannikot), also known as the Great Wall of Sindh (), is a 19th-century (reconstructed) Talpur-era fort near Sann in Jamshoro District, Sindh, Pakistan. The fort's ramparts have been compared to the Great Wall of C ...

, the Manghopir Fort, and the Pir Roshan Shah shrine are just a few of the historical monuments located in the taluka. In the taluka, which is primarily rural, agriculture is the main economic sector, wheat, cotton, and sugarcane are the three principal crops farmed in the taluka. In Noriabad (Tapa of the taluka), there are also a number of sizable industries, including cement plants, wheat-grinding mills, and brick kilns. In the taluka, roughly 145,000 people reside. The majority of the inhabitants are Sindhis, but there are also sizable populations of Balochi and

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speakers. Numerous small religious

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, including

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and

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, also live in the taluka. Numerous roads and railroads connect to the taluka. The Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway-M9 through Noriabad is the primary road running through the taluka. There are several development projects now in progress in the taluka, which is a developing area. These initiatives include building new highways, creating new industries, and enhancing infrastructure for healthcare and education. As of the 2017 census taluka has a population of 145,450. The total area of the Taluka is 5367 km². The population density is 27.10/km².

History

Kohistan Mahal Taluka is a taluka in the

(now Thano Bula Khan). It came into being in 1865. Before the British took

Sind Sindh ( ; ; , ; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind or Scinde) is a province 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 provin ...

, Mahal Kohistan was a part of

. A significant city in Sindh,

served as the capital of the

Talpur dynasty The Talpur dynasty () was a Baloch people in Sindh, Baloch dynasty that ruled the Sind State (present-day Sindh, Pakistan) after overthrowing the Kalhora dynasty in 1783 until British conquest of Sindh in 1843. A branch of the family continued ...

. From 1783 to 1843, the Talpur family dominated

, and Mahal Kohistan was one of their principal lands. Sindh was further separated into three districts—

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, and Shikarpur—after the British conquered it in 1843. The Karachi District was chosen for Mahal Kohistan. Mahal Kohistan was included in the Kotree division and taluka when the Karachi District was further divided into divisions and talukas in 1858. However, in 1865, Mahal Kohistan separated from Kotree taluka and created a new taluka, Mahal Kohistan, in the Kotree division of the Karachi District. The taluka's headquarters were at the town of Thana Bula Khan, which was in the center of the

Karachi District Karachi District (formerly Karachi South District)() is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan, created in 1972. Karachi District had a population of 2,329,764 (2.3 million) as of 2023 Pakistani census. In 2023, the ...

. The Mahal Kohistan Taluka was divided from the

in 1901 and included into the newly established

Larkana District Larkana District ( Sindhi: لاڙڪاڻو ضلعو; ) is a district of the Sindh province of Pakistan. Its largest city is Larkana, which sits on the banks of the Indus River. It is the home district of the politically influential Bhutto famil ...

. The Mahal Kohistan Taluka was again let loose from the Larkana District in 1931 and amalgamated into the brand-new

Dadu District Dadu District (), () is a Districts of Pakistan, district of Sindh, Sindh Province, Pakistan. With headquarters in the city of Dadu, Pakistan, Dadu, the district was created in 1931 by merging Kotri and Mahal Kohistan (later Jamshoro) tehsils fro ...

. The taluka was renamed Thana Bula Khan after partition in 1947. The newly constructed

and the Thana Bula Khan Taluka were united in 2004.

Administration

Union Counciles in the taluka: * Mole * Thana Ahmed Khan * Thano Arab Khan * Toung * Desvi * Sari * Kaloi Khohar ( Noriabad) * Hathal Buth * Karchat

References

External links

The Tombs of Burfat Tribe at Taung, Thana Bula Khan, Sindh (Pakistan)
{{Jamshoro District Thano bula Khan town chairman Haresh Dinani MPA from their giyan chand Populated places in Jamshoro District Tehsils of Jamshoro District