Thul Tehsil () is an administrative

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in the

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province of

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. The subdivision is administratively subdivided into 24 Union Councils, two of which form the capital,

Thul Thul () is the town of Jacobabad District in the Sindh Province of Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous ...

. Thul is one of the densely populated Taluka of District Jacobabad, spreading over 317,520 acres. It consists of about half of the population of whole district and its population is approximately 356,705. There are 19 union councils and 96 Dehs in this taluka. The headquarters of this taluka are about 33 km at the east side of district headquarters and connected with rail and road with other parts such as

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and

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province.

Demographics

Population

As of the 2023 census, Thul Tehsil has population of 533,153.

Religion

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Sindhi Hindus Sindhi Hindus are ethnic Sindhis who practice Hinduism and are native to the Sindh region of the Indian subcontinent. They are spread across modern-day Sindh, Pakistan and India. After the partition of India in 1947, many Sindhi Hindus were am ...

mainly concentrated in the urban areas. *Others.

Languages

Sindhi, Balochi and others. Sindhi and Balochi are commonly spoken for communication in the area, since it is near

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, it has therefore a notable number of

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living in the town due to which Balochi has become the mostly spoken language after Sindhi.

Transport

Thul is located at corner of three districts of Sindh,

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and Kashmore. Round about one hour journey to each district headquarters of the cities. Rail: Thul Railway Station is located outside of the

city approximately three km. It connects the city of Thul to

and

. By road: Thul is connected via road to most major Pakistani cities such as Karachi connecting link road to National Highway at Hamayun area,

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, AJK and others via connecting Indus Highway at Kandhkot and

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connecting through National Highway at Jacobabad.

Important crops

More than 85% of population of Thul is connected with agriculture or allied professions.

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and

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are the important crops of

. Thul has a notable

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market.

Geographical location of Taluka Thul is as under

Lat: 28.2333, Lat (DMS): 28° 13' 60N, Long: 68.7667, Long (DMS): 68° 46' 0E Altitude (feet): 196, Altitude (meters): 59.

References

Jacobabad District Tehsils of Jacobabad District {{Sindh-geo-stub