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Kingri Tehsil

taluka in Sindh, Pakistan

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 29, 2025
Entity authorityQ13140220
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Kingri (Sindhi: ڪنگري) is a Tehsil of Khairpur District in the Sindh province of Pakistan, it is administratively subdivided into 10 Union Councils.

The Sindhi-language word kingri is taken from "keenger", meaning clay utensils or clay pots, as in earlier times in the south of current city of Pir Jo Goth there used to live tribes of Kumhar People (Kumbher in Sindhi) who used to make clay pots. Taluka Kingri's headquarters is Pir Jo Goth, According to Nabi Bux Khan Baloch city was founded on 3 October 1883. According to 2017 census, the population of Taluka is about 340,218, with 56,915 households.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Kingri Tehsil” is taluka in Sindh, Pakistan. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Kingri, Tehsil and taluka, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1883, 2017—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Kingri, Tehsil and taluka is the immediate research focus.
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