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Mirokhan Tehsil

taluka in Sindh, Pakistan

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ25653128
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Mirokhan is one of the oldest tehsils situated in Qambar Shahdadkot District (Previously Larkana District) of Sindh province of Pakistan. It was established in 1915 and was considered to be the largest tehsil by area before the division of the Larkana district into Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot districts, its own division into Mirokhan and Sijawal tehsils.

Situated about 55 km away from the Indus valley's most famous site Mohenjo-daro, 27 km from Larkana. Mirokhan is famous for shrine of a great Islamic scholar and saint, Mian Hamidullah Huzuri (Huzuri Badshah).

The town is connected by road directly to Qambar, Sijawal Junejo, Shahdadkot, Ratodero and Larkana. Mirokhan has various types of academic institutes from primary level to diploma-awarding colleges for both boys and girls.

Many people from different caste backgrounds live in the city including, Jokhio, Dayo, Tunio, Bhatti, Buriro Gopang, Magsi, Chandio, Laghari, Memon and Abro (Sindhi) casts. There are many villages in its surroundings, such as densely populated Nau Thaaro Wadho, Bhanbho khan chandio, Allahyar Mastoi, and Dirb Chandio.

Arzi Bhutto Square is considered as Mirokhan's business centre.

Geography

Mirokhan is situated at Latitude 27,7667 (2746'0.120"N) and Longitude 68,1000 (685'60.000"E).

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This entry incorporates text from Mirokhan Tehsil” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.