Taunsa Sharif
Taunsa Sharif or Taunsa is a Tehsil (subdivision) of Dera Ghazi Khan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The town of Taunsa Sharif is the headquarters of the tehsil.[1]
Etymology
It is customary in Pakistan to use the postfix Sharif with the name of any place with some saints buried, hence the city is also called Taunsa Sharif.
Location
Taunsa Sharif is located on the Karachi-Peshawar Highway which is also known as Indus high way, it is approximately 975km from Karachi and 600km from Lahore.It is located at 30°41'60N 70°39'0E lying west of the Indus River with an altitude of 157 metres (518).
Taunsa is also the location of one of the headworks on the Indus River called Taunsa Barrage, located several kilometres south of Taunsa city.
Demography
The main language of the area is Saraiki, whilst the city itself contains a range of ethnic groups, the adjacent towns and rural areas in the Tehsil are primarily occupied by Baloch tribes including the Buzdar, Sakhani, Qaisrani,mirani , nutkani, Nasuha, Malghani,Khetran and Kulachi.Jaffar Pathan, Most of the above mentioned tribes including Buzdar and Qaisrani are part of the Baloch tribe, which is the largest tribe of the Tehsil while nutkani is the second largest.
The Shirani, a collection of Pashtun tribes, migrated from Barkhan Balochistan to Taunsa, Khawaja Shah Suleman came from Darug Balochistan [2]. The Kulachi tribe came from Kulachi Tehsil (NWFP) in 1867 The Sakhani, a collection of Baloch tribes, migrated from Balochistan to Taunsa.Bonjore Sandro (talk)