Tarai, Badin

Coordinates: 24°41′20″N 68°40′17″E / 24.689007°N 68.671426°E / 24.689007; 68.671426
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Tarai
Village
Tarai is located in Sindh
Tarai
Tarai
Location in Sindh
Tarai is located in Pakistan
Tarai
Tarai
Tarai (Pakistan)
Coordinates: 24°41′20″N 68°40′17″E / 24.689007°N 68.671426°E / 24.689007; 68.671426[1]
CountryPakistan
RegionSindh
DistrictBadin
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Total6,182
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+6 (PDT)

Tarai is a village and deh in Shaheed Fazil Rahu taluka of Badin District, Sindh.[3] As of 2017, it has a population of 6,182, in 1,190 households.[2] It is the seat of a tapedar circle, which also includes the villages of Kand, Kandar Jagir, Nari, and Shaikhano.[2] It is also the headquarters of a supervisory tapedar circle, which also includes the tapedar circles of Akri-1, Gharo, Gunwrah, Kario, and Salehabad.[2] Tarai is also the seat of a Union Council, which has a total population of 46,005.[4]

Tarai's Shah Talib mosque dates back to the Kalhoro dynasty in the 1700s.[5] It features three domes over the main sanctuary and stylistically resembles the mosque at Chuteyarun (in Sanghar District), which was built around the same time period.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "GeoNames Search". geonames.nga.mil. Archived from the original on April 12, 2014. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  2. ^ a b c d Population and household detail from block to tehsil level (Badin District) (PDF). 2017. p. 21. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. ^ "List of Dehs in Sindh" (PDF). Sindh Zameen. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Union Council wise Thematic Analysis". Department of Health, Government of Sindh. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b Kalhoro, Zulfiqar Ali (2013). "The Kalhora Queen and Religious Architecture: The Mosques of Mai Jaman As Trend-Setters in Late Eighteenth-Century Sindh" (PDF). Pakistan Heritage. 5: 90–1. Retrieved 4 January 2022.[dead link]