Digri Tehsil
{{Short description|Tehsil in Mirpurkhas, Pakistan}}
Digri ({{langx|sd|ڊگھڙي}}, {{langx|ur|ڈگری}}) is a Tehsil in Mirpur Khas District Sindh, Pakistan. It is the second largest town of Mirpurkhas District.
Location in sindh
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Geography
Digri is connected to several towns by main roads:
- Tando Ghulam Ali Road (District Badin)
- Tando Bhago Road (District Badin)
- Mipurkhas Road
- KGM Road - Linking to District Umarkot
- TJM Road - Linking to Tharparkar
Communities
Digri is a culturally diverse town. As the small town has grown rapidly in the last few decades, the diversity has also increased with Arain Community , Talpur Community , Malhi Community, Lohana Community, Maheshwari Community, Kolhi Community, Bheel Community, Muslim Rajputs, Kaim Khani Community, Jarwar, Baloch, Jatt and Pashtuns living there. 65% of the population of Digri are Sindhi people. The most common languages in the town are Sindhi and Urdu and also tribal languages like Dhatki as well.{{Citation |last=Cole |first=J. |title=Sindhi |date=2006 |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/B0080448542022410 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics |pages=384–387 |access-date=2023-06-21 |publisher=Elsevier |language=en |doi=10.1016/b0-08-044854-2/02241-0 |isbn=978-0-08-044854-1}}
There are many communities have been living since the partition of Hindustan.{{Cite journal |last=Kumarasingham |first=Harshan |date=July 2013 |title=Partition of India: Why 1947? |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/290852872 |journal=Asian Affairs |language=en |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=302–303 |doi=10.1080/03068374.2013.795297 |s2cid=162312225 |issn=0306-8374}}
Economy
Livestock and poultry rearing, agricultural farms, and transportation are the main sources of income, while more than 20% population rely on government and private jobs. A sugar mill, Digri Sugar Mills, provides further job opportunities for local people.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.convertunits.com/distance/city/Digri,+Pakistan Find Distance]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110429082042/http://population.mongabay.com/population/pakistan/1179837/digri Population] of Dhigri
- [http://wikimapia.org/#lat=25.1553217&lon=69.1098672&z=18&l=44&m=b Complete map] of the city
- https://www.facebook.com/pages/Digri-city/367347073786
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