Garhi Yasin

گڑھی ياسين ڳڙهي ياسين
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Garhi Yasin

Garhi Yasin (Urdu: گڑھی ياسين‎), Sindhi ڳڙهي ياسين is a town and taluka of Shikarpur District, Sindh, Pakistan.

One of the four talukas (sub-districts) of Shikarpur, Garhi Yasin is of great political and historical significance to Pakistan. On 1 June 1977 the old Shikarpur subdivision, consisting of the two talukas of Shikarpur and Garhiyasin, was separated from Sukkur District, and a new District Shikarpur was created and attached to Larkana Division.

Garhi Yasin is a town located in the north of Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the second largest town of the district Shikarpur, having population of more than 14,000. Garhi Yasin is situated on the right bank of River Indus. Garhi Yasin region has always been an important because of proximity with the Shikarpur, a place that commanded the trade route through the Bolan Pass, and its merchants had dealings with many towns in Central Asia.

Garhi Yasin taluka comprises two main towns Dakhan,Madeji and some main villages Haji Rohelo Khan Jaffri, and Bado. Garhi Yasin has produced remarkable Politicians, Civil Servants, Like Agha Siraj Khan Durrani the Speaker of Sindh assembly and Agha Rafique Khan Durrani former chief justice of sharia law and Chairman of SPSC . The town is named after its founder Yasin Khan Pathan. Sindhi is the common language of the people in this region. The Jaffri |Mangi]], Kalhora, Mughal, Seelro, Wadhio, Chandio, Memon, Sindhi Hindu, Soomra, Shaikh, khakhrani, Syed, Mirani, Qazi, Bhutta, Lashari, RahooJo, Bhatti, Mahar, Jakhro, Kakepota, Arain, Mangi, and Bhayo Tribe. With the Durrani tribe being one of the strongest both politically and by land. After the independence from British India, Many Hindu and Sikh clans migrated to India. There also Hindus settled in Garhi Yasin.

Education

The town has a Higher Secondary School Agha Badaruddin Khan Durrani and three high schools, several primary schools, a Mono Technique School and a vocational School. (such as typing, commercial, computer etc.).

Agriculture

A considerable part of the area is irrigated. Major productions of the area are rice, wheat and pulses beside Maize, sugarcane, vegetables fruits etc.

Industry

It has a small market and manufactures of handicrafts, metal ware, furniture, bricks and pottery. Hand-loom weaving of the area used to be very popular. Rilly of Garhi Yasin is very popular in all over Sindh and making a good variety of Sindhi topi and Balochi Rilly in different models.

Land

It is chiefly alluvial plain. The lands are greatly suffered after construction of barrage at Sukkur and being rapidly converted into salt lands (Kalar).Waterlogging and salinity is major problem of Garhi Yasin.

The climate is hot, dry and enervating.Winter in mild and is best time to visit this Town.

Coordinates: 27°54′N 68°31′E / 27.900°N 68.517°E