Usta Muhammad
Usta Muhammad اوستہ محمد | |
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City | |
  Usta Muhammad اوستہ محمد  Usta Muhammad اوستہ محمد | |
| Coordinates: 28°10′42″N 68°2′35″E / 28.17833°N 68.04306°ECoordinates: 28°10′42″N 68°2′35″E / 28.17833°N 68.04306°E | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Balochistan |
| District | Usta Muhammad District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 978 km2 (378 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 186,286 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Languages Spoken | Balochi, Sindhi, Brahui, Saraiki |
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Usta Muhammad (Balochi: اوستہ محمد, Sindhi: اوستہ محمد) is a city and sub-division of the Usta Muhammad District of Balochistan Province, Pakistan.
Geography
The city has an area of 978 km2.
Demographics
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The population was estimated to be 186,226 in 2017.[1]
The majority of the people are Balochs, Brahvis, and Jamotes;
The Baloch tribes include Jamali, Babbar, Umrani, Rind, Bulledi, Jatoi, Marri, Hijwani, Bugti, Mastoi Chandia, and others
The Brahui tribes include Mengal, Bangulzai, Jattak, Lehri, Pandarani, Neechari, Zehri, and others
The Sindhi (Jamotes) include Qureshi, Soomro Siyal, Usto Palal, Abro, Seelra, Mangi, Solangi, Maken, Langah, Boohar, Kori, Bhangar, and Samejo Sheikh Tunio.
In spite of these tribes, Hindus are also in the majority mostly in the urban area of Usta Muhammad.
Governance
The city has one Municipal Corporation where the Chief Administrator sits, and an Office of the Assistant Commissioner who controls the city's executive works and Price Control.
Unions in the district are Ali-abad, Faiz-abad, Khanpur, Bari Shaakh, Mehrabpur, Piral-abad, Qabula, Samaji, Sobarani, Usta Muhammad I, Usta Muhammad II, and Usta Muhammad III.
Geography
Usta Mohammad is in the Kachhi plain basin, with an average altitude of about 55 meters. Annual rainfall is about 90mm, of which 60mm falls in winter (November–May).[2] Winters are cold, and summers are dry and hot.
Economy
As of 2020;
People in the city area of Usta Muhammad are much more noble and have businesses in commercial places. Mostly wealthy people here own rice mills, and some have Estate Agency businesses. People in the city who are poor are mostly labourers.
In remote areas, some people are landlords while others have small businesses.
The people of the district are predominantly poor, with inadequate access to medical supplies and facilities.[3]
Crops include rice, wheat, and sorghum. A 2002 survey determined that the incidence of Sporisorium sorghi, the causal organism of sorghum grain smut, reached 7% in Usta Mohammad.[4] A survey of rice farmers found that 33% were illiterate, 55% farmed from 12 to 40 acres of land, and 58.3% were tenant farmers.[5] Some farms raise cattle, sheep, and goats.[6]
Education
The city has an Agri-Development Institute[7] and a Government Degree College.
Transport
Usta Mohammad has a railway station; its railway boundaries are connected to Garhi Khairo, Larkana (Sindh).
See Also
References
- ^ https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/balochistan/JAFFARABAD_BLOCKWISE.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^ WATER MANAGEMENT IN BALUCHISTAN
- ^ Medecins Sans Frontieres: "There are new doctors in the hospital" – setting up a programme in Pakistan 18 September 2008
- ^ Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) Status of grain smut, Sphacelotheca sorghi, and long smut, Tolyposporium ehrenbergii, of sorghum in Sindh and Balochistan, Pakistan.
- ^ DSINARC/PK (Pakistan) Information sources and adoption of selected recommended technologies for rice crop in USTA Mohammed tehsil of district Jaffarabad, Balochistan
- ^ Livestock & Dairy Development Department Balochistan.
- ^ 2000 04 09 Japan to assist agri sector in Sindh, B'stan
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