History
The Umerkot town was founded by king Umer Soomro the king of the Soomra dynasty (1051 A.D to 1350 A.D) the Umerkot has a conspicuous fort, which was perhaps built by one of Soomra Rulers in the last half of the 13th century.
The Umerkot for was occupied by a Rajput Sodha Ruler named Hameer Sodha in 1439 A.D whose successors have hold it for centuries. Rana Parshad Sodha one of the same dynasty, played host to Humayoon and his army who were on their way to Persia. The great king Akbar was born during this journey at Umerkot in 1542 A.D.
Mian Noor Mohd Kalhora took possession of the Umerkot & its fort from the Rajput Sodha. Main Adbul Nabi Kalhora one of the rulers of Kahlora dynasty, later sold it to the raja of jodhpur. When Talpurs came into power they recovered it from Raja of Jodhpur state. In 1813, It remained in the possession of Talpur Ruler untill the British army occupied Sindh in 1843 A.D. The British rulers made Umerkot the District head quartar of District Tharparkar. The then Tharparkar District was comprised on 11 Talukas viz Umerkot, Samaro, Jamesabad, Chachro, Mithi, Diplo, Nangarparkar, Digri, Mirpurkhas, Khipro and Sanghar till 1947 & thereafter Mirpurkhas was made the District head quarter.
Population
Name of UC |
Population as per 1998 census |
Growth rate @2.38 |
Umerkot –1 |
26936 |
Umerkot-2 |
25007 |
Khan sahib Atta Muhammad pali |
26839 |
Mir Wali Muhammad Talpur |
25932 |
Khejrari |
24337 |
Faqir Abdullah |
22663 |
Khararo Syed |
27217 |
Sabho |
27638 |
Dhoronaro |
26722 |
Chhore |
26408 |
Kaplore |
26675 |
Khokhrapar |
24379 |
Agriculture
Agriculture Lands of Umerkot Taluka are very fertile; cotton, wheat and chili are main crops whereas other crops like , Sugar Cane, Mustard, Sunflower, Ispaghol, Saunf etc. are successfully grown in the irrigated belt of the Taluka. Bajra, Guwar, Till are grown in the Barani (rain fed) belt "Desert" of Taluka Umerkot.
Traditionally
Women belonging to different tribal's / communities support their
families through traditional / cultural embroidery work. Some of them are related to different tribal / communal cultures. Women also arrange dowry (clothing and utensils) for their wards specially girls.
Water Filter Plants
Water is life but if it is contaminated, it can be just like a killing poison. So the need of clean purified water is supplemental to life. Keeping in view the fact, District Government has provided Water Filtration Plants at each Taluka Head Quarter.
Hot Fisher in Somoo Sama Village
Somoo Sama is a village situated in the north of Khokhrapar station at a distance of about 20 Kilometers. People belonging to the ancient Sama community live there. People use under ground water for there house hold use and drinking purpose as well. For providing the drinking water facility to the local community, TRDP installed tube wells in the village in 2006. After the boring about 1200 feet depth, abruptly water erupted from earth with pressure. The water is seen flowing out of the bore with the same pressure till today but the water is not fit for human consumption, but the local community is compelled to consume it having no other option.
