Khairpur district is located in northern Sindh, consists of 8-talukas, Fai Ganj, Gambat, Khairpur, Kingri, Koti Diji, Mirwah, Nara and Sobho Dero. The majority of the population i.e. 96.86% belongs to Muslim religion, Hindus share 2.82%. The common spoken language in sindhi (93.85%), other languages i.e Punjabi 3.16% and Urdu 1.37%, a minimum number of people speak Pushto and Balochi while the Sir
aiki is widely understood.
80% of people involved in agriculture directly or indirectly, cultivation depends upon river Indus by several canals, and a good part of land is rain fed. The main crops is Rabi are wheat and gram, during Kharif cotton; oil seeds and sugarcance are cultivated. The orchards are mainly located in Khairpur, Garmbat and Kotdiji talukas. The district identifies the “the city of date palms”, a research institute has been established in Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur for the purpose to conduct research on different aspects of date palms. According to date of 2005-06 received from the Date palm research institute Khairpur, the area consists of 22310 hectares and produced 158775 tones production. A large number of no mats come for laboring on date palms throughout sindh every year; they establish tents beside the national highway, link roads, and banks of different canals. The district also contributes highly in exports both Fresh & Dry Dates to the countries like USA, UK, India, Canada, Germany etc.
