Tharparkar

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Tharparkar District ٿرپارڪر تھرپارکر Eastern Sindh Frontier District
District of Sindh
Clockwise from top-left: Naukot Fort, Jain Temple, Nagarparkar, Thar Desert, view of Mithi, Bhodesar Masjid
Location in Sindh
Coordinates: 24°44′24″N 69°48′0″E / 24.74000°N 69.80000°E / 24.74000; 69.80000
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Division	Mirpur Khas
Established	1882
Founded by	British India Government
Headquarters	Mithi
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Muhammad Nawaz Sohoo, PAS[1]
• District Police Officer	Zahida Parveen Jamro, PSP
• District Health Officer	Dr. Herchand Rai
Area [2]
• Total	19,637 km2 (7,582 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[3]
• Total	1,778,407
• Density	91/km2 (230/sq mi)
Demonym	Thari
Time zone	UTC+5 (PKT)
HDI (2018)[4] Rank in Pakistan	0.427 (very low) 109th (out of 114)
Constituencies Provincial PS-54 Tharparkar-I - Abdul Razzaque PS-55 Tharparkar-II - Muhammad Qasim Soomro PS-56 Tharparkar-III - Faqir Sher Muhammad Bilalani PS-57 Tharparkar-IV - Arbab Lutfullah National NA-221 Tharparkar-I - Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani NA-222 Tharparkar-II - Mahesh Kumar Malani

Tharparkar (Dhatki/Sindhi: ٿرپارڪر; Urdu: تھرپارکر, Urdu pronunciation: [t̪ʰəɾpɑːɾkəɾ]), also known as Thar, is a district in Sindh province in Pakistan, headquartered at Mithi. Before Indian independence it was known as the Thar and Parkar (1901⁠–⁠1947) or Eastern Sindh Frontier District (1882⁠–⁠1901).

The district is the largest in Sindh,^[5] and has the largest Hindu population in Pakistan.^[6] It has the lowest Human Development Index rating of all the districts in Sindh. Currently the Sindh government is planning to divide the Tharparkar district into Tharparkar and Chhachro district.^[7]