Chambar

Chambar, or Chamber, is a town of Tando Allahyar District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is headquarters of Chamber Taluka (an administrative subdivision of the district). The town itself is administratively subdivided into two Union councils.[1] It is located at 25°18'0N 68°49'0E with an altitude of 11 metres (36 ft).[2]

Chamber, Tando Allahyar
Chamber, Tando Allahyar
Coordinates: 25.18°N 68.49°E / 25.18; 68.49
Country Pakistan
ProvinceSindh
DistrictTando Allahyar
Elevation
11 m (36 ft)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Etymology

The word Chambar is derived from the Sindhi language; it means "to cling to someone". Chambar is also the Sindhi caste which live in the Sindh province of Pakistan.

Climate

Geographically, the climate of Chambar is warm in the winter[3] as well as in summer.

Industry

The industrial factors which affect the industrial condition[4] of city chambar is the production of sugar from Chamber Sugar Mill Pvt Ltd owned by Anwer Majeed.

Revenue collection

The strongest source of revenue collection from the city chambar is the Maalpirri;[5] and T.M.O collects revenues from the maalpirri as well as the fruit and vegetable selling carts which runs on the road. The Chairman of T.C of city Chamber (2018) is Mr. Jabram Amin Hyderi.


Population

The total population of Chambar is calculated[6] approximately to be 25000 within the city.

Ethnicity

There are many castes[7] living in the city chambar including Kumbhar, Memon, Laghari, Khatti, Punjabi, Brohi, Samoo, Pathan, Noondani, Hindus which are basically Maheshwaris and Lohanas. Maheshwaris includes Rathi, Dewani and Satgur out of which Dewanis are to be well knowned by educational background.

Religion

Most of the population of Chambar belongs to religion Islam and minority of the population belongs to Hinduism and Christianity.

Transportation

There is not any airport or railway station system in the city. There is only one route by road which is known as Chamber Road; it connects Tando-Allahyar with Badin and many other cities of Sindh.

See also

References
  1. District Government Website Archived 2013-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Location of Chambar - Falling Rain Genomics
  3. "Chambar Weather - AccuWeather Forecast for Sindh Pakistan". AccuWeather. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  4. Sindh-mass-comm (2016-08-11). "Mass comm MA Sindh2016: عبدالرزاق ڪنڀر پروفائیل". Mass comm MA Sindh2016. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  5. "محمد حسين 'ڪاشف' - علي ڏنو جروار". sindhipeoples.blogspot.ca. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  6. "Chamber Sugar Mills". pk.geoview.info. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  7. Sahito, Abdul Wahab (2011-09-25). "سنڌي شخصيتون: محمد حسين 'ڪاشف' - سليم العارف ڪنڀار". سنڌي شخصيتون. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
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