Taunsa Sharif
| Taunsa تونٚسہ |
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| Country | Pakistan |
| Region | Punjab |
| District | Dera Ghazi Khan District |
| Capital | Taunsa Sharif |
| Towns | 1 |
| Union councils | 13 |
| Area | |
| • City | 300 km2 (100 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 10 km2 (4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 157 m (515 ft) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC+6) |
| Post code | 32100 |
| Area code(s) | 0642 |
Taunsa (Punjabi,Urdu: تونٚسہ), also called (Taunsa Sharif تونسه شريف), is a city and capital of Taunsa Tehsil of Dera Ghazi Khan District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.[1] The town has important Sufi shrines, the most notable is that of Hazrat Muhammad Suleman Taunsvi.
Etymology
It is customary in Pakistan to use the postfix Sharif with the name of any place with a saint is buried, hence, the city is also called Taunsa Sharif.[citation needed]
Location
Taunsa Sharif is located on the Karachi-Peshawar Highway, which is also known as Indus Highway, it is approximately 975 kilometres (606 mi) from Karachi and 450 kilometres (280 mi) from Lahore. Taunsa is also the location of one of the headworks on the Indus River called Taunsa Barrage, located several kilometres south of Taunsa city.
Demographics
Taunsa Sharif, a tehsil (subdivision) of D.G. Khan district in Pakistan has an 80% literacy rate and place of loving people. Nowadays the local populace mainly speak the Saraiki language and 05% part of the population also speaks Baluchii. The city itself contains a range of ethnic groups, including the Chhachi, Khokhar and Bhutta tribes. The old mohalla's are mohalah Shirani Wala, Chachan wala, Bhutan wala, sakhani, khwajgan, Khokhar. Adjacent towns and rural areas in the Tehsil are primarily occupied by Baloch , Lashari Baloch,GAUDI Baloch [De Baloch] and Lashkarani Balouch, and Buzdar, Lashkarani, Muchrani, Malkani, Qaisrani, Chandio, Lashari, khoja, khawjgan Nutkani, Lalwani, Khosa Baloch, Sakhani, Kalati, Nasuha, Malghani, Bughlani, Dasti Baloch,Sanghi Baloch, Khetran, Makhdoom and Kulachi. A Small village known as Kotla near to the town Mundrani is well known for their respect and guest love, they are Gaudi Baloch .The Head of this tribe was Haji Ahmed Bukhsh , Most of the above mentioned tribes including Nasuha and Malghani are part of the Nutkani tribe. The Shirani, a collection of Pashtun tribes, migrated from Barkhan Balochistan to Taunsa, Khawaja Shah Suleman came from Darug Balochistan and belong to Jaffar tribe. The Kulachi tribe came from Kulachi Tehsil (NWFP) in 1867.
Taunsa Barrage
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Taunsa is also the location of one of the notable structures on the Indus River called Taunsa Barrage, located several kilometres south of Taunsa city. It was designated a Ramsar site on March 22, 1996. The Taunsa Barrage was completed in 1958, and it has been identified as the barrage with the highest priority for rehabilitation. It requires urgent measures to avoid severe economic and social impacts on the lives of millions of poor farmers through interruption of irrigation on two million acres (8,000 km²) and drinking water in the rural areas of southern Punjab, benefiting several million farmers. In 2003, the World Bank approved a $123 million loan to Pakistan to rehabilitate the Taunsa Barrage on the River Indus whose structure had been damaged owing to soil erosions and old-age. The project was designed to ensure irrigation of the cultivated lands in the area of the Muzaffargarh[2] and Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil[3] canals, and through the Taunsa-Panjnad Link Canal that supplements the water supply to Panjnad head-works canals.
