Khairpur , , (khir´poor) is a city and the capital of the
Khairpur District, in
Sindh Province, Pakistan. It is the twelfth largest city in the province and was founded in 1783 by
Mir Sohrab Khan, who established the Khairpur branch of the
Talpur clan; whereas other tradition is that Khairpur city was named after a Man of Phulpoto caste Kher Muhammad a.k.a Khero Phulpoto. The settlement was selected as the seat of the Mirs of northern Sindh. It was the capital of the former
princely state of
Khairpur. The great mystic Sufi
Sachal Sarmast came from this city, which is noted for its
dates, known in the
Sindhi language as
Khark, and in
Urdu as
Khajoor. It has 8
talukas, 76
Union councils, 11
towns, 6800
Villages and total population 1546587 (Male 810448 and Female Population 736139) according to
(Census) 1998. Its best known cities are
Thari Mirwah, Faiz Ganj (Karoondi), Pacca Chang, Bhangu Behan,
Ranipur,
Gambat,
Kot Diji and
Sobhodero. There is one university named
Shah Abdul Latif University as well as following Colleges in Khairpur