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Chachro(Urdu:چھاچھرو) is a Tehsil in the Tharparkar District of Sindh, Pakistan. It is located in the southeast corner of Pakistan, in the Thar Desert, along the Pakistan-India border. It has a population of 351,263.[1]

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Chachro
Tehsil
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Coordinates: 25°6′40″N 70°15′17″E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
District	Tharparkar
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Geography

Chachro is divided into three areas: Khahor, Kantho and Parkar. Residents speak the Dhatki language, as well as Sindhi, Urdu and Gujarati. The majority of the population is Muslim, the Hindu migrated to India after the independence of Pakistan in 1947.

History

Chachro was under the administration of the Indian Army in 1965 for eleven months. Afterwards, due to political tensions, Thakur Laxman Singh Sodha who was a ruling figure, left for India along with his allies in 1970. Rajputs and the entire Charan community of Chachro who were in alliance with Laxman Singh, left for India leaving the city of Chachro emptied out. They crossed the then porous Indo-Pak border leading to the Indian state of Rajasthan.[2][3]

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