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Khorwah, also spelled Khore Wah,[1] is a village and deh in Shaheed Fazil Rahu taluka of Badin District, Sindh.[3] As of 2017, it has a population of 7,574, in 1,404 households.[2] It is located about 26 miles south of Tando Muhammad Khan by road, with other roads connecting it to Badin, Mirpur Bathoro, and Bulri Shah Karim.[4]

Khorwah Khore Wah
Village
Khorwah Location in Sindh Show map of Sindh Khorwah Khorwah (Pakistan) Show map of Pakistan
Coordinates: 24.752685°N 68.415223°E / 24.752685; 68.415223[1]
Country	Pakistan
Region	Sindh
District	Badin
Population  (2017)[2]
• Total	7,574
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+6 (PDT)

Khorwah is the seat of a tapedar circle, which also includes the villages of Lakhi, Miano Karath, Narbut, and Nokhi.[2] It is also the seat of a Union Council, which has a total population of 39,475.[5]

Khorwah was founded in the late 1700s by Kamal Khor.[4][note 1] As of 1874, it was described as a village held directly by the British government, and it had a population of 914 people, including 649 Hindus and 235 Muslims.[4] Most residents were agriculturalists, along with a few merchants and shopkeepers.[4] It was not as significant producer of manufacturing goods or a trading centre, although there was local trade in cloth, grain, and ghee.[4] Some ghee and rice did also get traded long-distance, but only very little.[4] It was then the seat of a tappedar in the pargana of Guni, and it also had a police lines.[4]

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