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During the British period '''Thar and Parkar District''' was part a district of [[Sind]] and division of [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay Presidency]]. It covered an area of 13,638 square miles. It included the Thar Desert (or Great Desert) on its eastern side.
==Headquarters==
* East: States of [[Jesalmir]] and [[Marwar]].
* West: [[Nawabshah District]] and [[Hyderabad District]]
==History==
In November 1912, it surrended Sinjhoro taluka to the newly created Nawabshah District and received Digri taluka from Hyderabad District.
==Geography==
It included the Thar Desert.
==Population==
The district's population in 1911 was 433,398. Of these 236,693 were Muslims (54%) and 194,201 Hindus. 2,504 practiced other religions.
==Cities and Towns==
==Health==
====Hospitals====
There were no hospital in the district until 1913. That year saw the opening of a dispensary at Mirpur Khas which was intended to become the Civil Hospital of the district.
====Dispensaries====
* 8 dispensaries
====Veterinary Dispensary====
* Opened at Mirpur Khas in 1913.
District Magistrate was by law a first class Magistrate while Sub-Divisional Magistrates and Resident Magistrates were ordinarily of the first class.
====Jails====
* 11 sub jails (one at each taluka headquarters)
* 15 police lockups
* Hyderabad Central Jail was the prison for the district.
==Transportation==
====Rail====
Mirpurkhas became a railway junction in the early 20th century. Until 1909 there was only a meter gauge line running through the district, from Hyderabad to Marwar Junction. In 1909, the Sind Light Railway Company opened a line from Mirpurkhas to Jhudo.
==External Links==
[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Thar_And_Parkar Thar and Parkar] Love to Know 1911<br>
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_312.gif Thar and Parkar] Imperial Gazetteer
[[Category:Locations]]
==Further Reading==
