Nagarparkar Tehsil

Nagarparkar (Urdu: نگرپاركر, Sindhi: ننگرپارڪر), is a tehsil in at the base of the Karoonjhar Mountains in Tharparkar District in Sindh province of Pakistan.

There is a saying that the Karoonjhar hills provide 1-1/4 kilos of gold every day in the form of red granite stone, china clay, and honey.

The sex ratio was 901 females per 1000 males and the literacy rate for people 10 years and above was 24.17%, the lowest in all taluks of Tharparkar district.

[1] Nagarparkar is located at a unique position at the intersection of three major languages: Sindhi, Marwari and Gujarati.

[2] The remains of a number of Jain temples are popular tourist attractions and heritage sites in the region.

Hindus cremate the dead and ashes are preserved till Shivratri for immersion in the into holy water.

This region is now a significant place of worship for the minority Hindu community due to the temple being located there.