Usta Mohammad

Usta Mohammad
اوستہ محمد‬
City
Usta Mohammad
اوستہ محمد‬
Usta Mohammad
اوستہ محمد‬
Coordinates: 28°10′42″N 68°2′35″E / 28.17833°N 68.04306°E / 28.17833; 68.04306Coordinates: 28°10′42″N 68°2′35″E / 28.17833°N 68.04306°E / 28.17833; 68.04306
Country Pakistan
Province Balochistan
District Jafarabad District
Languages Spoken Balochi, Sindhi, Brahui, Saraiki

Usta Mohammad (Urdu: اوستہ محمد‎) is a city and sub-division of the Jafarabad District of Balochistan Province, Pakistan. The subdivision has an area of 978 km² and had an estimated population of 160,230 in 2008. The city has an area of 3.3 km² and an estimated population of 35,000. Usta Mohammad has Railway station; it's railway boundaries are connected to Larkana (Sindh).

Rice Mills in Usta Mohammed

The city has 120+ Rice mills. Throughout Baluchistan, rice is mostly supplied from Usta Mohammad. It is also one of the biggest rice producing cities

Government Degree College of Usta Muhammad

Govt Degree College Usta Muhammad

There is a Degree College in Usta Muhammad which very old & 1st Degree college in Naseerabad division, Students from various cities study here for mostly BA/B.sc from Jhal Magsi, Dera Allahyar,Gandakha. Degree college Usta Muhammad is situated outside of city near Canal road.

GDC Usta M is also now providing best type education, Recently in 2017 it has started Bs Programme which was headed by Sir Abdul Baqi and still continuing.

People

More than 99% of the people of the district are Muslims. Major Baloch tribes in the district include:,Langah (Baloch), Chandia (Baloch) , Umrani (Baloch), Jamali (Baloch), Qambrani (Baloch), Rind (Baloch),Gujjar (Siraiki), Qureshi (Siraiki), Gola, Soomro Sindhi), Siapad Rind, Lashari, (Mahesar), Abro (Sindhi), Lehri (Brahvi), Mastoi (Sindhi), (Nausherwani), Waswani, and other tribes including: Siyal,wadha Samejo Jamali, Khoso, Nichari, Rahoojo, Mengal, Shaikh, Pandrani (Brohi) Seelro(Sindhi)and Chandio. On the contrary, Hindu castes are: Jessrani, Chawla, Wadhwani, Kamora, Kalra, Sachdev, Thawarzai, Gurnezai and Rajani.

The sub-division center is the city of Usta Muhammad. Unions in the district are Ali-abad, Faiz-abad, Khanpur, Bari Shaakh, Mehrabpur, Piral-abad, Qabula, Samaji, Sobarani, Usta Muhammad I, Usta Muhammad II, Usta Muhammad III.[1]

Climate and economy

Usta Mohammad is in the Kachhi plain basin, with an average altitude of about 55 meters. Annual rainfall is only about 90mm, of which 60mm falls in winter (November–May).[2] Winters are cold, and summers are dry and extremely hot. The people of the district are poor, with inadequate access to medical supplies and facilities.[3]

The area is sometimes subject to flooding, as happened in June 2007 after Cyclone Yemyin. The Kachhi Canal Project, started in 2002, is expected to have a significant impact in conserving floodwater and controlling water flows.[4]

Crops include rice, wheat and sorghum. A survey in 2002 determine that the incidence of Sporisorium sorghi, the causal organism of grain smut of sorghum, reached 7% in Usta Mohammad.[5] A recent survey of rice farmers in the district found that 33% were illiterate, 55% farmed from 12-40 acres of land, and 58.3% were tenant farmers.[6] Some farms raise cattle, sheep and goats.[7]

The city has an Agri-Development Institute[8] and a Government Degree College.

References

  1. ↑ "Pakistan Government NRB: Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jaffarabad". Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  2. ↑ WATER MANAGEMENT IN BALUCHISTAN
  3. ↑ Medecins Sans Frontieres: "There are new doctors in the hospital" - setting up a programme in Pakistan 18 September 2008
  4. ↑ REHABILITATION OF WATER SECTOR IN BALOCHISTAN: GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT April 2005
  5. ↑ Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) Status of grain smut, Sphacelotheca sorghi, and long smut, Tolyposporium ehrenbergii, of sorghum in Sindh and Balochistan, Pakistan.
  6. ↑ DSINARC/PK (Pakistan) Information sources and adoption of selected recommended technologies for rice crop in USTA Mohammed tehsil of district Jaffarabad, Balochistan
  7. ↑ Livestock & Dairy Development Department Balochistan.
  8. ↑ 2000 04 09 Japan to assist agri sector in Sindh, B'stan
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