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Khairpur , , (khīr´pūr) is a city and the capital of the Khairpur District, in Sindh Province, Pakistan. It is the twelfth largest city in the province and was founded in 1783 by Mir Sohrab Khan, who established the Khairpur branch of the Talpur clan. The settlement was selected as the seat of the Mirs of northern Sindh. It was the capital of the former princely state of Khairpur. The great mystic Sufi Sachal Sarmast came from this city, which is noted for its dates, known in the Sindhi language as Khark, and in Urdu as Khajoor. It has 8 talukas, 76 Union councils, 11 towns, 6800 Villages and total population 1546587 (Male 810448 and Female Population 736139) according to (Census) 1998. Its best known cities are Khairpur, Thari Mirwah, Faiz Ganj (Karoondi), Pacca Chang, Bhangu Behan, Ranipur, Gambat, Kot Diji and Sobhodero. There is one university named Shah Abdul Latif University as well as following Colleges in Khairpur
- Mehran University College Of Engineering And Technology SZAB Campus Khairpur ,
- Khairpur College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology (KCAET) at Khairpur,
- IBA Community College Khairpur ,
- Govt: College Of Technology Khairpur Mir's (GCT KHP), Khairpur, Pakistan,
- LUMHS Khairpur Medical College.
The State of Khairpur (، ), also transliterated as Khairpur or Khayrpur, was a princely state on the Indus River in modern-day Sindh, Pakistan, with its capital city at Khairpur. The state was counted amongst the Rajputana states (now Rajasthan in India) to the east. It was a Princely state of Pakistan from 1947 until its end in 1955.
Khairpur or Khayrpur may refer to:
- Khairpur city, Sindh province, Pakistan
- Khairpur District, which has Khairpur city as its capital
- Khairpur (princely state), a former princely state of Pakistan and British India, abolished in 1955
- Khairpur village, Chakwal District