Usta Mohammad


Usta Mohammad is a city and sub-division of the Jafarabad District of Balochistan Province, Pakistan.

Geography

The subdivision has an area of 978 km². The city has an area of 3.3 km².

Demographics

The population was estimated to be 186,226 in 2017.
The majority of the people are Balochs, Brahvis and Jamotes;
The Baloch tribes include Jamali, Babbar, Umrani, Rind, Bulledi, Jatoi, Hijwani, Bugti, Mastoi Chandia and others
The Brahui tribes includes Mengal, Bangulzai, Jattak, Lehri, Pandarani, Neechari, Zehri and others
The Jamotes include Soomro Siyal, Usto Palal, Abro, Seelra, Mangi, Solangi, Maken, Langah, Boohar, Kori, Bhangar, Samejo Sheikh Tunio and others
Despite of those Hindus are also in majority mostly in the city area of Usta Mihammad, and Punjabis in the minority.

Governance

The City has one Muincipal Corporation where Chief Administrator sits, and has Office of Assitant Commissioner who controlls the City's executive works and Price Controll.
Unions in the district are Ali-abad, Faiz-abad, Khanpur, Bari Shaakh, Mehrabpur, Piral-abad, Qabula, Samaji, Sobarani, Usta Muhammad I, Usta Muhammad II and Usta Muhammad III.

Geography

Usta Mohammad is in the Kachhi plain basin, with an average altitude of about 55 meters. Annual rainfall is about 90mm, of which 60mm falls in winter. Winters are cold, and summers are dry and hot.

Economy

As 2020 report;
People in City area of Usta Muhammad are much Noble and have Businesses in Commercial Places and mostly wealthy People here own their Rice mills, and some have Estate Agency businesses. Mostly people in City are Poor who are Labours
While in Remote Areas People are Land Lords and others have their small businesses as the 2020 reports.
The people of the district are noble Families poor, with inadequate access to medical supplies and facilities.
Crops include rice, wheat and sorghum. A 2002 survey determined that the incidence of Sporisorium sorghi, the causal organism of sorghum grain smut, reached 7% in Usta Mohammad. A survey of rice farmers found that 33% were illiterate, 55% farmed from 12-40 acres of land, and 58.3% were tenant farmers. Some farms raise cattle, sheep and goats.

Education

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

Transport

Usta Mohammad has a railway station; its railway boundaries are connected to Larkana.