{{Infobox settlement | name = Chachro | official_name = | native_name = {{Nastaliq|}} | settlement_type = Tehsil | image_skyline = | imag esize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = Chachro.svg | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{Coord|25|6|40|N|70|15|17|E|type:adm3rd_region:PK|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Sindh#Pakistan | pushpin_label_position = left<!-- left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Pakistan | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Sindh | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Tharparkar | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_m = | elevation_m_min = | elevation_m_max = | population_density_km2 = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | area_code = | area_code_type = Calling code | timezone1 = PST | utc_offset1 = +5 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Chachro''' (Sindhi:ڇاڇرو)/(Urdu:چھاچھرو) is the largest tehsil (subdivision) of Tharparkar district in Sindh, Pakistan, by population. It is located in the southeastern part of Pakistan, near the Indian border, inside the Thar Desert. According to the 2023 Census of Pakistan, the population of Chachro tehsil is 371,769, making it the most populated tehsil in Tharparkar.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Chachro |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/pakistan/sindh/admin/tharparkar/81901__chachro/ |accessdate=1 March 2023 |publisher=City Population}}</ref>
== History == During the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971, the Indian Army captured Chachro during the Chachro Raid. It remained under Indian control for eleven months, and was returned to Pakistan on 22 December 1972 after the Shimla Agreement.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Raina |first=Dr Ramesh |title=India’s occupation of Pakistan’s Tharparkar in 1971 – the war Pakistan forgot |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/indias-occupation-of-pakistans-tharparkar-in-1971-the-war-pakistan-forgot/ |access-date=2026-03-21 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
== Geography == The Chachro is part of the Thar desert region. The taluka's ground water is highly polluted with arsenic, fluoride and nitrate contamination. The taluka has total area of 4103 sq.km.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Samtio |first=Muhammad Soomar |last2=Hakro |first2=Asghar A. A. D. |last3=Rajper |first3=Khadim Hussain |last4=Mastoi |first4=Abdul Shakoor |last5=Rajper |first5=Riaz Hussain |last6=Lashari |first6=Rafique Ahmed |date=2021 |title=Hydrogeochemical Assessment of Groundwater of Taluka Chachro, Thar Parker, district, Sindh, Pakistan |url=https://www.econ-environ-geol.org/index.php/ojs/article/view/101 |journal=International Journal of Economic and Environmental Geology |language=en |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=38–44 |doi=10.46660/ijeeg.v12i2.101 |issn=2223-957X|doi-access=free }}</ref>
== Demographics ==
=== Language === Almost all the people in Chachro speak Sindhi (99.8%).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chachro (Taluka, Pakistan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/pakistan/sindh/admin/tharparkar/81901__chachro/ |access-date=2026-03-21 |website=citypopulation.de}}</ref> The Dhatki language is spoken here.{{cn|date=April 2026}}
=== Population growth === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Census !Population<br /> (Chachro Taluka) |- |1998 | style="text-align:right" |167,235 |- |2017 | style="text-align:right" |350,807 |- |2023 | style="text-align:right" |371,769 |} Chachro has become the largest tehsil in Tharparkar District. About 93% of the population lives in rural areas. The tehsil has a literacy rate of about 69%.<ref name=":0" />
=== Religion === {{bar box |title=Religions in Chachro tehsil (2023)<ref name=religion>{{cite web |title=Table 9: Population by Sex, Religion and Rural/Urban, Census - 2023 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_9_sindh_districts.pdf |website=pbs.gov.pk |publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics |access-date=22 August 2025 |language=en |date=2023}}</ref> |titlebar=#FCD116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars= {{bar percent|Islam|green|64.56}} {{bar percent|Hinduism|darkorange|35.34}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.11}} }}Islam is followed by majority of the tehsil's population with significant Hindu population. The region is known for religious harmony and coexistence between Hindu and Muslim communities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=No cow slaughtering in Pakistan’s border district, not under compulsion but respect |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1360936/amp |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=Arab News |language=en}}</ref> == See also ==
== References == {{Reflist}}
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