Khairpur, Pakistan

Khairpur (Urdu: خیرپور, khīr´poor) is the twelfth largest city in the province of Sindh in southeast Pakistan. Today it is the capital of Khairpur District . It was once the capital of the former princely state of Khayrpur.

Population

According to the 1998 census, 102,188 lived there. At the 1981 census, there were only 61,447.

References

• World Gazetteer population figures for Khairpur
• Khairpur Heritage & Welfare NGO
• Mohammed Sadiq Naqvi - Ghairat Naqvi The Great Poet and Scholar of Khairpur Mirs.