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Encyclopedia Britannica



LARKHANA

This article appears in Volume V16, Page 219 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LAP-LEO
LARKHANA , a town and
district
  of British India, in Sind, Bombay. The town is on a canal not far from the Indus, and has a station on the North-Western railway, 281 M. N. by E. of Karachi. It is pleasantly situated in a fertile locality, and is well laid out with wide streets and spacious gardens. It is a centre of trade, with manufactures of
cotton
 , silk, leather, metal-
ware
  and
paper
 . Pop. (1901) 14,543.
Av.
The
DISTRICT
  OF LARKHANA, lying along the right bank of the Indus, was formed out of portions of Sukkur and Karachi districts in Igor, and has an area of 5091 sq. m.; pop. (1901) 656,083, showing an increase of ro% in the decade. Its western part is mountainous, but the
remainder
  is a plain of
alluvium
  watered by canals and well cultivated, being the most fertile part of Sind. The staple
grain
 -crops are
rice
 , wheat and millets, which are exported, together with wool,
cotton
  and other agricultural produce. Cotton cloth, carpets, salt and leather goods are manufactured, and dyeing is an important industry. The district is served by the North-Western railway.


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