Diplo, Sindh


Diplo, is a Taluka in Tharparkar District, in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is located at 24°28'0N 69°35'0E with an altitude of. It is located in Thar desert.
Taluka Diplo is one of the oldest towns of Sindh. It is situated in the south and borders
Runn of Katch. Deepo Menghwar first established this town. After the partition, Diplo
was made Taluka headquarter of district Tharparkar. It has a Taluka hospital, one-degree
college, one government high school for boys, one government high school for girls, one
vocational school, ten government primary schools for boys and eight government
primary school for girls.
village in Diplo
Diplo is 40 kilometers ways from Mithi and 107 kilometers from
Badin and is connected with these towns by metalled roads.
After partition this town was sanitary committee till 1959. Afterwards, it was made union
council. In 1974 it was up-graded as Town Committee. In 2001 with the introduction of
new local government system Taluka Council/Taluka Municipal Administration Diplo
was established. Taluka Council Diplo consists of following union council:
Parbrahma Dham also known as Verijhap Dham or Chhari Saheb Dham at Diplo taluka is an ancient Shiva Temple considered as Jyotirlinga where thousands of yatris arrive for "Divya Jyot Darshan" from a Jar. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947 the migrated Hindus worship Chhari Saheb at Sadashiv Chhari Mandir, Kubernagar in Ahmedabad. However many devotees across the world arrive in Diplo during the annual "Parbrahma Jo Melo" or "Parbrahma Mela" held in Jeth.