HISTORY OF LARKANA

SOME HISTORY OF LARKANA

The name was taken from the Larik (caste) as Larkana, at that time the chief of the caste was Sardar Saeed Nawaz Larik.Larkanais the fourth largest city in the north-western part of Sindh Province, Pakistan and the District Larkana lies in north latitudes 27- 16’ . It shape is roughly octagonal. The district is bounded on the north by Balochistan Province, on the east by Shikarpur and Khairpur districts and part of Nausheroferoz district, to the south, is bounded by the Dadu District and to the west by the Kohistan area of the Khirthar range, which separates it side, adjoining the Shikarpur, Khairpur and Nausheroferoz district.Geographically, the district is divided into three parts viz, the Kohistan Tract, Central Canal Irrigation Tract and the Eastern Tract. The Western portion of the district comprising western parts of Shahdadkot, Kamber and the Warah Talukas consists of the Kohistan area. A range of limestone hills and mountains referred to by the old writers as the “Hallar”, but generally known as the Khirthar range, extends along the whole western boundary of the district, with a breadth of 19 to 21 kilometers in a straight line.

Hotels and Restaurants in District

• Sapna INN Hotel & Restaurant
• Paris INN Hotel & Restaurant
• Green Palace Hotel & Restaurant
• Al-Mansoor Hotel & Restaurant
• Sambara INN

BANKS IN LARKANA

• Bank AL falah Ltd
• Bank AL Habib Ltd
• United Bank Ltd
• Habib Bank Ltd
• NIB Bank Ltd
• Allied Bank Ltd
• MCB Bank Ltd
• SILK BANK Ltd
• Askari Bank Ltd
• Standard Charterd Bank Ltd 

HOSPITALS IN LARKANA

1. CHANDKA MEDICAL COLLEGE
2. AGHA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL  
3.  LINAR (Cancer Hospital/Nuclear Medical Center)  
4.  Hospitals working under Chandka Medical College     
5. City Block (Civil Hospital)

•        Casualty
•        CCU (Coronary Care Unit)
•        Surgical and Medical Emergency Ward
•        ENT/Eye Ward

1.  Teaching Hospital 
2.  Sheikh Zayed Hospital for Women
3.  Sheikh Zayed Hospital for Children
4.  Government Hospital (Mohalla Murad Wahan)
5.  Railway Hospital
6.  Red Crescent Hospital
7.  Police Dispensary

Private Medical Facilities in Larkana

•  Larkana Medical Center
•  Almas Medical Center
•  Latif Medical Center
•  Mehran Medical Center
•  Sindh Medical Center
•  Batool Medical Center

Schools

• Government Pilot High School 
• Miuncipal High School
• District Council High School
• Girls High School
• Abdul Qadir Middle School
• Walid High School
• Deeni Madarsa High School

Colleges

• Government Degree College
• Government Pilot College
• Municipal College
• Government Girls College (previously the Madarsa constructed 1901)

Professional Institutes

• Chandka Medical College
• Polytechnic Institute
• Teachers' Training College
• Nursing School
• Paramedic School
• Police Training School
• Women's Teaching and Training School