Usta Muhammad

The city has an area of 978 km².

According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the city population was approximately 76,753,[1] while the tehsil population was estimated to be 186,226.[2]

Religion

Relative to their share of the overall Balochistan population (0.4 percent), the city of Usta Muhammad has a significant Hindu community, forming approximately 4.2 percent of the population as of the 2017 census.[1]

Religious groups in Usta Muhammad City
(1941 & 2017)

Religious group	1941[3]: 13–14		2017[1][4]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	1,154	59.95%	73,103	95.24%
Hinduism	688	35.74%	3,227	4.2%
Sikhism	77	4%	—	—
Christianity	6	0.31%	75	0.1%
Others	0	0%	348	0.45%
Total population	1,925	100%	76,753	100%

The city has one Municipal Corporation where the Chief Administrator sits, and an Office of the Assistant Commissioner who controls the city's executive works and Price Control.

Unions in the district are Ali-abad, Faiz-abad, Khanpur, Bari Shaakh, Mehrabpur, Piral-abad, Qabula, Samaji, Sobarani, Usta Muhammad I, Usta Muhammad II, and Usta Muhammad III.

Usta Mohammad is in the Kachhi plain basin, with an average altitude of about 55 meters. Annual rainfall is about 90mm, of which 60mm falls in winter (November–May).[5] Winters are cold, and summers are dry and hot.

As of 2020;

People in the city area of Usta Muhammad are much more noble and have businesses in commercial places. Mostly wealthy people here own rice mills, and some have Estate Agency businesses. People in the city who are poor are mostly labourers.

In remote areas, some people are landlords while others have small businesses.

The people of the district are predominantly poor, with inadequate access to medical supplies and facilities.[6]

Crops include rice, wheat, and sorghum. A 2002 survey determined that the incidence of Sporisorium sorghi, the causal organism of sorghum grain smut, reached 7% in Usta Mohammad.[7] A survey of rice farmers found that 33% were illiterate, 55% farmed from 12 to 40 acres of land, and 58.3% were tenant farmers.[8] Some farms raise cattle, sheep, and goats.[9] Usta Mohammad has Railwaystation railways boundary connected Usta to Larkana (sindh) Usta Mohammad is 2nd biggest Business city of Balochistan. Usta is 2nd most populated city in Balochistan province Tea is very famous cafe among sttlers.

The city has an Agri-Development Institute[10] and a Government Degree College. Every student went to the other cities for their studies because there were nothing any Study system like ( library,Hostels and many other facilities.

Usta Mohammad has not a railway station; its railway boundaries are connected to Garhi Khairo, Larkana (Sindh).

• Jaffarabad District
• Dera Allah Yar
• Garhi Khairo