Kandhkot is the chief city of Kandhkot Taluka, Kashmore District

Kashmore District

Kashmore district is a district of Sindh, Pakistan. The capital city is Kashmore which has a population of 312,500. Kashmore is bordered by Ghotki and Shikarpur other district in Sindh. The district is also bordered by Rajanpur and Rahim Yar Khan in Punjab....

 in the Sindh

Sindh

Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...

 province of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. The city is a major hub for the grain

GRAIN

GRAIN is a small international non-profit organisation that works to support small farmers and social movements in their struggles for community-controlled and biodiversity-based food systems. Our support takes the form of independent research and analysis, networking at local, regional and...

 and cattle

Cattle

Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...

 industry. The Anaj mandi (Grain market) of Kandhkot is said to be the second largest grain market of Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

. Kandhkot has its own gas and oil fields. Kashmore lies to its east, Tangwani

Tangwani

Tangwani is a small town in the Kashmore District of Sindh, Pakistan. It is located at 28°17'0N 69°0'0E with an altitude of 69 metres . Tangwani is basically Nutkani tribe...

 to its north, Shikarpur

Shikarpur District

Shikarpur district is a district in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The city of Shikarpur is the capital. It is spread over an area of 2,512 km2, according to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 880,438 of which 23.51% were urban....

 to the west and the Indus River

Indus River

The Indus River is a major river which flows through Pakistan. It also has courses through China and India.Originating in the Tibetan plateau of western China in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region, the river runs a course through the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir and...

 to the south, which links it with Ghotki District

Ghotki District

Ghotki District is a district of Sindh Province, Pakistan. According to the 1998 census it had a population of 970,549 of which 15.69%. Mirpur Mathelo is the capital of Ghotki District.-Administration:...

. include rice

Rice

Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...

 and wheat

Wheat

Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...

. Many social organizations are based in Kandhkot, such as the Education Development Organization, Human Resource Development Initiative and Kainnat Welfare Association. There are many projects that are being run in Kandhkot such as Sindh Development Social Services Program (SDSSP), National Commission for Human Development

National Commission for Human Development

National Commission for Human Development is located in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan is the first country to establish a public-private partnership to mobilize global resources for Human Development following the Monterrey Conference for the International Financing of Development, March 2002...

(NCHD), Sindh Rural Support Organization (SRSO, PPHI and Centre for Peace and Justice Pakistan. There are 45 private schools in Kandhkot city.