was an official borrowed from the Indian Civil Service. The state was sub-divided into five taluks grouped into two sub-divisions. They are the Khairpur sub-division comprising the Khairpur and Gambat taluks and the Mir Wah sub-division comprising Mir Wah, Faiz Ganj and Naro taluks.The two sub-divisions were administered by a naib-wazir each while mukthiarkars were incharge of the taluks. The external relations of the state were in the control of a political agent who was usually the District Collector of Sukkur. Demographics The princely state of Khairpur had a population of 227,183 in 1931 of whom 186,577 (83%) were Muslims, 39894 (17%) were Hindus and people of other religions numbering 712. Hindus were moatly concentrated in the Nara taluk in the east while there were present in substantial numbers in the urban areas of Gambat and Raipur due to migrations. Half the population of Khairpur town was Hindu. Nearly two-thirds of the princely state's population lived on agriculture. List of rulers The Talpur dynasty rulers used title Mir. The Mir George Ali Murad Khan Talpur was the last ruler of dynasty defeated by the Charles James Napier in 1843 at the Battle of Miani. See also Princely States Khairpur (disambiguation) Former administrative units of Pakistan References External links Green Pioneers (United Nations Development Program site) Khairpur District Muslim princely states of India Princely states of Pakistan 1775 establishments in India 1955 disestablishments in Pakistan History of Sindh Talpur dynasty Princely rulers of Pakistan Nawabs of Pakistan