Chachar

Chachar (or Chacher; چاچڙ) is a Sindhi agricultural tribe. They are found in the Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. In Sindh, majority of them are settled at Sukkur, Ghotki, Kashmore, Jacobabad and Larkana districts. While a minority at Nawabshah, Thatta, Tharparkar and Hyderabad. In Punjab, they are settled at Multan, Khushab, Toba Tek Singh, Sargodha and Sahiwal, while majority of them are found at Mithankot and Chachran Sharif. In Punjab, they speak Saraiki and some of them go by "Rana". The present chief of the Chachar tribe is Sardar Haji Khan Chachar. He was formerly a two-time member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh. Agriculturist Chachars own land in the area between Guddu Barrage and Thatta. Chachars in the Sukkur area were involved in a feud with members of the Mahar tribe in the early years of the 21st century.