Kunri Tehsil

Kunri (Urdu: کنری; Sindhi: ڪنري) is a Tehsil and town located in the Umarkot District, Sindh province in southern Pakistan. According to the 2023 Pakistani census, Kunri Tehsil had a population of 237,063.

Kunri is known as the chili capital of Asia due to the prolific cultivation and production of chili peppers. The climatic conditions and soil of Kunri contribute to the chili quantity. The dundicut chili variety grown here are known for its distinct flavour and is exported to Arab, European countries etc. The Chili cultivation started here in 1960, when seeds were bought from Radha Ram region near Lahore. And within a decade Kunri became the largest chili market of Asia. The Chili Research center under the Sindh Horticulture Research Institute is located here.

Kunri is host to several small-scale educational institutions, including government high schools named Qazi Sultan, Fazal e Umer, and Nusrat Jahan.

As of the 2017 census, slightly over half (50.465%) of the population of the Kunri Tehsil were Hindus, with Muslims making up most of the remainder (47.66%). Just over 3,000 Ahmadis live in the Tehsil, which accounts for most of the Ahmadi population within the Umerkot District. Additionally, a small Christian population resides in Kunri.