Its geographical coordinates are 28° 12" 0" North, 68° 47" 0" East and its original name (with diacritics) is Udi. He is considered to be one of the most powerful Feudal Lords of the district and belongs from the historic Sarki dynasty of Sindh, which was formerly known as the Sharqi empire of Jaunpur. He is reported to be the key person behind the major political decisions taken in the locality.
He began his political career from the age of 24 behind the leadership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, former President and Prime minister of Pakistan. He was the covering candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party candidate Mir Hassan Khosa in the 1988 election and was later appointed as the Chairman of Treasury for Thul taluka in 1990. He was elected as the central President of Pakistan Peoples Haree Committee, Sindh (PHCS) in 1998 and served on this post till 27 November 2007, when he was controversially suspended from the office by the then President of People's Party Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah who is the acting Chief Minister of Sindh, with allegations of helping his nephew and former Inter-Provincial Company-ordination minister of the centrist Pakistan Muslim League (Q), Doctor Sohrab Sarki, win the election against the candidate of PPP.
