Karachi Division

Division in Sindh, Pakistan

Karachi Division

کراچی ڈویژن

Division

Coordinates: 24°54′21″N 67°04′50″E﻿ / ﻿24.9059°N 67.0805°E﻿ / 24.9059; 67.0805
Country|  Pakistan
Province|  Sindh
Capital| Karachi
Established| December 1960; 64 years ago (December 1960)
Founded by| Ayub Khan
Districts|

* Gulshan District
Karachi District
Keamari District
Korangi District
Malir District
Nazimabad District
Orangi District

Government

• Type| Divisional Administration
• Commissioner| Syed Hassan Naqvi
• Mayor Karachi| Murtaza Wahab
Area

• Division

| 3,527 km2 (1,362 sq mi)
Population

(2023)[1]

• Division

| 20,382,881
• Density| 5,800/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
• Urban

| 18,868,021 (92.57%)
• Rural

| 1,514,860
• Avg. Household size

| 5.9
| combined population of all districts
Literacy

[2]

• Literacy rate|

* Total:
(69.11%)
* Male:
(68.18%)
* Female:
(71.77%)

Time zone| UTC+5 (PKT)
Postal code|

74XXX–75XXX

Dialling code| 021
ISO 3166 code| PK-SD

Karachi Division (Urdu: کراچی ڈویژن ) is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan created in December 1960. There are seven districts in Karachi Division. 4210160210681 code of Karachi Division is 42. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Karachi Division is 20,382,881 (20 million).

## History

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The East India Company occupied Sindh in 1843 and created Karachi District.

In December 1960 Lasbela became a separate district from Kalat division and was placed to form Karachi-Bela division.

In 1972, Lasbela district transferred back to Kalat division and Karachi district divided into three districts; East, West and South.

In 1996, two more districts Central and Malir was created in Karachi division.

The Karachi Division was abolished in 2001 and five districts of Karachi were merged in City District Karachi. The City District Karachi was divided in 18 towns and 178 union councils.[3] Commissioner Karachi division was made DCO City District government Karachi.

On 11 July 2011, the Sindh Government restored five districts of Karachi division.[4]

In November 2013, a new district (sixth), Korangi was formed by splitting District Karachi East.[5][6]

In August 2020, Sindh cabinet approved formation of the seventh district in Karachi—Keamari District, which was formed by splitting District West.[7][8]

Recently, the Sindh government renamed the four existing districts to their famous areas names.

Old names  | New names

|

Karachi South District  | Karachi District
Karachi Central District  | Nazimabad District
Karachi East District  | Gulshan District
Karachi West District  | Orangi District

Currently, the Sindh government is planning to create Bin Qasim district after bifurcating Malir district.

## Demographics

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In the 2023 Pakistani census, Karachi Division had a population of 20.3 millions (total 20,357,474) consists of 10,787,338 males & females 9,567,463.

Languages

Languages of Karachi Division (2023 Pakistani census)[9]

Urdu (50.67%)

Pashto (13.51%)

Sindhi (11.12%)

Punjabi (8.08%)

Saraiki (3.70%)

Balochi (3.97%)

Hindko (3.21%)

Others (5.71%)

Language  | Rank  | 2023 census[10] | Speakers

|
|
|

Urdu | 1  | 50.67%  | 10,315,905
Pashto | 2  | 13.51%  | 2,752,148
Sindhi | 3  | 11.12%  | 2,264,189
Punjabi | 4  | 8.08%  | 1,645,282
Balochi | 5  | 3.97%  | 808,352
Saraiki | 6  | 3.70%  | 753,903
Hindko | 7  | 3.21%  | 653,727
Others  | 8  | 5.71%  | 1,163,968
All  | 9  | 100%  | 20,357,474

At the time of the 2023 Pakistani census, 10,315,905 spoke Urdu, 2,752,148 Pashto, 1,645,282 Punjabi, 2,264,189 Sindhi, 753,903 Saraiki, 808,352 Balochi, 653,727 Hindko, 50,982 Kashmiri, 75,993 Brahui, 21,860 Shina, 26,906 Balti, 30,375 Mewati, 614 Kalasha, 14,073 Koshistani, 943,165 others, as their first language of total 20,357,474.[11]

Karachi Division

## List of the Districts

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#  | District  | Headquarter  | Area

(km²)[12]

| Pop.

(2023)

| Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

| Lit. rate

(2023)

|
|
|
|
|
|

1  | Nazimabad District | North Nazimabad | 69  | 3,822,325  | 55,838.8  | 83.55%
2  | Gulshan District | Gulshan e Iqbal | 139  | 3,921,742  | 28,220.1  | 80.07%
3  | Karachi District | Saddar Karachi | 122  | 2,329,764  | 19,104.6  | 78.57%
4  | Orangi District | Orangi Town | 370  | 2,679,380  | 7,238.1  | 67.43%
5  | Keamari | Moriro Mirbahar  | 559  | 2,068,451  | 3,699.8  | 62.07%
6  | Korangi | Korangi | 108  | 3,128,971  | 28,968.8  | 79.86%
7  | Malir | Malir | 2,160  | 2,432,248  | 1,126.8  | 63.14%

## List of the Tehsils

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#  | Tehsil  | Area

(km²)[13]

| Pop.

(2023)

| Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

| Lit. rate

(2023)

| Districts

|
|
|
|
|
|

1  | Gulberg Town | 14  | 613,724  | 43,837.43  |  | Karachi Central District
2  | Liaquatabad Town | 6  | 547,706  | 91,284.33  |
3  | New Karachi Town | 18  | 1,165,742  | 64,763.44  |
4  | North Nazimabad Town | 23  | 922,413  | 40,104.91  |
5  | Nazimabad | 8  | 572,740  | 71,592.50  |
6  | North Karachi |  |  |  |
7  | Gulistan-e-Jouhar (G-E-J)  |  |  |  |  | Karachi East District
8  | Gulshan Town |  |  |  |
9  | Jamshed Town | 11  | 656,014  | 59,637.64  |
10  | Ferozabad | 20  | 1,167,692  | 58,384.60  |
11  | Gulshan-E-Iqbal | 29  | 979,502  | 33,775.93  |
12  | Gulzar-E-Hijri | 79  | 1,118,534  | 14,158.66  |
13  | Lyari Town | 6  | 949,878  | 158,313.00  |  | Karachi South District
14  | Saddar Town | 35  | 159,363  | 4,553.23  |
15  | Aram Bagh | 4  | 237,224  | 59,306.00  |
16  | Civil Line | 73  | 480,480  | 6,581.92  |
17  | Garden | 4  | 502,819  | 125,704.75  |
18  | Orangi Town | 9  | 596,919  | 66,324.33  |  | Karachi West District
19  | Manghopir | 342  | 1,081,753  | 3,163.02  |
20  | Maripur | 450  | 218,933  | 486.52  |
21  | Mominabad | 19  | 1,000,708  | 52,668.84  |
22  | Ittehad Town |  |  |  |
23  | Baldia Town |  |  |  |
24  | Korangi Town | 59  | 1,363,992  | 23,118.51  |  | Korangi District
25  | Landhi Town | 19  | 681,294  | 35,857.58  |
26  | Shah Faisal Town | 21  | 641,894  | 30,566.38  |
27  | Model Colony | 9  | 441,791  | 49,087.89  |
28  | Bin Qasim Town | 447  | 322,915  | 722.4  |  | Malir District
29  | Gadap Town | 1,104  | 100,351  | 90.9  |
30  | Malir Town |  |  |  |
31  | Jinnah |  |  |  |
32  | Ibrahim Hyderi | 97  | 1,341,638  | 13,831.32  |
33  | Murad Memon | 195  | 376,987  | 1,933.27  |
34  | Shah Murad | 276  | 35,987  | 130.39  |
35  | Keamari Town | 50  | 451,801  | 9,036.02  |  | Keamari District
36  | Baldia Town | 34  | 948,597  | 27,899.91  |
37  | S.I.T.E. Town | 25  | 449,120  | 17,964.80  |
38  | Karachi Fish Harbour |  |  |  |

## CNIC codes

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* Nazimabad District 42101
* Gulshan District 42201
* Karachi District 42301
* Orangi District 42401
* Korangi District same as Gulshan District
* Malir District 42501
* Keamari District same as Orangi District

## References

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1. ^ "Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban, Census-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
2. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
3. ^ City District Government Karachi Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine Official Website
4. ^ Five districts of Karachi restored, Published in The News International on 11 July 2011, Retrieved on 5 August 2012
5. ^ dawn.com, Korangi notified as sixth district of Karachi
6. ^ The News, Korangi made sixth district of Karachi
7. ^ "New district in Karachi". Dawn. Pakistan. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
8. ^ Karachi fits seventh district into its mix – Keamari
9. ^ "TABLE 11 – POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
10. ^ "TABLE 11 – POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
11. ^ "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).
12. ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
13. ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).

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