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Karachi Division

Coordinates: 24°54′21″N 67°04′50″E / 24.9059°N 67.0805°E / 24.9059; 67.0805
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Karachi Division
کراچی ڈویژن
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Division
Location of Karachi Division
Coordinates: 24°54′21″N 67°04′50″E / 24.9059°N 67.0805°E / 24.9059; 67.0805
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
CapitalKarachi
EstablishedDecember 1960; 63 years ago (December 1960)
Founded byAyub Khan
Districts
07
Government
 • TypeDivisional Administration
 • CommissionerSyed Hassan Naqvi
 • Mayor KarachiMurtaza Wahab
Area
 • Division3,527 km2 (1,362 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Division20,382,881
 • Density5,800/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:
    (75.11%)
  • Male:
    (77.18%)
  • Female:
    (72.77%)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PKT)
Postal code
74XXX–75XXX
Dialling code021
ISO 3166 codePK-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. CNIC 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%)
  Punjabi (8.08%)
  Sindhi (11.12%)
  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]

Districts of Karachi Division

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Karachi Division

There are seven districts of Karachi, namely:

List of the Tehsils

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# Tehsil Area

(km²)[12]

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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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).
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