Karachi Division (Urdu: ) is an administrative division shared between the Kohistan and Larr regions of the Sindh Province of Pakistan, created in December 1960. There are seven districts in Karachi Division. The CNIC code of Karachi Division is 42. According to the 2023 Pakistani census, the population of Karachi Division is 20,382,881.
History 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. Commissioner Karachi division was made DCO, City District government Karachi.
On 11 July 2011, the Sindh Government restored five districts of Karachi division.
In November 2013, a sixth district, Korangi, was formed by splitting District Karachi East.
In August 2020, the Sindh cabinet approved formation of the seventh district in Karachi – the Keamari District – by splitting District West.
In March 2024, the Sindh government renamed the four existing districts to their famous areas names.
Old namesNew namesKarachi South DistrictKarachi DistrictKarachi Central DistrictNazimabad DistrictKarachi East DistrictGulshan DistrictKarachi West DistrictOrangi District
Demographics
In the 2023 Pakistani census, Karachi Division had a population of 20,382,88, roughly equal to the country Sri Lanka, or the US state of Florida. It consisted of 10,787,338 males and 9,567,463 females. The literacy rate of the division was 69.11% in which female literacy rate was 71.77% and male literacy rate was 68.11%.
Languages
LanguageRank2023 censusSpeakersUrdu150.67%10,315,905Pashto213.51%2,752,148Sindhi311.12%2,264,189Punjabi48.08%1,645,282Balochi53.97%808,352Saraiki63.70%753,903Hindko73.21%653,727Others85.71%1,163,968All9100%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.
List of the Districts #DistrictHeadquarterArea (km2)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km2)
(2023)Lit. rate (2023)1GulshanGulshan-e-Iqbal1393,921,74228,220.180.07%2NazimabadNorth Nazimabad693,822,32555,838.883.55%3KorangiKorangi1083,128,97128,968.879.86%4OrangiOrangi Town3702,679,3807,238.167.43%5MalirMalir Town2,1602,432,2481,126.863.14%6KarachiSaddar Town1222,329,76419,104.678.57%7KeamariMoriro Mirbahar5592,068,4513,699.862.07%
List of the Tehsils
TehsilArea (km²)Population (2023)Density (ppl/km²) (2023)Literacy rate (2023)DistrictsLyari Town6949,878158,313.0068.40%Karachi DistrictSaddar Town35159,3634,553.2388.56%Aram Bagh4237,22459,306.0086.43%Civil Lines73480,4806,581.9284.75%Garden4502,819125,704.7584.50%Gulberg Town14613,72443,837.4389.92%Nazimabad DistrictLiaquatabad Town6547,70691,284.3383.69%New Karachi Town181,165,74264,763.4479.82%North Nazimabad Town23922,41340,104.9183.01%Nazimabad8572,74071,592.5084.73%Jamshed Town11656,01459,637.6485.99%Gulshan DistrictFerozabad201,167,69258,384.6083.02%Gulshan-e-Iqbal29979,50233,775.9389.18%Gulzar-e-Hijri791,118,53414,158.6664.74%Korangi Town591,363,99223,118.5170.93%Korangi DistrictLandhi Town19681,29435,857.5884.60%Shah Faisal Town21641,89430,566.3889.60%Model Colony9441,79149,087.8986.85%Orangi Town9596,91966,324.3360.76%Orangi DistrictManghopir3421,081,7533,163.0263.03Mominabad191,000,70852,668.8476.07%Gadap Town1,104100,35190.9058.94%Malir DistrictBin Qasim447322,915722.4062.19%Airport41254,3706,204.1586.74%Ibrahim Hyderi971,341,63813,831.3257.91%Murad Memon Goth195376,9871,933.2771.88%Shah Mureed27635,987130.3949.70%Keamari Town50451,8019,036.0255.61%Keamari DistrictBaldia Town34948,59727,899.9164.25%S.I.T.E. Town25449,12017,964.8068.48%Mauripur450218,933486.5252.76%
Constituencies
Provincial Assembly ConstituencyNational Assembly ConstituencyDistrictPS-84 Karachi Malir-INA-229 Karachi Malir-IMalirPS-85 Karachi Malir-IIPS-86 Karachi Malir-IIINA-230 Karachi Malir-IIPS-87 Karachi Malir-IVPS-88 Karachi Malir-VNA-231 Karachi Malir-IIIPS-89 Karachi Malir-VIPS-90 Karachi Korangi-INA-232 Karachi Korangi-IKorangiPS-91 Karachi Korangi-IIPS-92 Karachi Korangi-IIINA-233 Karachi Korangi-IIPS-93 Karachi Korangi-IVPS-94 Karachi Korangi-VPS-95 Karachi Korangi-VINA-234 Karachi Korangi-IIIPS-96 Karachi Korangi-VIIPS-97 Karachi East-INA-235 Karachi East-IKarachi EastPS-98 Karachi East-IIPS-99 Karachi East-IIINA-236 Karachi East-IIPS-100 Karachi East-IVPS-103 Karachi East-VIINA-237 Karachi East-IIIPS-104 Karachi East-VIIIPS-105 Karachi East-IXPS-101 Karachi East-VNA-238 Karachi East-IVPS-102 Karachi East-VIPS-106 Karachi South-INA-239 Karachi South-IKarachi SouthPS-107 Karachi South-IINA-240 Karachi South-IIPS-108 Karachi South-IIIPS-109 Karachi South-IVNA-241 Karachi South-IIIPS-110 Karachi South-VPS-112 Karachi Keamari-IINA-242 Karachi Keamari-IKeamariPS-113 Karachi Keamari-IIIPS-114 Karachi Keamari-IVPS-111 Karachi Keamari-INA-243 Karachi Keamari-IIPS-115 Karachi Keamari-VPS-116 Karachi West-INA-244 Karachi West-IKarachi WestPS-117 Karachi West-IIPS-118 Karachi West-IIINA-245 Karachi West-IIPS-119 Karachi West-IVPS-120 Karachi West-VNA-246 Karachi West-IIIPS-121 Karachi West-VIPS-122 Karachi Central-INA-247 Karachi Central-IKarachi CentralPS-123 Karachi Central-IIPS-124 Karachi Central-IIINA-248 Karachi Central-IIPS-125 Karachi Central-IVPS-126 Karachi Central-VPS-127 Karachi Central-VINA-249 Karachi Central-IIIPS-128 Karachi Central-VIIPS-129 Karachi Central-VIIINA-250 Karachi Central-IVPS-130 Karachi Central-IX
CNIC codes 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
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