Korangi District

Coordinates: 24°53′04″N 67°08′39″E / 24.8844°N 67.1443°E / 24.8844; 67.1443
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Korangi District
ضلع کورنگی
ڪورنگي ضلعو‎
District of Sindh
Street in Korangi Town
Street in Korangi Town
Deputy Commissioner
Saleemullah Odho[2]
 • AdministratorJaved Rehman Kalwar[3]
Area
 • Total108 km2 (42 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[4]
 • Total3,128,971
 • Density29,000/km2 (75,000/sq mi)
Websitedmckorangi.gos.pk

Korangi District (

Urdu: ضلع کورنگی) is one of the seven administrative districts of Karachi last modified in 2013, part of the Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan
.

History

Districts of Karachi Division

The district was a part of District East in Karachi, which was divided in November 2013.[5][6]

The district is diverse include Baloch, Pashtun, Sindhi, Punjabi and other ethnicities.[7]

The district suffers from water crisis and contamination issues. A reverse osmosis plant was inaugurated in Union Council 35 of District Municipal Corporation (DMC) Korangi on 6 March 2017.[8]

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census, Korangi district had 437,932 households and a population of 2,577,556. Korangi had a sex ratio of 913 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 80.19%: 81.56% for males and 78.68% for females. The entire population lived in urban areas. 578,964 (22.46%) were under 10 years of age.[9] In 2023, the district had 493,504 households and a population of 3,128,971.[4]

Religions in Korangi district (2017)[9]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 95.90%
Christianity
 
 3.51%
Hinduism
 
 0.47%
Other or not stated
 
 0.12%

The majority religion is Islam, with 95.90% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 3.51% of the population.[9]

Languages of Korangi district (2017)

  
Hindko
(3.55%)
  Others (6.51%)

At the time of the 2017 census, 61.34% of the population spoke Urdu, 13.55% Punjabi, 5.80% Sindhi, 5.23% Pashto, 4.02% Saraiki and 3.55% Hindko as their first language.[9]

Administrative towns

Korangi District has three administrative towns.[10]

Korangi Town

Union Council
U.C. 1 Bilal Colony
U.C. 2 Nasir Colony
U.C. 3 Chakra Goth
U.C. 4 Mustafa Taj Colony
U.C. 5 Hundred Quarters
U.C. 6 Gulzar Colony
U.C. 7 Korangi Sector 33
U.C. 10 Korangi Sector 34
U.C. 8 Zaman Town
U.C. 9 Hasrat Mohani Colony

Landhi Town

Union Council
U.C. 1 OldMuzafarabad
U.C. 2
Muslimabad
U.C. 3
Dawood Chowrangi
U.C. 4 Moinabad
U.C. 5
Sharafi Goth
U.C. 6
Bhutto Nagar
U.C. 7
Khawaja Ajmeer Colony
U.C. 8 Landhi
U.C. 9
Awami Colony
U.C. 10 Burmee Colony
U.C. 11 Korangi
U.C. 12 Sherabad

Shah Faisal Town

Union Council
U.C. 1 Natha Khan Goth
U.C. 2 Pak Sadat Colony
U.C. 3 Drigh Colony
U.C. 4 Raita Plot
U.C. 5 Moria Khan Goth
U.C. 6
Albadar
U.C. 7 Al-Falah Society
Al-Falah Society in Shah Faisal Town

List of Dehs

The following is a list of Korangi District's dehs, organised by taluka:

  • Shah Faisal taluka (2 dehs)
    • Drigh
    • Drigh Road
  • Model Colony taluka (2 dehs)
    • Mehran-II
    • Thano-II
  • Landhi taluka (2 dehs)
    • Phihai-II
    • Sahrafi-I
  • Korangi taluka (2 dehs)
    • Dih
    • Phihai-I


See also

References

  1. ^ "ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS". Commissioner, Karachi Division.
  2. ^ "Commissioner orders steps to resolve fire safety issues in industrial areas". The News International (newspaper). 10 November 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. ^ "50 buses for Karachi to arrive by January 31, says Wahab". The News International (newspaper). 30 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
  5. ^ Mansoor, Hasan (6 November 2013). "Korangi notified as sixth district of Karachi". Dawn (newspaper). Pakistan. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Korangi made sixth district of Karachi" The News International (newspaper)
  7. ^ District Korangi: Karachi’s newest district looks to new beginnings The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 10 July 2018, Retrieved 6 March 2022
  8. ^ "New RO plant opened in Korangi". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  10. ^ "Districts in Karachi (districts further divided and new district added in 2013 - Korangi District)". Karachi Metropolitan Corporation website. 1 March 2013. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2022.

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