Korangi District

Korangi District (Urdu: ضلع کورنگی) is one of the seven administrative districts of Karachi Division, created in 2013 after the area's split from Karachi East District. Located in eastern Karachi in the province of Sindh, Pakistan, its population is 3,127,976, according to the 2023 census.

Korangi District ضلع کورنگی
District of Karachi Division
Street in Korangi Town
Seal
Etymology: Karachi East
Map of Korangi District
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Division	Karachi Division
Preceded	District Karachi East (1972-2013)
Established	2013; 11 years ago (2013)
Headquarters[1]	DMC Korangi
Administrative Towns	04 Korangi Subdivision Landhi Subdivision Model Colony Subdivision Shah Faisal Subdivision
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Body	Deputy Commissioner
• Deputy Commissioner	Syed Jawad Muzaffar
• Administrator	Javed Rehman Kalwar[2]
• Constituensy	NA-232 Karachi Korangi-I NA-233 Karachi Korangi-II NA-234 Karachi Korangi-III
Area
• Total	108 km2 (42 sq mi)
Elevation	9 m (30 ft)
Population  (2023)[3]
• Total	3,127,976
• Density	29,000/km2 (75,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Karachiite
Time zone	UTC+05:00 (PKT)
• Summer (DST)	DST is not observed
ZIP Code	74900
NWD (area) code	021
ISO 3166 code	PK-SD
Website	dmckorangi.gos.pk

History

Districts of Karachi Division

The district was a part of District East in Karachi, which was divided in November 2013.^[4][5]

The district is diverse include Baloch, Pashtun, Sindhi, Punjabi and other ethnicities.^[6]

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.^[7]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1961	...	—
1972	...	—
1981	...	—
1998	1,608,609	—
2017	2,577,556	+2.51%
2023	3,128,971	+3.28%
Sources:[8]

At the time of the 2017 census, 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 3,127,976.^[3]

Languages

Languages of Korangi district (2023)

  Urdu (70.48%)

  Punjabi (9.53%)

  Sindhi (5.52%)

  Pashto (4.31%)

  Saraiki (2.73%)

  Hindko (2.64%)

  Others (4.79%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 2,204,623 (70.48%) of the population spoke Urdu, 298,075 (9.53%) Punjabi, 172,684 (5.52%) Sindhi, 134,924 (4.31%) Pashto, 85,428 (2.73%) Saraiki and 82,491 (2.64%) Hindko, 22,574 Balochi, 6,056 Kashmiri, 1,422 Brahui, 6,752 Shina, 6,924 Balti, 8,247 Mewati, 59 Kalasha, 800 Kohistani & 76,917 others, as their first language.^[10]

Religions

The majority religion is Islam, with 96.03% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 3.42% of the population.^[11]

Religions in Korangi district (2023) [12]
Religion			Percent
Islam			96.03%
Christianity			3.42%
Hinduism			0.44%
Other			0.11%

Administrative towns

Korangi District has three administrative towns.^[13]

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

• Subdivisions in Karachi
• Korangi
• Korangi Town
• Korangi Creek Cantonment
• Korangi (disambiguation)

References

1. "ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS". Commissioner, Karachi Division.
2. "50 buses for Karachi to arrive by January 31, says Wahab". The News International (newspaper). 30 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
3. "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
4. Mansoor, Hasan (6 November 2013). "Korangi notified as sixth district of Karachi". Dawn (newspaper). Pakistan. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
5. "Korangi made sixth district of Karachi" The News International (newspaper)
6. District Korangi: Karachi’s newest district looks to new beginnings The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 10 July 2018, Retrieved 6 March 2022
7. "New RO plant opened in Korangi". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
8. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
9. "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
10. "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).
11. "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).
12. "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
13. "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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