Karachi Division
Administrative division of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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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.
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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
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
List of the Tehsils
Constituencies
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