Karachi Division

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).

Karachi Division کراچی ڈویژن ‎
Division
Coordinates: 24°54′21″N 67°04′50″E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Capital	Karachi
Established	December 1960; 64 years ago (December 1960)
Founded by	Ayub Khan
Districts	07 Gulshan District Karachi District Keamari District Korangi District Malir District Nazimabad District Orangi District
Government
• Type	Divisional Administration
• Commissioner	Syed Hassan Naqvi
• Mayor Karachi	Murtaza Wahab
Area
• Division	3,527 km2 (1,362 sq mi)
Population  (2023)[1]
• Division	20,382,881
• Density	5,800/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: (69.11%) Male: (68.18%) Female: (71.77%)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PKT)
Postal code	74XXX–75XXX
Dialling code	021
ISO 3166 code	PK-SD

Currently, Sindh Government planning to bifurcate Karachi Division to create new Malir Division with the districts of Malir, Korangi, 2 new districts Gadap and Bin Qasim at Gharo.

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.^[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.

Karachi Division

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	...	—
1961	...	—
1972	...	—
1981	5,437,984	—
1998	9,856,318	+3.56%
2017	16,051,521	+2.60%
2023	20,382,881	+4.06%
Sources:[9]

In the 2023 Pakistani census, Karachi Division had a population of 20,382,88, roughly equal to the country Sri Lanka^[10] or the US state of Florida.^[11] 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

Languages of Karachi Division (2023 Pakistani census)^[12]

1. Urdu (50.7%)
2. Pashto (13.5%)
3. Sindhi (11.1%)
4. Punjabi (8.08%)
5. Saraiki (3.70%)
6. Balochi (3.97%)
7. Hindko (3.21%)
8. Others (5.71%)

Language	Rank	2023 census[13]	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.^[14]

List of the Districts

#	District	Headquarter	Area (km²)[15]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Lit. rate (2023)
1	Nazimabad	North Nazimabad	69	3,822,325	55,838.8	83.55%
2	Gulshan	Gulshan e Iqbal	139	3,921,742	28,220.1	80.07%
3	Karachi	Saddar Karachi	122	2,329,764	19,104.6	78.57%
4	Orangi	Orangi Town	370	2,679,380	7,238.1	67.43%
5	Keamari	Moriro Mirbahar	559	2,068,451	3,699.8	62.07%
6	Korangi	Korangi	108	3,128,971	28,968.8	79.86%
7	Malir	Malir	2,160	2,432,248	1,126.8	63.14%

List of the Tehsils

#	Tehsil	Area (km²)[16]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Lit. rate (2023)	Districts
1	Gulberg Town	14	613,724	43,837.43		Karachi Central
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Constituencies

Provincial Assembly Constituency	National Assembly Constituency	District
PS-84 Karachi Malir-I	NA-229 Karachi Malir-I	Malir
PS-85 Karachi Malir-II
PS-86 Karachi Malir-III	NA-230 Karachi Malir-II
PS-87 Karachi Malir-IV
PS-88 Karachi Malir-V	NA-231 Karachi Malir-III
PS-89 Karachi Malir-VI
PS-90 Karachi Korangi-I	NA-232 Karachi Korangi-I	Korangi
PS-91 Karachi Korangi-II
PS-92 Karachi Korangi-III	NA-233 Karachi Korangi-II
PS-93 Karachi Korangi-IV
PS-94 Karachi Korangi-V
PS-95 Karachi Korangi-VI	NA-234 Karachi Korangi-III
PS-96 Karachi Korangi-VII
PS-97 Karachi East-I	NA-235 Karachi East-I	Karachi East
PS-98 Karachi East-II
PS-99 Karachi East-III	NA-236 Karachi East-II
PS-100 Karachi East-IV
PS-103 Karachi East-VII	NA-237 Karachi East-III
PS-104 Karachi East-VIII
PS-105 Karachi East-IX
PS-101 Karachi East-V	NA-238 Karachi East-IV
PS-102 Karachi East-VI
PS-106 Karachi South-I	NA-239 Karachi South-I	Karachi South
PS-107 Karachi South-II
	NA-240 Karachi South-II
PS-108 Karachi South-III
PS-109 Karachi South-IV	NA-241 Karachi South-III
PS-110 Karachi South-V
PS-112 Karachi Keamari-II	NA-242 Karachi Keamari-I	Keamari
PS-113 Karachi Keamari-III
PS-114 Karachi Keamari-IV
PS-111 Karachi Keamari-I	NA-243 Karachi Keamari-II
PS-115 Karachi Keamari-V
PS-116 Karachi West-I	NA-244 Karachi West-I	Karachi West
PS-117 Karachi West-II
PS-118 Karachi West-III	NA-245 Karachi West-II
PS-119 Karachi West-IV
PS-120 Karachi West-V	NA-246 Karachi West-III
PS-121 Karachi West-VI
PS-122 Karachi Central-I	NA-247 Karachi Central-I	Karachi Central
PS-123 Karachi Central-II
PS-124 Karachi Central-III	NA-248 Karachi Central-II
PS-125 Karachi Central-IV
PS-126 Karachi Central-V
PS-127 Karachi Central-VI	NA-249 Karachi Central-III
PS-128 Karachi Central-VII
PS-129 Karachi Central-VIII	NA-250 Karachi Central-IV
PS-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