Keamari District

Keamari District, (Urdu: ضلع کیماڑی) is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan created on August 21, 2020 after it was carved out of District West Karachi. Baldia Town, SITE Town, Mauripur Town & Keamari Town ended up being part of the newly created Keamari District. The 2023 Pakistani census recorded Keamari District's population as 2,066,574 (2 million).

Keamari District ضلع کیماڑی
District of Sindh
Top: Keamari Boat Terminal Bottom: Paradise Point
Etymology: District Karachi West
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Division	Karachi
Preceded	District Karachi West (1972-2020)
Headquarters	Baldia Town
Established	21 August 2020; 4 years ago (21 August 2020)
Administration[1]	DMC Keamari office
Administrative Subdivisions	04 Baldia Town Keamari Town Mauripur Town SITE Town
Government [2]
• Type	District Administration
• Body	Deputy Commissioner
• Deputy Commissioner	Junaid Iqbal Khan
• Administrator	Iqbal Ahmed Mirani[3]
• Constituensy	NA-242 Karachi Keamari-I NA-243 Karachi Keamari-II
Area
• Total	559 km2 (216 sq mi)
Elevation	51 m (167 ft)
Population  (2023)[4]
• Total	2,066,574
• Density	3,700.3/km2 (9,584/sq mi)
Literacy [5]
• Literacy rate	Total: 62.07% Male: 66.86% Female: 56.51%
Time zone	UTC+05:00 (PKT)
• Summer (DST)	DST is not observed
ZIP Code	75700
NWD (area) code	021
ISO 3166 code	PK-SD

History

Keamari District was created after splitting Karachi West District in 2020.^[6][7][8]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	_	—
1961	_	—
1972	_	—
1981	_	—
1998	_	—
2017	1,829,837	—
2023	2,066,574	+2.05%
Sources:[9]

As of the 2023 census, Keamari district has 319,121 households and a population of 2,068,451.^[10] The district has a sex ratio of 113.75 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 62.07%: 66.86% for males and 56.51% for females.^[4][11] 545,382 (26.39% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.^[12] The entire population lives in urban areas.^[4]

Religion

Religions in Keamari district (2023)[13]
Religion			Percent
Islam			98.15%
Christianity			1.27%
Hinduism			0.49%
Other or not stated			0.09%

The majority religion is Islam, with 98.15% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 1.27% and Hinduism by 0.49% of the population.^[13]

Languages

Languages of Keamari district (2023)^[14]

1. Pashto (33.1%)
2. Urdu (22.1%)
3. Punjabi (10.8%)
4. Sindhi (9.30%)
5. Hindko (7.75%)
6. Balochi (7.10%)
7. Saraiki (2.73%)
8. Others (7.12%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 684,923 of the population spoke Pashto, 455,771 Urdu, 223,919 Punjabi, 192,220 Sindhi, 160,190 Hindko, 146,835 Balochi, 56,474 Saraiki and 147,242 others, of total 2,066,574 as their first language.^[14]

Administration

Keamari district is divided into four subdivisions: Keamari (also called Harbour), Baldia, Mauripur, and SITE.^[15]

Following is the list of four administrative towns of Keamari District.^[16][17][18]

• Keamari Town (population 451,147)
• Baldia Town (population 948,399)
• Site Town (population 449,098)
• Mauripur (population 217,930)

List of the Tehsils

#	District	Headquarter	Area (km2)[19]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km2) (2023)	Lit. rate (2023)	Union Council	Map
1	Keamari Town		50	451,801	9,036.02	83.55%	U.C. 1 Bhutta Village U.C. 2 Sikanderabad + Sultanabad U.C. 3 Kiamari U.C. 4 Baba Bhit U.C. 5 Machar Colony U.C. 6 Maripur U.C. 7 SherShah U.C. 8 Gabo Pat
2	Baldia Town		34	948,597	27,899.91	80.07%	U.C. 1 Gulshan-e-Ghazi U.C. 2 Ittehad Town U.C. 3 Islam Nagar U.C. 4 Nai Abadi U.C. 5 Saeedabad U.C. 6 Muslim Mujahid Colony U.C. 7 Muhajir Camp U.C. 8 Rasheedabad
3	S.I.T.E. Town		25	449,120	17,964.80	78.57%	U.C. 1 Pak Colony U.C. 2 Old Golimar U.C. 3 Jahanabad U.C. 4 Metrovil U.C. 5 Bhawani Chali U.C. 6 Frontier Colony U.C. 7 Banaras Colony U.C. 8 Qasba Colony U.C. 9 Islamia Colony
4	Karachi Fish Harbour							Boating Harbour of Kemari

See also

• Divisions of Pakistan
  • Divisions of Balochistan
  • Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Divisions of Punjab
  • Divisions of Sindh
  • Divisions of Azad Kashmir
  • Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan
• Tehsils of Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Sindh, Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Azad Kashmir
  • Tehsils of Gilgit-Baltistan
• Districts of Pakistan
  • Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Districts of Punjab, Pakistan
  • Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Districts of Sindh, Pakistan
  • Districts of Azad Kashmir
  • Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan

• Keamari Town
• Keamari (locality)
• Keamari Sub-Division