Karachi Division


Karachi Division 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.

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 new district, Korangi was formed by splitting District Karachi East.
In August 2020, Sindh cabinet approved formation of the seventh district in Karachi—Keamari District, which was formed by splitting District West.
In March 2024, the Sindh government renamed the four existing districts to their famous areas names.
Old namesNew names
Karachi South DistrictKarachi District
Karachi Central DistrictNazimabad District
Karachi East DistrictGulshan District
Karachi West DistrictOrangi District

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
LanguageRank2023 censusSpeakers
Urdu150.67%10,315,905
Pashto213.51%2,752,148
Sindhi311.12%2,264,189
Punjabi48.08%1,645,282
Balochi53.97%808,352
Saraiki63.70%753,903
Hindko73.21%653,727
Others85.71%1,163,968
All9100%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.

List of the Districts

List of the Tehsils

TehsilArea Population Density
Literacy rate
Districts
Lyari Town6949,878158,313.0068.40%Karachi District
Saddar Town35159,3634,553.2388.56%Karachi District
Aram Bagh4237,22459,306.0086.43%Karachi District
Civil Lines73480,4806,581.9284.75%Karachi District
Garden4502,819125,704.7584.50%Karachi District
Gulberg Town14613,72443,837.4389.92%Nazimabad District
Liaquatabad Town6547,70691,284.3383.69%Nazimabad District
New Karachi Town181,165,74264,763.4479.82%Nazimabad District
North Nazimabad Town23922,41340,104.9183.01%Nazimabad District
Nazimabad8572,74071,592.5084.73%Nazimabad District
Jamshed Town11656,01459,637.6485.99%Gulshan District
Ferozabad201,167,69258,384.6083.02%Gulshan District
Gulshan-e-Iqbal29979,50233,775.9389.18%Gulshan District
Gulzar-e-Hijri791,118,53414,158.6664.74%Gulshan District
Korangi Town591,363,99223,118.5170.93%Korangi District
Landhi Town19681,29435,857.5884.60%Korangi District
Shah Faisal Town21641,89430,566.3889.60%Korangi District
Model Colony9441,79149,087.8986.85%Korangi District
Orangi Town9596,91966,324.3360.76%Orangi District
Manghopir3421,081,7533,163.0263.03Orangi District
Mominabad191,000,70852,668.8476.07%Orangi District
Gadap Town1,104100,35190.9058.94%Malir District
Bin Qasim447322,915722.4062.19%Malir District
Airport41254,3706,204.1586.74%Malir District
Ibrahim Hyderi971,341,63813,831.3257.91%Malir District
Murad Memon Goth195376,9871,933.2771.88%Malir District
Shah Mureed27635,987130.3949.70%Malir District
Keamari Town50451,8019,036.0255.61%Keamari District
Baldia Town34948,59727,899.9164.25%Keamari District
S.I.T.E. Town25449,12017,964.8068.48%Keamari District
Maripur450218,933486.5252.76%Keamari District

Constituencies">List of constituencies of Pakistan">Constituencies

Provincial Assembly ConstituencyNational Assembly ConstituencyDistrict
PS-84 Karachi Malir-INA-229 Karachi Malir-IMalir
PS-85 Karachi Malir-IINA-229 Karachi Malir-IMalir
PS-86 Karachi Malir-IIINA-230 Karachi Malir-IIMalir
PS-87 Karachi Malir-IVNA-230 Karachi Malir-IIMalir
PS-88 Karachi Malir-VNA-231 Karachi Malir-IIIMalir
PS-89 Karachi Malir-VINA-231 Karachi Malir-IIIMalir
PS-90 Karachi Korangi-INA-232 Karachi Korangi-IKorangi
PS-91 Karachi Korangi-IINA-232 Karachi Korangi-IKorangi
PS-92 Karachi Korangi-IIINA-233 Karachi Korangi-IIKorangi
PS-93 Karachi Korangi-IVNA-233 Karachi Korangi-IIKorangi
PS-94 Karachi Korangi-VNA-233 Karachi Korangi-IIKorangi
PS-95 Karachi Korangi-VINA-234 Karachi Korangi-IIIKorangi
PS-96 Karachi Korangi-VIINA-234 Karachi Korangi-IIIKorangi
PS-97 Karachi East-INA-235 Karachi East-IKarachi East
PS-98 Karachi East-IINA-235 Karachi East-IKarachi East
PS-99 Karachi East-IIINA-236 Karachi East-IIKarachi East
PS-100 Karachi East-IVNA-236 Karachi East-IIKarachi East
PS-103 Karachi East-VIINA-237 Karachi East-IIIKarachi East
PS-104 Karachi East-VIIINA-237 Karachi East-IIIKarachi East
PS-105 Karachi East-IXNA-237 Karachi East-IIIKarachi East
PS-101 Karachi East-VNA-238 Karachi East-IVKarachi East
PS-102 Karachi East-VINA-238 Karachi East-IVKarachi East
PS-106 Karachi South-INA-239 Karachi South-IKarachi South
PS-107 Karachi South-IINA-239 Karachi South-IKarachi South
PS-107 Karachi South-IINA-240 Karachi South-IIKarachi South
PS-108 Karachi South-IIINA-240 Karachi South-IIKarachi South
PS-109 Karachi South-IVNA-241 Karachi South-IIIKarachi South
PS-110 Karachi South-VNA-241 Karachi South-IIIKarachi South
PS-112 Karachi Keamari-IINA-242 Karachi Keamari-IKeamari
PS-113 Karachi Keamari-IIINA-242 Karachi Keamari-IKeamari
PS-114 Karachi Keamari-IVNA-242 Karachi Keamari-IKeamari
PS-111 Karachi Keamari-INA-243 Karachi Keamari-IIKeamari
PS-115 Karachi Keamari-VNA-243 Karachi Keamari-IIKeamari
PS-116 Karachi West-INA-244 Karachi West-IKarachi West
PS-117 Karachi West-IINA-244 Karachi West-IKarachi West
PS-118 Karachi West-IIINA-245 Karachi West-IIKarachi West
PS-119 Karachi West-IVNA-245 Karachi West-IIKarachi West
PS-120 Karachi West-VNA-246 Karachi West-IIIKarachi West
PS-121 Karachi West-VINA-246 Karachi West-IIIKarachi West
PS-122 Karachi Central-INA-247 Karachi Central-IKarachi Central
PS-123 Karachi Central-IINA-247 Karachi Central-IKarachi Central
PS-124 Karachi Central-IIINA-248 Karachi Central-IIKarachi Central
PS-125 Karachi Central-IVNA-248 Karachi Central-IIKarachi Central
PS-126 Karachi Central-VNA-248 Karachi Central-IIKarachi Central
PS-127 Karachi Central-VINA-249 Karachi Central-IIIKarachi Central
PS-128 Karachi Central-VIINA-249 Karachi Central-IIIKarachi Central
PS-129 Karachi Central-VIIINA-250 Karachi Central-IVKarachi Central
PS-130 Karachi Central-IXNA-250 Karachi Central-IVKarachi Central