Korangi District


Korangi District 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 was 3,127,976 at the 2023 census.
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Town Municipal Committee

As per the Sindh Local Government Act, 2021, Sindh government replaced the previous seven District Municipal Corporations with 26 towns, each with its own municipal committee. Korangi District has four towns.

History

The district was a part of District East in Karachi, which was divided in November 2013.
The district is diverse with its population comprising Baloch, Pashtun, Sindhi, Punjabi and other ethnicities.
The district suffers from water crisis and contamination issues. A reverse osmosis plant was inaugurated in Union Council 35 of District Municipal Corporation Korangi on 6 March 2017.

Demographics

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 were under 10 years of age. In 2023, the district had 493,504 households and a population of 3,127,976.
Languages
At the time of the 2023 census, 2,204,623 of the population spoke Urdu, 298,075 Punjabi, 172,684 Sindhi, 134,924 Pashto, 85,428 Saraiki and 82,491 Hindko, 22,574 Balochi, 6,056 Kashmiri, 1,422 Brahui, 6,752 Shina, 6,924 Balti, 8,247 Mewati, 59 Kalasha, 800 Kohistani and 76,917 others, as their first language.
Religions
The majority religion is Islam, with 96.03% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 3.42% of the population.

Administrative towns

Korangi District has three administrative towns.

[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 Old Muzafarabad
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

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Union Council
U.C. 1 Khazmabad
U.C. 2 Indus Mehran
U.C. 3 Khokhra Par
U.C. 4 Liaquat Market
U.C. 5 Kala Board
U.C. 6 Haji Rahim Khan Jokhio
U.C. 7 Rafi Bungalow
U.C. 8 Jamiya Milya

List of Dehs

The following is a list of Korangi District's dehs, organised by taluka:Shah Faisal taluka