Karachi Central District ( ur, ) is an administrative district of

Karachi Division Karachi Division ( ur, ) is an administrative division of the Sindh Province of Pakistan. There are seven districts of Karachi. History In December 1960 Lasbela became a separate district and was placed to form Karachi-Bela division. In 19 ...

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

History

The District was abolished in 2000 and divided into four towns namely

Liaquatabad Town Liaquatabad Town ( ur, ) lies in the central part of the city. Liaquatabad Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 11 union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011, but later was ...

North Nazimabad Town North Nazimabad Town ( ur, ) lies in the northern part of the city that was named after the suburb of North Nazimabad. North Nazimabad Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 10 union cou ...

, Gulberg Town and

New Karachi Town New Karachi Town ( ur, ) lies in the northern part of the city Gulberg Town, Karachi, Gulberg Town. It was formed when Squatting in Pakistan, katchi abadis were resettled following the 1958 1958 Pakistani coup d'état, coup d'état. In 2001 it ...

. On 11 July 2011 Sindh Government restored Karachi Central District again. Karachi Central District has the following dehs: Gujhro (P), in the talukas of Liaquatabad and Gulberg, and Kari Lakhi, in the taluka of North Nazimabad.

Union Committees

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census, Karachi Central district had a population of 2,971,382, of which 1,542,028 were males and 1,428,860 females. The entire population was urban. The literacy rate is 81.52%: 81.90% for males and 81.13% for females. The majority religion is Islam, with 98.31% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 1.22% of the population. At the time of the 2017 census, 70.77% of the population spoke

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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Punjabi, 5.53%

Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languages ...

, 5.44% Saraiki, 2.57% Sindhi and 1.41%

Hindko Hindko (, romanized: , ) is a cover term for a diverse group of Lahnda dialects spoken by several million people of various ethnic backgrounds in several areas in northwestern Pakistan, primarily in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Pun ...

as their first language.

References

{{Authority control Districts of Sindh Districts of Karachi