Keamari District ( sd, ڪياماڙي ضلعو, ur, is an administrative district of
Karachi Division in
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.
History
Keamari District was created after splitting
Karachi West District in 2020.
Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census, Keamari district had a population of 1,829,837, of which 974,232 were males and 855,383 females. The rural population was 121,954 (6.66%) and urban 1,707,883 (93.34%). The literacy rate is 62.54%: 68.08% for males and 56.10% for females.
The majority religion is Islam, with 98.08% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 1.36% and Hinduism by 0.52% of the population.
At the time of the 2017 census, 33.57% of the population spoke
Pashto, 14.80%
Urdu, 12.98%
Punjabi
Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
Punjabi may also refer to:
* Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...
, 10.63%
Sindhi, 9.08%
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 ...
, 7.25%
Balochi Balochi, sometimes spelt in various other ways, may refer to:
* Balochi language, a language of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan
* an adjective for something related to the Baloch people, an ethnic group of Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan
* an adjecti ...
, 3.82%
Saraiki as their first language.
Administration
Keamari district is divided into four subdivisions:
Keamari
Keamari ( sd, ڪياماڙي, ur, کیماڑی ) is a neighbourhood in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Keamari was originally an independent settlement that was built on a sandy ridge on the eastern side of Karachi Harbour.
History
Keamari was a lo ...
(also called Harbour),
Baldia,
Mauripur
Maripur or Mauripur ( ur, ماری پور ) is a village to the west of Karachi, Pakistan, near Hawke's Bay Beach.
Air Force Base
PAF Base Masroor is the largest airbase operated by the Pakistan Air Force. It is located in the Mauripur area o ...
and
SITE.
Following is the list of four administrative towns of Keamari District.
*
Keamari Town
*
Baldia Town
*
Site Town
*
Karachi Fish Harbour
Kemari Town
*
Kemari Town
Eight U.C.
Baldia Town
*
Baldia Town
Eight U.C.
Site Town
*
Site Town
Nine U.C.
Karachi Fish Harbour
*
Karachi Fish Harbour
See also
*
Keamari Town
*
Keamari (locality)
*
Keamari Sub-Division
References
Districts of Sindh
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Districts of Karachi