Keamari District ( sd, ڪياماڙي ضلعو, ur, is an administrative district of
Karachi Division in
Sindh
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,
Pakistan
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.
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
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 languag ...
, 14.80%
, 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, 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 (also called Harbour),
Baldia,
Mauripur and
SITE
Site most often refers to:
* Archaeological site
* Campsite, a place used for overnight stay in an outdoor area
* Construction site
* Location, a point or an area on the Earth's surface or elsewhere
* Website, a set of related web pages, typi ...
.
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