Korangi District ( ur, ) is one of the seven administrative districts of

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last modified in 2013, part of the

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 ...

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Map of Karachi Division

History

The district was a part of District East in Karachi, which was divided in November 2013. The district is diverse include Baloch, Pashtun, Sindhi, Punjabi and other ethnicities. The district suffers from water crisis and contamination issues. A

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plant was inaugurated in Union Council 35 of District Municipal Corporation (DMC) Korangi on 6 March 2017.

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census, Korangi district had a population of 2,577,556, of which 1,347,161 were males and 1,229,899 females. The entire population was urban. The literacy rate is 80.19%: 81.56% for males and 78.68% for females. The majority religion is Islam, with 95.90% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 3.51% of the population. At the time of the 2017 census, 61.34% of the population spoke

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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Punjabi, 5.80% Sindhi, 5.23%

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, 4.02% Saraiki and 3.55%

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as their first language.

Administrative towns

Korangi District has three administrative towns.

Korangi Town

Landhi Town

Shah Faisal Town

List of Dehs

The following is a list of Korangi District's dehs, organised by taluka: * Shah Faisal taluka (2 dehs) ** Drigh ** Drigh Road * Model Colony taluka (2 dehs) ** Mehran-II ** Thano-II * Landhi taluka (2 dehs) ** Phihai-II ** Sahrafi-I * Korangi taluka (2 dehs) ** Dih ** Phihai-I

References

Districts of Karachi Districts of Sindh {{Karachi-geo-stub