Karachi East District ( ur, ) is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh,

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Map of Karachi Division

History

The district was established in 1972. The district was abolished in 2000, and was divided into four towns namely: *

Gulshan Town Gulshan Town ( ur, ) is a Karachi borough in the northeastern part of Karachi. Gulshan 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, ...

* Jamshed Town * Gulzar-e-Hijri Town * Faisal Cantonment * Feroz Abad Town. On 11 July 2015, the Sindh Government restored again Karachi East District. In November 2013, three eastern towns of Karachi East District separated to form a new District named Korangi also Jamshed Town of Karachi South District was added into this district. Now Karachi East comprises two towns: Jamshed and Gulshan.

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census, Karachi East district had a population of 2,875,315, of which 1,506,788 were males and 1,368,002 females. The entire population was urban. The literacy rate is 76.00%: 78.26% for males and 73.49% for females. The majority religion is Islam, with 95.31% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 3.14% and Hinduism (including Scheduled Castes) is practiced by 1.38% of the population. At the time of the 2017 census, 37.51% of the population spoke

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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, 13.29%

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 ...

, 11.55%

Sindhi Sindhi may refer to: *something from, or related to Sindh, a province of Pakistan * Sindhi people, an ethnic group from the Sindh region * Sindhi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them People with the name * Sarkash Sindhi (1940–2012 ...

, 8.38% Saraiki, 3.29% Hindko and 2.34% Balochi as their first language.

Administrative Towns in Karachi East

Following is the list of two administrative towns of Karachi East District. Safari Park Karachi

List of Dehs

The following is a list of Karachi East District's dehs, organised by taluka: *

Gulshan-e-Iqbal taluka Gulshan-e-Iqbal ( ur, ) is a large middle-class to upper middle class (Block 15,16,17,18) residential and commercial neighborhood in the Karachi East district of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was previously administered as part of the Gulshan ...

(5 dehs) ** Dozan (P) ** Gujero (P) ** Okewari ** Safooran (P) ** Songal (P) *

Gulzar-e-Hijri taluka Gulzar-e-Hijri ( ur, ) is a neighborhood in the Karachi East district of Karachi, Pakistan. It was previously administered as part of the Gulshan Town borough, which was disbanded in 2011. Under the new local government system, Gulzar-e-Hijri li ...

(5 dehs) **

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** Dozan (P) ** Gujro-1 **

Songal Songal ( ur, سونگل) is a neighbourhood in the Malir district of Karachi, Pakistan, that previously was a part of Gadap Town until 2011.Thoming

Hospital and health care facilities

There are several healthcare facilities in the East District, such as the Aga Khan University Hospital and

Liaquat National Hospital The Liaquat National Hospital is located at Stadium Road, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. History Soon after Independence the Red Cross Fete Committee, which was chaired by Syed Wajid Ali, raised about PKR 800,000 through meena bazaars organized und ...

Education Center

there is several education center in district east like NED university of Engineering and Technology,

University of Karachi The University of Karachi ( sd, ; informally Karachi University, KU, or UoK) is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in June 1951 by an act of Parliament and as a successor to the University of Sindh ...

& Dow University of Health Sciences (Ojha Campus),

References

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