Korangi District ( ur, ) is one of the seven administrative districts of
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...
last modified in 2013, part of the
Karachi Division in
Sindh,
Pakistan
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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
reverse osmosis 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
, 13.55%
Punjabi, 5.80%
Sindhi, 5.23%
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 langua ...
, 4.02%
Saraiki and 3.55%
Hindko 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
See also
*
Korangi
*
Korangi Town
Korangi Town ( sd, ڪورنگي ur, ) lies in the eastern part of the city that was named after the locality of Korangi. Korangi Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 9 union councils. ...
* Korangi District
*
Korangi J Area
Korangi J-area, Korangi, Sindh - South is located in Pakistan. Its zip code is 75900.
Address and Postcode
Title :
Korangi J-area, Korangi, Sindh - South
City :
Korangi J-area
Region 2 :
Korangi
Region 1 :
Sindh - South
Country :
Pakistan (PK)
Po ...
*
Korangi Industrial Area
Korangi District ( ur, ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Karachi last modified in 2013, part of the Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan.
Map of Karachi Division
History
The district was a part of District East in Kara ...
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Korangi Creek Cantonment
*
Korangi (disambiguation) Korangi is a human settlement in Sindh, Pakistan.
Korangi may also refer to:
In Pakistan
* Korangi Creek Cantonment, a cantonment in Pakistan.
*Korangi Creek Industrial Park, an industrial park in Pakistan
* Korangi District, an administrative uni ...
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Korangi railway station
Korangi railway station
( ur, , Sindhi: ڪورنگي ريلوي اسٽيشن) is located in Pakistan.
See also
* List of railway stations in Pakistan
* Pakistan Railways
*Korangi
Korangi ( ur, ) is one of the neighbourhoods of Korangi D ...
References
Districts of Karachi
Districts of Sindh
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