Korangi District in the metropolitan city of Karachi, Pakistan
District of Sindh in Pakistan
Korangi District (Urdu: ضلع کورنگی) is one of the seven administrative districts of Karachi last modified in 2013, part of the Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan.
History
The district was a part of District East in Karachi, which was divided in November 2013.[5][6]
The district is diverse include Baloch, Pashtun, Sindhi, Punjabi and other ethnicities.[7]
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.[8]
Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census, Korangi had a sex ratio of 913 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 80.19%: 81.56% for males and 78.68% for females. The entire population lived in urban areas. 578,964 (22.46%) were under 10 years of age.[9] In 2023, the district had 493,504 households and a population of 3,128,971.[4]
The majority religion is Islam, with 96.03% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 3.42% of the population.[11]
At the time of the 2023 census, 70.48% of the population spoke Urdu, 9.53% Punjabi, 5.52% Sindhi, 4.31% Pashto, 2.73% Saraiki and 2.64% Hindko as their first language.[12]
Administrative towns
Korangi District has three administrative towns.[13]
Korangi Town
Landhi Town
Shah Faisal Town
List of Dehs
The following is a list of Korangi District's dehs, organised by taluka:
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^"50 buses for Karachi to arrive by January 31, says Wahab". The News International (newspaper). 30 December 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
^ a b"TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
^Mansoor, Hasan (6 November 2013). "Korangi notified as sixth district of Karachi". Dawn (newspaper). Pakistan. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
^"Korangi made sixth district of Karachi" The News International (newspaper)
^District Korangi: Karachi’s newest district looks to new beginnings The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 10 July 2018, Retrieved 6 March 2022
^"New RO plant opened in Korangi". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
^"Districts in Karachi (districts further divided and new district added in 2013 - Korangi District)". Karachi Metropolitan Corporation website. 1 March 2013. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2022.