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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,
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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
Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' 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 ...
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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 ...
* 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 {{Karachi-geo-stub