- Source: Korangi District
Korangi District (Urdu: ضلع کورنگی) is one of the seven administrative districts of Karachi Division created in 2013 split from Karachi East District. It located in eastern part of Karachi in the province of Sindh, Pakistan with population 3,127,976.
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 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. In 2023, the district had 493,504 households and a population of 3,127,976.
Languages
At the time of the 2023 census, 2,204,623 (70.48%) of the population spoke Urdu, 298,075 (9.53%) Punjabi, 172,684 (5.52%) Sindhi, 134,924 (4.31%) Pashto, 85,428 (2.73%) Saraiki and 82,491 (2.64%) Hindko, 22,574 Balochi, 6,056 Kashmiri, 1,422 Brahui, 6,752 Shina, 6,924 Balti, 8,247 Mewati, 59 Kalasha, 800 Kohistani & 76,917 others, as their first language.
Religions
The majority religion is Islam, with 96.03% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 3.42% of the population.
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
Subdivisions in Karachi
Korangi
Korangi Town
Korangi District
Korangi J Area
Korangi Industrial Area
Korangi Creek Cantonment
Korangi (disambiguation)
Korangi railway station
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Korangi District
- Korangi
- Korangi Town
- List of tehsils of Sindh
- List of districts in Sindh
- Karachi Division
- Landhi Town
- Shah Faisal Colony
- Karachi
- Korangi Creek Cantonment
