Orangi District

Orangi District
ضلع اورنگی
District of Karachi Division
Official seal of Orangi District
Seal
Etymology: District Karachi West
Motto(s): 
Determination, Diligence, Developing
Map of Orangi District
Map of Orangi District
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
DivisionKarachi Division
Established1 July 1972; 52 years ago (1 July 1972)
HeadquartersOrangi
AbolishedAugust 2001; 23 years ago (August 2001) (CDGK)
Restored11 July 2011; 13 years ago (11 July 2011)
Founded byMumtaz Bhutto (Chief Minister)
Administration[1]DMC West
Administrative Subdivisions
03
Government
[2]
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • BodyGovernment of Karachi
 • ConstituensyNA-244 Karachi West-I
NA-245 Karachi West-II
NA-246 Karachi West-III
 • Commissioner Karachi DivisionSyed Hassan Ali Naqvi
 • Deputy Commissioner Orangi DistrictAhmed Ali Siddiqui
 • Additional Deputy CommissionerZahid Ali Bhatti
 • CNIC Code42401
Area
370 km2 (140 sq mi)
Elevation
58 m (190 ft)
Highest elevation
528 m (1,732 ft)
Lowest elevation
28 m (92 ft)
Population
 (2023 Pakistani census)[3]
2,679,380
 • Density7,241.57/km2 (18,755.6/sq mi)
 • Urban
2,430,428
 • Rural
248,952
DemonymKarachiite
Time zoneUTC+05:00 (PKT)
 • Summer (DST)DST is not observed
ZIP Code
75800
NWD (area) code021
ISO 3166 codePK-SD
Motorways & Minor Arterial Roads M-10 & Manghopir Road
Shahrah-e-Qaddafi
Northern Bypass - Orangi Link Road
New Karachi - Orangi Link Road
Khwaja Shamsuuddin Azeemi Road
Hub Dam Road
CNIC Code of Orangi District42401-XXXXXXX-X

Orangi District (formerly Karachi West District), (Urdu: ضلع اورنگی) also (Karachi Gharbi کراچی غربی) is an administrative district of Karachi Division, created in 1972. It is located in the western part of Karachi in the province of Sindh, Pakistan with a population of 2.67 million. Orangi District consists of three administrative towns namely Manghopir Town, Mominabad Town & Orangi Town.

History

Orangi District (formerly Karachi West District) was created in 1972 as a district of Karachi Division. The District was abolished in 2000 by City District Government Karachi. The federal government introduced local government reforms in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" (administrative divisions) and replaced it with the fourth tier (districts). The effect in Karachi was the dissolution of the former Karachi Division in 2001, and the merging of its five districts to form a new City District Government Karachi with eighteen autonomous constituent towns as a result Karachi West District was divided into five towns namely:

On 11 July 2011, the Sindh Government restored again Karachi West District.[4]

Lyari Town became part of Karachi South District in 2015. New subdivisions Manghopir and Mominabad were added to Karachi West District.

In 2020, Keamari District was carved out from Karachi West District. This resulted in Baldia Town, Keamari Town, Mauripur Town and SITE Town becoming being part of Keamari District.[5][6][7]

As of 2023, Sindh Government renamed Karachi West District to its famous town name Orangi District.

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1961...—    
1972...—    
1981...—    
19982,127,765—    
20173,907,065+3.25%
20232,679,380−6.09%
Sources:[8]

As of the 2023 census, Karachi West district has 464,756 households and a population of 2,679,380.[9] The district has a sex ratio of 112.00 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 67.43%: 69.75% for males and 64.79% for females.[3][10] 673,559 (25.14% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[11] 2,430,428 (90.71%) live in urban areas.[3]

Religion

Religions in Karachi West district (2023)[12]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 97.78%
Christianity
 
 1.87%
Other or not stated
 
 0.35%

The majority religion is Islam, with 2,619,785 of the population. Christianity 50,192, Hindus 7,744, Ahmadiyya 361, Schedule castes 105, Sikhs 603, Parsis 222 & others 368.[12]

Languages

Languages of District Karachi West (2023 Pakistani census)[13]

  Urdu (55.40%)
  Pashto (24.37%)
  Punjabi (4.87%)
  Sindhi (3.87%)
  Saraiki (3.46%)
  Balochi (2.74%)
  Hindko (2.39%)
  Others (2.87%)
Language Rank 2023 census[13] Speakers 2017 census (Keamari District excluded) Speakers Growth rate (2017-2023)
Urdu 1 55.4% 1,484,395 50.27% 1,044,223 Increase11%
Pashto 2 24.37% 653,129 26.19% 544,054 Decrease7%
Punjabi 3 4.87% 130,596 6.13% 127,352 Decrease20%
Sindhi 4 3.87% 103,826 3.57% 74,226 Increase8%
Saraiki 5 3.46% 92,741 3.82% 79,547 Decrease9%
Balochi 6 2.74% 73,542 2.70% 56,189 Increase1.5%
Hindko 7 2.38% 64,030 1.61% 33,547 Increase48%
Others 8 2.87% 77,121 2.60% 54,077 Increase10%
All 9 100% 2,679,380 100% 2,077,228 Increase29%

At the time of the 2023 Pakistani census, 1,484,395 spoke Urdu, 653,129 Pashto, 130,596 Punjabi, 103,826 Sindhi, 92,741 Saraiki, 73,542 Balochi, 64,030 Hindko, 5,434 Kashmiri, 19,374 Brahui, 772 Shina, 1,765 Balti, 6,714 Mewati, 131 Kalasha, 2,058 Koshistani, 40,873 others, as their first language.[14]

Geography

Orangi District is located in the north-west part of Karachi Division. North border of Orangi District is with Gadap Town of Malir District, East border of Orangi District is with New Karachi Town & North Nazimabad Town of Nazimabad District, West border of Orangi District is with Mauripur Town of Keamari District, south-west border is with Baldia Town of Kaeamari District, south-east border is with SITE Town of Keamari District.

Administrative Towns in Orangi District

Following is the list of three administrative towns of Orangi District Karachi.

See also

References

  1. ^ "ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS". Commissioner, Karachi Division.
  2. ^ "Under SC judgement: Sindh govt repatriates 32 officials of Karachi DMC to parent depts". The News International (newspaper). 22 February 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  4. ^ Karachi’s district status restored, notification issued, Published in The News Tribe on 11 July 2011, Retrieved on 7 August 2012
  5. ^ "Karachi fits seventh district into its mix – Keamari | SAMAA". Samaa TV. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Ruckus in Sindh Assembly as opposition protests Kemari district decision | Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Sindh Cabinet approves division of Karachi into seven districts". The Nation. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  9. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 20" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  10. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  11. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 5" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  12. ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  13. ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  14. ^ "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).

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