Keamari District

Keamari District

ضلع کیماڑی
Keamari District ضلع کیماڑی
District of Sindh
	Top: Keamari Boat Terminal; Bottom: Paradise Point
	Etymology: District Karachi West
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Division	Karachi
Preceded	District Karachi West (1972-2020)
Headquarters	Baldia Town
Established	21 August 2020; 4 years ago
Administration	DMC Keamari office
Administrative Subdivisions	04 Baldia Town; Keamari Town; Mauripur Town; SITE Town;
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Body	Deputy Commissioner
• Deputy Commissioner	Junaid Iqbal Khan
• Administrator	Iqbal Ahmed Mirani
• Constituensy	NA-242 Karachi Keamari-I; NA-243 Karachi Keamari-II
Area
• Total	559 km2 (216 sq mi)
Elevation	51 m (167 ft)
Population (2023)
• Total	2,066,574
• Density	3,700/km2 (9,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:00 (PKT)
• Summer (DST)	DST is not observed
ZIP Code	75700
NWD (area) code	021
ISO 3166 code	PK-SD

Keamari District, (Urdu: ضلع کیماڑی) is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan created on August 21, 2020 after it was carved out of District West Karachi. Baldia Town, SITE Town, Mauripur Town & Keamari Town ended up being part of the newly created Keamari District. The 2023 Pakistani census recorded Keamari District's population as 2,066,574 (2 million).

History

Keamari District was created after splitting Karachi West District in 2020.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Demographics

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	_	—
1961	_	—
1972	_	—
1981	_	—
1998	_	—
2017	1,829,837	—
2023	2,066,574	+2.05%
Sources:^[8]

At the time of the 2023 census, Keamari had a population of 2,066,574.^[9] It had a sex ratio of 113.75% (males/females). It had literacy rate of 66.86% for males and 56.51% for females with total average at 62.07%. In 2023, the district had 319,124 households with mean size of 6.4 per family.

Languages

Languages of Keamari district (2023)

Pashto (33.14%)

Urdu (22.05%)

Punjabi (10.83%)

Sindhi (9.30%)

Hindko (7.75%)

Balochi (7.10%)

Saraiki (2.73%)

Others (7.12%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 684,923 of the population spoke Pashto, 455,771 Urdu, 223,919 Punjabi, 192,220 Sindhi, 160,190 Hindko, 146,835 Balochi, 56,474 Saraiki & 147,242 others, of total 2,066,574 as their first language.^[10]

Religion

Religions in Keamari district (2023)^[11]
Religion			Percent
Islam			98.15%
Christianity			1.27%
Hinduism			0.49%
Other			0.09%

The majority religion is Islam, with 98.15% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 1.27% and Hinduism by 0.49% of the population.^[12]

Administration

Keamari district is divided into four subdivisions: Keamari (also called Harbour), Baldia, Mauripur, and SITE.^[13]

Following is the list of four administrative towns of Keamari District.^[14]^[15]^[16]

Keamari Town (population 451,147)
Baldia Town (population 948,399)
Site Town (population 449,098)
Mauripur (population 217,930)

List of the Tehsils

#	District	Area (km²)^[17]	Pop. (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	Lit. rate (2023)	Union Council	Map
1	Keamari Town	50	451,801	9,036.02	83.55%	U.C. 1 Bhutta Village U.C. 2 Sikanderabad + Sultanabad U.C. 3 Kiamari U.C. 4 Baba Bhit U.C. 5 Machar Colony U.C. 6 Maripur U.C. 7 SherShah U.C. 8 Gabo Pat
2	Baldia Town	34	948,597	27,899.91	80.07%	U.C. 1 Gulshan-e-Ghazi U.C. 2 Ittehad Town U.C. 3 Islam Nagar U.C. 4 Nai Abadi U.C. 5 Saeedabad U.C. 6 Muslim Mujahid Colony U.C. 7 Muhajir Camp U.C. 8 Rasheedabad
3	S.I.T.E. Town	25	449,120	17,964.80	78.57%	U.C. 1 Pak Colony U.C. 2 Old Golimar U.C. 3 Jahanabad U.C. 4 Metrovil U.C. 5 Bhawani Chali U.C. 6 Frontier Colony U.C. 7 Banaras Colony U.C. 8 Qasba Colony U.C. 9 Islamia Colony
4	Karachi Fish Harbour						Boating Harbour of Kemari

References

^ "ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS". Commissioner, Karachi Division.
^ "CM Advisor, Administrator Keamari Visit Sindhi Muhalla". UrduPoint. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
^ "SINDH GOVT ESTABLISHES DMC IN KARACHI'S KEAMARI DISTRICT". ARY News. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
^ "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
^ ABDULLAH ZAFAR (21 August 2020). "Sindh Cabinet approves division of Karachi into seven districts". nation.com.pk. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
^ "Sindh Cabinet Approves Formation Of Kemari District In Karachi". 92newshd.tv. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
^ ریاض سہیل (20 August 2020). "کیماڑی: کراچی میں نئے ضلعے کے قیام کی منظوری، اس کی ضرورت کیوں پیش آئی؟". bbc.com. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
^ "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
^ "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).
^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
^ "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).
^ "Sindh govt notifies Keamari as 7th district of Karachi". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
^ "Karachi fits seventh district into its mix – Keamari | SAMAA". Samaa TV. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
^ "Sindh govt decides to divide Karachi into seven districts". Dunya News. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
^ "Ruckus in Sindh Assembly as opposition protests Kemari district decision | Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).

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[1] "ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS". Commissioner, Karachi Division.

[2] "CM Advisor, Administrator Keamari Visit Sindhi Muhalla". UrduPoint. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

[3] "SINDH GOVT ESTABLISHES DMC IN KARACHI'S KEAMARI DISTRICT". ARY News. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

[2023census-4] "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.

[nation-5] ABDULLAH ZAFAR (21 August 2020). "Sindh Cabinet approves division of Karachi into seven districts". nation.com.pk. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

[92newshd-6] "Sindh Cabinet Approves Formation Of Kemari District In Karachi". 92newshd.tv. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

[bbc-7] ریاض سہیل (20 August 2020). "کیماڑی: کراچی میں نئے ضلعے کے قیام کی منظوری، اس کی ضرورت کیوں پیش آئی؟". bbc.com. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

[8] "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

[9] "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.

[10] "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).

[2023_census-11] "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

[12] "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).

[13] "Sindh govt notifies Keamari as 7th district of Karachi". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-09-19.

[14] "Karachi fits seventh district into its mix – Keamari | SAMAA". Samaa TV. Retrieved 2020-08-23.

[15] "Sindh govt decides to divide Karachi into seven districts". Dunya News. Retrieved 2020-08-23.

[16] "Ruckus in Sindh Assembly as opposition protests Kemari district decision | Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-08-23.

[17] "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).

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v t e Districts of Sindh
Provincial capital: Karachi
Hyderabad	Badin Sujawal Thatta Dadu Hyderabad Jamshoro Matiari Tando Allahyar Tando Muhammad Khan
Karachi	Karachi East Karachi South Karachi West Keamari Korangi Malir Nazimabad (Karachi Central)
Larkana	Jacobabad Kashmore Larkana Qambar Shahdadkot Shikarpur
Mirpur Khas	Mirpur Khas Tharparkar Umerkot
Shaheed Benazir Abad	Naushahro Feroze Sanghar Shaheed Benazir Abad
Sukkur	Ghotki Khairpur Sukkur

History

Demographics

Administration

List of the Tehsils

See also

References