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 split from District West Karachi. So, Baldia Town, SITE Town, Mauripur Town & Keamari Town ended up being part of newly created Keamari District. At the time of 2023 Pakistani census Keamari District has a population of 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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