Keamari District

Keamari District
ضلع کیماڑی
District of Sindh
Top: Keamari Boat Terminal
Bottom: Paradise Point
Etymology: District Karachi West
Country Pakistan
Province Sindh
DivisionKarachi
PrecededDistrict Karachi West (1972-2020)
HeadquartersBaldia Town
Established21 August 2020; 4 years ago (21 August 2020)
Administration[1]DMC Keamari office
Administrative Subdivisions
04
Government
[3]
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • BodyDeputy Commissioner
 • Deputy CommissionerJunaid Iqbal Khan
 • AdministratorIqbal Ahmed Mirani[2]
 • ConstituensyNA-242 Karachi Keamari-I
NA-243 Karachi Keamari-II
Area
 • Total
559 km2 (216 sq mi)
Elevation
51 m (167 ft)
Population
 (2023)[4]
 • Total
2,066,574
 • Density3,700/km2 (9,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+05:00 (PKT)
 • Summer (DST)DST is not observed
ZIP Code
75700
NWD (area) code021
ISO 3166 codePK-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
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951_—    
1961_—    
1972_—    
1981_—    
1998_—    
20171,829,837—    
20232,066,574+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]

List of the Tehsils

# District Headquarter 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%


2 Baldia Town 34 948,597 27,899.91 80.07%


3 S.I.T.E. Town 25 449,120 17,964.80 78.57%


4 Karachi Fish Harbour
Boating Harbour of Kemari

See also

References

  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.
  4. ^ "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
  5. ^ ABDULLAH ZAFAR (21 August 2020). "Sindh Cabinet approves division of Karachi into seven districts". nation.com.pk. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Sindh Cabinet Approves Formation Of Kemari District In Karachi". 92newshd.tv. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  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).
  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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