Keamari District ضلع کیماڑی | |
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  Top: Keamari Boat Terminal Bottom:Paradise Point | |
| Etymology:District Karachi West | |
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| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Sindh |
| Division | Karachi |
| Preceded | District Karachi West (1972-2020) |
| Headquarters | Baldia Town |
| Established | 2020; 5 years ago (2020) |
| Administration[1] | DMC Keamari office |
| Administrative Subdivisions | |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Body | Deputy Commissioner |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Junaid Iqbal Khan (MQM-P) |
| • Administrator | Iqbal Ahmed Mirani (MQM-P)[2] |
| • Constituensy | NA-242 Karachi Keamari-I NA-243 Karachi Keamari-II |
| Area | |
• Total | 559 km2 (216 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 51 m (167 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,066,574 |
| • Density | 3,700.3/km2 (9,584/sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
| • Summer (DST) | DSTis not observed |
| ZIP Code | 75700 |
| NWD (area) code | 021 |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-SD |
Keamari District, (Urdu:ضلع کیماڑی) is an administrative district ofKarachi Division inSindh,Pakistan.
As per the Sindh Local Government Act, 2021, Sindh government replaced the previous seven District Municipal Corporations (DMCs) with 26 towns, each with its own municipal committee. Keamari District has three towns.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
It created on August 21, 2020 after it was carved out ofDistrict West Karachi.
Baldia Town,SITE Town, Mauripur Town &Keamari Town ended up being part of the newly createdKeamari District. The2023 Pakistani census recorded Keamari District's population as 2,066,574 (2 million). Keamari District was created after splittingKarachi West District in 2020.[12][13][14]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1951 | _ | — |
| 1961 | _ | — |
| 1972 | _ | — |
| 1981 | _ | — |
| 1998 | _ | — |
| 2017 | 1,829,837 | — |
| 2023 | 2,066,574 | +2.05% |
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As of the2023 census, Keamari district has 319,121 households and a population of 2,068,451.[16] The district has a sex ratio of 113.75 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 62.07%: 66.86% for males and 56.51% for females.[4][17] 545,382 (26.39% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[18] The entire population lives in urban areas.[4]
| Religion | Percent | |||
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| Islam | 98.15% | |||
| Christianity | 1.27% | |||
| Hinduism | 0.49% | |||
| Other or not stated | 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.[19]
At the time of the 2023 census, 684,923 of the population spokePashto, 455,771Urdu, 223,919Punjabi, 192,220Sindhi, 160,190Hindko, 146,835Balochi, 56,474Saraiki and 147,242 others, of total 2,066,574 as their first language.[20]
Keamari district is divided into four subdivisions:Keamari (also called Harbour),Baldia,Mauripur, andSITE.[21]
Following is the list of four administrative towns of Keamari District.[22][23][24]
| # | District | Headquarter | Area (km2)[25] | Pop. (2023) | Density (ppl/km2) (2023) | Lit. rate (2023) | Union Council | Map |
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| 1 | Keamari Town | 50 | 451,801 | 9,036.02 | 83.55% |
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| 2 | Baldia Town | 34 | 948,597 | 27,899.91 | 80.07% |
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| 3 | S.I.T.E. Town | 25 | 449,120 | 17,964.80 | 78.57% |
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| 4 | Karachi Fish Harbour |  |
Provincial capital:Karachi | ||
| Hyderabad |  | |
| Karachi | ||
| Larkana | ||
| Mirpur Khas | ||
| Shaheed Benazirabad | ||
| Sukkur | ||
