Landhi Town لانڈھی ٹاؤن | |
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 Landhi Town Map | |
| Town Chairman | Abdul Jamil Khan |
| District | Korangi District |
| Division | Karachi Division |
| Province |  Sindh |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Established | 1972; 53 years ago (1972) |
| Town status | 14 August 2001; 23 years ago (14 August 2001) |
| Disbanded | 11 July 2011; 13 years ago (11 July 2011) |
| Union Committees in Town Municipal Corporation | 10
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| Government | |
| • Type | Government of Karachi |
| • Constituency | NA-233 Karachi Korangi-II |
| Area | |
• Total | 19 km2 (7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 13 m (43 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 681,293 |
| • Density | 35,857.58/km2 (92,870.7/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Karachiite |
| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
| • Summer (DST) | DSTis not observed |
| ZIP Code | 75160 |
| NWD (area) code | 021 |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-SD |
Landhi Town (Urdu:لانڈھی ٹاؤن) is aKarachi borough in easternKarachi that was named after the locality ofLandhi. Landhi Town was formed in 2001, and subdivided into 9union councils. The town system was disbanded in 2011 but restored in 2022[1][2] and Korangi Town was re-organized as part ofKarachi East District, beforeKorangi District was formed. According to the2023 Pakistani census, the population of Landhi Subdivision is 681,293.
It is bordered by theFaisal Cantonment andShah Faisal Town to the north across theMalir River,Bin Qasim Town to the south and east, andKorangi Town to the west. The population of Landhi Town was estimated to be over 660,000 at the 1998 census, of which 99% areMuslim. Muhajirs constitute an overwhelming majority of the population, followed by Pashtuns, Sindhi and Baloch.
Landhi Town contained much of the oldest parts of Karachi. The federal government underPervez Musharraf, who seized power in a1999 coup d'état, 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 formerKarachi Division, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Landhi Town. In 2011,Despite being abolished, the system was nevertheless used for administrative purposes up to 2015, when theKarachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced. In 2015, Landhi Town was re-organized as part ofKarachi East, before it was made part ofKorangi District.
There are 681,293 people of which 590,988 spoke Urdu, 22,953 Sindhi, 18,370 Punjabi, 10,812 Pashto, 6,813 Hindko, 4,257 Saraiki, 2,404 Shina, 1,988 Balochi, 1,934 Balti, 617 Kashmiri & 20,157 others.