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
Established2020 (2020)
Administration[1][2]DMC Keamari office
Administrative Subdivisions
04
Government
[4]
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • BodyDeputy Commissioner
 • Deputy CommissionerJunaid Iqbal Khan (MQM-P)
 • AdministratorIqbal Ahmed Mirani (MQM-P)[3]
 • ConstituensyNA-242 Karachi Keamari-I
NA-243 Karachi Keamari-II
Area
 • Total
559 km2 (216 sq mi)
Elevation
51 m (167 ft)
Population
 (2023)[5]
 • Total
2,066,574
 • Density3,700.3/km2 (9,584/sq mi)
Literacy
[6]
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    62.07%
  • Male:
    66.86%
  • Female:
    56.51%
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.

Town Municipal Committee

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.[7][8][9][1][10][11]

History

Keamari District was created on 21 August 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). Keamari District was created after splitting Karachi West District in 2020.[12][13]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951_—    
1961_—    
1972_—    
1981_—    
1998_—    
20171,829,837—    
20232,066,574+2.05%
Sources:[14]

As of the 2023 census, Keamari district has 319,121 households and a population of 2,068,451.[15] 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.[5][16] 545,382 (26.39% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[17] The entire population lives in urban areas.[5]

Religion

Religions in Keamari district (2023)[18]
Religion Percent
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.[18]

Languages

Languages of Keamari district (2023)[19]
  1. Pashto (33.1%)
  2. Urdu (22.1%)
  3. Punjabi (10.8%)
  4. Sindhi (9.30%)
  5. Hindko (7.75%)
  6. Balochi (7.10%)
  7. Saraiki (2.73%)
  8. 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 and 147,242 others, of total 2,066,574 as their first language.[19]

Administration

Keamari district is divided into four subdivisions: Keamari (also called Harbour), Baldia, Mauripur, and SITE.[20]

Following is the list of four administrative towns of Keamari District.[21][22][23]

List of the Tehsils

# District Headquarter Area

(km2)[24]

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

See also

References

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  13. ^ ریاض سہیل (20 August 2020). "کیماڑی: کراچی میں نئے ضلعے کے قیام کی منظوری، اس کی ضرورت کیوں پیش آئی؟". BBC News (in Urdu language). Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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  15. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 20" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  16. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  17. ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 5" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  18. ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 9" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  19. ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  20. ^ "Sindh govt notifies Keamari as 7th district of Karachi". The News International newspaper. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  21. ^ "Karachi fits seventh district into its mix – Keamari". Samaa TV News. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  22. ^ "Sindh govt decides to divide Karachi into seven districts". Dunya TV News. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  23. ^ "Ruckus in Sindh Assembly as opposition protests Kemari district decision". Pakistan Today newspaper. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  24. ^ "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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