Keamari District () 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.
Baldia Town Mauripur Town Moriro Mirbahar Town
History Keamari District was created on 21 August 2020 after it was carved out of District West Karachi. Baldia Town, SITE Town, Mauripur Town and 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.
Demographics
As of the 2023 census, Keamari district has 319,121 households and a population of 2,068,451. 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. 545,382 (26.39% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. The entire population lives in urban areas.
Religion
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.
Languages
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.
Administration Keamari district is divided into four subdivisions: Keamari (also called Harbour), Baldia, Mauripur, and SITE.
Following is the list of four administrative sub-divisions (Tehsil) of Keamari District.
Keamari (population 451,147) Baldia (population 948,399) Site (population 449,098) Mauripur (population 217,930)
List of the Towns with UC's #DistrictUnion CouncilMap1Keamari Town 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 Pat2Baldia Town 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 Rasheedabad3S.I.T.E. Town 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
See also
Divisions of Pakistan Divisions of Balochistan Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Divisions of Punjab Divisions of Sindh Divisions of Azad Kashmir Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan Tehsils of Pakistan Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Tehsils of Balochistan, Pakistan Tehsils of Sindh, Pakistan Tehsils of Azad Kashmir Tehsils of Gilgit-Baltistan Districts of Pakistan Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Districts of Punjab, Pakistan Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan Districts of Sindh, Pakistan Districts of Azad Kashmir Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan
Keamari Town Keamari (locality) Keamari Sub-Division
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