Manghopir Town () is a neighbourhood located in the north-western part of Karachi, in Pakistan's Sindh province. It is one of the three towns of Orangi District in Karachi Division, that was previously part of Gadap Town until 2011. Now it is one of the three towns of Orangi District of Karachi. Manghopir Town has a population of 1.8 million, as of the 2023 Pakistani census.
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. Karachi West District has three towns.
Manghopir Town Mominabad Town Orangi Town
Demographics
Manghopir is a rural area of Karachi. The area has the oldest Sufi shrines in the city named after a Saint Saqib, hot sulphur springs that are believed to have curative powers, and many crocodiles - believed locally to be the sacred disciples of Pir Mangho. .
There are several ethnic groups in Manghopir Town. The Population of Manghopir Sub-Division is 1,081,753 as of the 2023 census's
LanguageRank2023 censusSpeakers2017 censusSpeakersGrowth rate (2017-2023)Urdu154.0%584,22944.97%319,87020%Pashto215.63%169,14919.56%139,16620%Punjabi36.80%73,6128.19%58,30717%Sindhi46.73%72,8416.63%47,1661.5%Saraiki56.47%70,0437.19%51,17310%Balochi64.08%44,2114.25%30,2324%Others76.25%67,6689.18%65,32231%All8100%1,081,753100%711,23652%
Religion
There are 1,039,887 Muslims, 34,417 Christians, 6,186 Hindus, 230 Ahmadiyya, 79 scheduled castes, 475 Sikhs, 251 Parsis and 258 others of total population 1,081,753 of Manghopir sub-division.
Town Municipal Corporation
On 29 September 2022 the Government of Sindh issued a notification of remaining names of Union Committees of Manghopir, Orangi District of Karachi Division.
16 Union Committees of Manghopir in Town Municipal Corporation
Sub Sr NumberNumber of Union CommitteeName of UC in Town Municipal Corporation 1 UC#01Mai Ghari 2UC#02Maghopir3UC#03Pukhtoonabad4UC#04Surjani5UC#05Yousuf Goth 6UC#06Raheem Goth 7UC#07KDA Flats8UC#08Bhatti Goth9UC#09Khuda Ki Basti10UC#10Lyari Expressway Resettlement Project 11UC#11Hassan Goth 12UC#12Gulshan-e-Maymar13UC#13Mullah Hussain Brohi14UC#14Kuwari Colony 15UC#15MPR Colony 16UC#16Gabol Colony
Manghopir Sub-Division Areas
Surjani Town Taiser Town Qalandarani Goth Abdullah Goth Gulshan-e-Maymar Khuda Ki Basti Gulshan-e-Tauheed Manghopir Ghazi Goth Orangi Ittehad Town KDA Flats Khairabad Zebo Goth Northern Bypass
Adjoining Areas
New Karachi Town North Karachi Town Gulshan-e-Bahar Baldia Town
Constituensy
NA-244 Karachi West-I
Manghopir Lake
The Manghopir Lake is situated near the shrine of Sufi Pir Mangho and there over one hundred Mugger crocodiles in the lake which are fed by the pilgrims.Runaway crocodiles returned to Manghopir shrine
Sheedis and Festivals
Manghopir is mostly inhabited by one of Pakistan's smallest ethnic communities, the Sheedi, also known as Makrani. Sheedi are said to be the descendants of Afro-Arabs from Zanzibar and maintain their distinct Afro-Arab and Omani identity in the midst of the dominating South Asian cultures.
Presently, these African-Pakistanis live in various parts of Karachi. Most are found in Lyari, but they are also found in Malir, Moaach Goth, Manghopir, and further in southern at Sindh and Balochistan. Due to Lyari's dominant Sheedi people population, it is often called 'Little Africa'. Some Afro-Arab style festivals and dances like Gowati, Lewa, Dhamaal, beating Omani style shindo, jabwah, and jasser drums are still popular in Manghopirs Lyari locale. Many forms of folk beliefs and medicines are also still practiced. A prominent Urdu poet and Lyari citizen, Noon Meem Danish, proudly claims to be the great-great-grandchild of an African from Zanzibar. "Now after centuries of cultural assimilation, Sheedis proudly call themselves Sindhis and Baloch.
See also Pir Mangho Manghopir Hills Gallery of the shrines and spring in Manghopir Manghopir Lake
References
External links Karachi Website.