Orangi District

Orangi District ضلع اورنگی
District of Karachi Division
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Etymology: District Karachi West
Motto(s):  Determination, Diligence, Developing
Map of Orangi District
Country	Pakistan
Province	Sindh
Division	Karachi Division
Established	1 July 1972; 52 years ago (1 July 1972)
Headquarters	Orangi
Abolished	August 2001; 23 years ago (August 2001) (CDGK)
Restored	11 July 2011; 13 years ago (11 July 2011)
Founded by	Mumtaz Bhutto (Chief Minister)
Administration[1]	DMC West
Administrative Subdivisions	03 Manghopir Town Mominabad Town Orangi Town
Government [2]
• Type	District Administration
• Body	Government of Karachi
• Constituensy	NA-244 Karachi West-I NA-245 Karachi West-II NA-246 Karachi West-III
• Commissioner Karachi Division	Syed Hassan Ali Naqvi
• Deputy Commissioner Orangi District	Ahmed Ali Siddiqui
• Additional Deputy Commissioner	Zahid Ali Bhatti
• CNIC Code	42401
Area
• District of Karachi Division	370 km^2 (140 sq mi)
Elevation	58 m (190 ft)
Highest elevation	528 m (1,732 ft)
Lowest elevation	28 m (92 ft)
Population  (2023 Pakistani census)[3]
• District of Karachi Division	2,679,380
• Density	7,241.57/km^2 (18,755.6/sq mi)
• Urban	2,430,428
• Rural	248,952
Demonym	Karachiite
Time zone	UTC+05:00 (PKT)
• Summer (DST)	DST is not observed
ZIP Code	75800
NWD (area) code	021
ISO 3166 code	PK-SD
Motorways & Minor Arterial Roads	M-10 & Manghopir Road Shahrah-e-Qaddafi Northern Bypass - Orangi Link Road New Karachi - Orangi Link Road Khwaja Shamsuuddin Azeemi Road Hub Dam Road
CNIC Code of Orangi District	42401-XXXXXXX-X

Orangi District (formerly Karachi West District), (Urdu: ضلع اورنگی) also (Karachi Gharbi کراچی غربی) is an administrative district of Karachi Division, created in 1972. It is located in the western part of Karachi in the province of Sindh, Pakistan with a population of 2.67 million. Orangi District consists of three administrative towns namely Manghopir Town, Mominabad Town & Orangi Town.

History

Orangi District (formerly Karachi West District) was created in 1972 as a district of Karachi Division. The District was abolished in 2000 by City District Government Karachi. The federal government 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 former Karachi Division in 2001, and the merging of its five districts to form a new City District Government Karachi with eighteen autonomous constituent towns as a result Karachi West District was divided into five towns namely:

• Baldia Town,
• Keamari Town,
• Lyari Town,
• Orangi Town,
• SITE Town.

On 11 July 2011, the Sindh Government restored again Karachi West District.^[4]

Lyari Town became part of Karachi South District in 2015. New subdivisions Manghopir and Mominabad were added to Karachi West District.

In 2020, Keamari District was carved out from Karachi West District. This resulted in Baldia Town, Keamari Town, Mauripur Town and SITE Town becoming being part of Keamari District.^[5][6][7]

As of 2023, Sindh Government renamed Karachi West District to its famous town name Orangi District.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1961	...	—
1972	...	—
1981	...	—
1998	2,127,765	—
2017	3,907,065	+3.25%
2023	2,679,380	−6.09%
Sources:[8]

In the 2023 Pakistani census, the district had a population of 2.67 millions (total 2,679,380) consists of 1,415,430 males & females 1,263,753.

Languages

Languages of District Karachi West (2023 Pakistani census)^[9]

  Urdu (55.4%)

  Pashto (24.37%)

  Punjabi (4.87%)

  Sindhi (3.87%)

  Saraiki (3.46%)

  Balochi (2.74%)

  Hindko (2.39%)

  Others (2.87%)

Language	Rank	2023 census[10]	Speakers	2017 census (Keamari District excluded)	Speakers	Growth rate (2017-2023)
Urdu	1	55.4%	1,484,395	50.27%	1,044,223	11%
Pashto	2	24.37%	653,129	26.19%	544,054	7%
Punjabi	3	4.87%	130,596	6.13%	127,352	20%
Sindhi	4	3.87%	103,826	3.57%	74,226	8%
Saraiki	5	3.46%	92,741	3.82%	79,547	9%
Balochi	6	2.74%	73,542	2.70%	56,189	1.5%
Hindko	7	2.38%	64,030	1.61%	33,547	48%
Others	8	2.87%	77,121	2.60%	54,077	10%
All	9	100%	2,679,380	100%	2,077,228	29%

At the time of the 2023 Pakistani census, 1,484,395 spoke Urdu, 653,129 Pashto, 130,596 Punjabi, 103,826 Sindhi, 92,741 Saraiki, 73,542 Balochi, 64,030 Hindko, 5,434 Kashmiri, 19,374 Brahui, 772 Shina, 1,765 Balti, 6,714 Mewati, 131 Kalasha, 2,058 Koshistani, 40,873 others, as their first language.^[11]

Religion

Religions in Karachi West district (2023)[12]
Religion			Percent
Islam			97.78%
Christianity			1.87%
Other			0.35%

The majority religion is Islam, with 2,619,785 of the population. Christianity 50,192, Hindus 7,744, Ahmadiyya 361, Schedule castes 105, Sikhs 603, Parsis 222 & others 368.^[13]

Geography

Orangi District is located in the north-west part of Karachi Division. North border of Orangi District is with Gadap Town of Malir District, East border of Orangi District is with New Karachi Town & North Nazimabad Town of Nazimabad District, West border of Orangi District is with Mauripur Town of Keamari District, south-west border is with Baldia Town of Kaeamari District, south-east border is with SITE Town of Keamari District.

Administrative Towns in Orangi District

Following is the list of three administrative towns of Orangi District Karachi.

• Manghopir Sub-Division
• Mominabad Sub-Division
• Orangi Sub-Division.

See also

• Keamari District

References

1. "ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS". Commissioner, Karachi Division.
2. "Under SC judgement: Sindh govt repatriates 32 officials of Karachi DMC to parent depts". The News International (newspaper). 22 February 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
3. "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
4. Karachi’s district status restored, notification issued, Published in The News Tribe on 11 July 2011, Retrieved on 7 August 2012
5. "Karachi fits seventh district into its mix – Keamari | SAMAA". Samaa TV. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
6. "Ruckus in Sindh Assembly as opposition protests Kemari district decision | Pakistan Today". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
7. "Sindh Cabinet approves division of Karachi into seven districts". The Nation. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
8. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
9. "TABLE 11 – POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
10. "TABLE 11 – POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
11. "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).
12. "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
13. "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).

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