| Keamari District | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Sindh |
| Etymology: | District Karachi West |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Karachi |
| Subdivision Type3: | Preceded |
| Subdivision Name3: | District Karachi West (1972-2020) |
| Subdivision Type4: | Headquarters |
| Subdivision Name4: | Baldia Town |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Seat Type: | Administration[1] |
| Seat: | DMC Keamari office |
| Parts Type: | Administrative Subdivisions |
| Parts Style: | coll,para |
| Parts: | 04 |
| P1: | Baldia Town Keamari Town Mauripur Town SITE Town |
| Government Footnotes: | [2] |
| Government Type: | District Administration |
| Governing Body: | Deputy Commissioner |
| Leader Title: | Deputy Commissioner |
| Leader Name: | Junaid Iqbal Khan |
| Leader Title1: | Administrator |
| Leader Name1: | Iqbal Ahmed Mirani[3] |
| Leader Title2: | Constituensy |
| Leader Name2: | NA-242 Karachi Keamari-I NA-243 Karachi Keamari-II |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 559 |
| Elevation M: | 51 |
| Population Footnotes: | [4] |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Total: | 2,066,574 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | (PKT) |
| Timezone1 Dst: | DST is not observed |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 75700 |
| Area Code Type: | NWD (area) code |
| Area Code: | 021 |
| Iso Code: | PK-SD |
Keamari District, (ur|{{nq|ضلع کیماڑی) is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan created on August 21, 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.[5] [6] [7]
Population
At the time of the 2023 census, Keamari had a population of 2,066,574.[8] It had a sex ratio of 113.75% (males/females). It had literacy rate of 66.86% for males and 56.51% for females with total average at 62.07%. In 2023, the district had 319,124 households with mean size of 6.4 per family.
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 & 147,242 others, of total 2,066,574 as their first language.[9]
ReligionThe majority religion is Islam, with 98.15% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 1.27% and Hinduism by 0.49% of the population.[10]
Keamari district is divided into four subdivisions: Keamari (also called Harbour), Baldia, Mauripur, and SITE.[11]
Following is the list of four administrative towns of Keamari District.[12] [13] [14]
| District | Headquarter | Area(km2)[15] | Pop.(2023) | Density(ppl/km2) (2023) | Lit. rate(2023) | Union Council | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keamari Town | 50 | 451,801 | 9,036.02 | 83.55% |
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| 2 | Baldia Town | 34 | 948,597 | 27,899.91 | 80.07% |
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| 3 | S.I.T.E. Town | 25 | 449,120 | 17,964.80 | 78.57% |
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| 4 | Karachi Fish Harbour |