Korangi Town | |
Settlement Type: | Constituent Town of Karachi |
Subdivision Type: | Town Chairman |
Subdivision Name: | Muhammad Naeem Sheikh |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Korangi District |
Subdivision Type2: | Division |
Subdivision Name2: | Karachi Division |
Subdivision Type3: | Province |
Subdivision Type4: | Country |
Subdivision Name4: | Pakistan |
Parts Type: | Union Committees in Town Municipal Corporation |
Parts Style: | coll,para |
Parts: | 11 |
P1: | Qayyumabad Makhdoom Bilawal Nasir Colony Zia Colony Sector-33 Korangi Raheemabad Madina Colony Ithad Colony Ghousia Colony Chakra Goth |
Government Type: | Government of Karachi |
Leader Title1: | Constituency |
Leader Name1: | NA-234 Karachi Korangi-III |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Title1: | Town status |
Established Title2: | Disbanded |
Established Title3: | Part of District Karachi East |
Established Date3: | (1972-2013) |
Area Total Km2: | 59 |
Elevation Max M: | 31 |
Elevation Min M: | -3 |
Elevation M: | 9 |
Population As Of: | 2023 Pakistani census |
Population Total: | 1,362,998 |
Population Density Km2: | 23118.51 |
Population Demonym: | Karachiite |
Timezone: | PKT |
Utc Offset: | +05:00 |
Timezone Dst: | DST is not observed |
Area Code Type: | NWD (area) code |
Area Code: | 021 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 74900 |
Iso Code: | PK-SD |
Korangi Town (ur|{{Nastaliq|کورنگی ٹاؤن) is an administrative subdivision or town within Karachi, Pakistan. It lies in the eastern part of the city that was named after the locality of Korangi. Korangi Town was re-organized as part of Karachi East District, before Korangi District was formed.[1] According to the 2023 Pakistani census, the population of Korangi Subdivision is 1,362,998 (1.3 million).
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, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Korangi Town. In 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced. In 2015, Korangi Town was re-organized as part of Karachi East, before it was made part of Korangi District.
There are 821,192 Urdu, 153,738 Punjabi, 105,186 Sindhi, 85,954 Pashto, 58,218 Saraiki, 40,882 Hindko, 9,418 Balochi, 5,422 Mewati, 4,218 Balti, 3,677 Shina, 3,446 Kashmiri, 975 Brahvi, 657 Koshistani, 34 Kalasha & 69,981 others.
Note: Korangi Town should not be confused with Korangi neighbourhood in neighbouring Landhi Town.