Karachi East (District)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karachi East District
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Are
Seat : Karachi
Coordinates : 24 ° 53 '  N , 67 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 24 ° 53 '0 "  N , 67 ° 8' 0"  E
Area : 89 km²
 
Residents : 2,907,467 (2017)
Population density : 32,668 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Karachi East district highlighted
Administrative division of Karachi

Karachi East District is an administrative district in Pakistan in Sindh Province . The district forms part of the city of Karachi and consists of the districts of Jamshed and Gulshan .

The district has an area of ​​89 km² and according to the 2017 census 2,907,467 inhabitants. The population density is 32,668 inhabitants / km².

location

The district is located in the south of Sindh Province, which is located in southeastern Pakistan. It forms the eastern part of the mega city of Karachi.

Administrative division

The district is administratively divided into five tehsil :

history

In 2000 the district was abolished and Karachi became a single district of Sindh. On July 11, 2011, the Sindh government restored the Karachi East district.

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 3.64% annually. There are 1,528,019 men, 1,379,225 women and 223 transgender people in 509,239 households , which results in a gender ratio of 110.8 men per 100 women and thus a common surplus of men for Pakistan.

year population
1998 1,472,896
2017 2,907,467

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017. August 29, 2017, accessed May 30, 2019 .
  2. Pakistani Districts wise Population Census 2017. Accessed May 30, 2019 .
  3. ^ Saeed Abbasi: Karachi's district status restored, notification issued. In: The News Tribe. July 10, 2011, Retrieved June 3, 2019 (American English).