Nazimabad District

Nazimabad District, formerly Karachi Central District, is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan.

History


The district was abolished in 2000 and divided into four towns namely Gulberg Town, Liaquatabad Town, New Karachi Town, and North Nazimabad Town.

On 11 July 2011, the Government of Sindh restored Karachi Central District again.

Karachi Central District has the following dehs: Gujhro (P), in the talukas of Gulberg and Liaquatabad, and Kari Lakhi, in the taluka of North Nazimabad.

In 2022, it was divided into five towns namely Gulberg Town, Liaquatabad Town, Nazimabad Town, New Karachi Town, and North Nazimabad Town respectively.

In 2023, the Government of Sindh renamed Karachi Central District to Nazimabad District to align with its famous town name.

Union committees
The following is a list of the union councils of Nazimabad District, and their respective neighbourhoods and suburban localities. Nazimabad District has a total of five towns and 45 union councils.

Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census, Nazimabad district had 534,192 households and a population of 2,971,382. Nazimabad had a sex ratio of 900 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 81.52%: 81.90% for males and 81.13% for females. The entire population lived in urban areas. 627,927 (21.13%) were under 10 years of age. In 2023, the district had 652,776 households and a population of 3,822,325.

The majority religion is Islam, with 98.31% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 1.22% of the population.

At the time of the 2017 census, 70.77% of the population spoke Urdu, 6.57% Punjabi, 5.53% Pashto, 5.44% Saraiki, 2.57% Sindhi, and 1.41% Hindko as their first language.