Orangi District

Orangi District (formerly Karachi West District), (ضلعو اورنگي), is an administrative, one of 7th district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan.

History
The District was abolished in 2000 and divided into five towns namely:
 * Kemari Town,
 * SITE Town,
 * Baldia Town
 * Orangi Town.
 * Orangi Town.

On 11 July 2011, the Sindh Government reinstated the Karachi West District.

In 2020, Kemari District was carved out from Karachi West District. This resulted in Kemari Town, SITE Town and Baldia Town becoming being part of Kemari District. Lyari became part of Karachi South district in 2015.

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

Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census, Orangi district had 337,205 households and a population of 2,077,228.

The majority religion is Islam, with 98.06% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 1.61% of the population.

At the time of the 2017 census, 50.27% of the population spoke Urdu, 26.19% Pashto, 6.13% Punjabi, 3.83% Saraiki, 3.57% Sindhi, 3.09% Hindko, 2.70% Balochi and 1.07% Brahui as their first language.

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


 * Mominabad Sub-Division
 * Manghopir Sub-Division
 * Orangi Town Sub-Division

List of Dehs
The following is a list of Orangi District's dehs, organised by taluka:


 * Mominabad
 * Mangho Pir Taluka (11 dehs)
 * Bijar Bhatti
 * Bund Murad (P)
 * Halkani
 * Hub
 * Jam Charkho
 * Mai Garhi
 * Manghopir
 * Mukhi
 * Nangan
 * Surjani
 * Taiser
 * Orangi Taluka (1 deh)
 * Orangi