# Nazimabad District

24°55′53″N 67°02′15″E﻿ / ﻿24.9313°N 67.0374°E﻿ / 24.9313; 67.0374
Nazimabad District (Urdu: ضلع ناظم آباد ), formerly Karachi Central District, is an administrative district of Karachi Division in Sindh, Pakistan created in 1996. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of Nazimabad District is 3,822,325 (3.8 million).

## 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.

### Gulberg Town

* Union Council
* U.C. 1 Shafiq Mill Colony
* U.C. 2 Samanabad
* U.C. 3 Water Pump
* U.C. 4 Naseerabad
* U.C. 5 Yaseenabad
* U.C. 6 Azizabad
* U.C. 7 Karimabad
* U.C. 8 Gulberg

### Liaquatabad Town

* Union Council
* U.C. 1 Moosa Colony
* U.C. 2 Sharifabad
* U.C. 3 Bandhani Colony
* U.C. 4 Ibn-e-Seena
* U.C. 5 Commercial Area
* U.C. 6 Dak Khana
* U.C. 7 C-Area

### Nazimabad Town

* Union Council
* U.C. 1 Paposh Nagar
* U.C. 2 Abbasi Shaheed
* U.C. 3 Hadi Market
* U.C. 4 Nazimabad
* U.C. 5 Rizvia Society (R.C.H.S.)
* U.C. 6 Firdous Colony
* U.C. 7 Gulbahar

### New Karachi Town

* Union Council
* U.C. 1 Shah Nawaz Bhutto Colony
* U.C. 2 Gulshan-e-Saeed
* U.C. 3 Khawaja Ajmeer Nagri
* U.C. 4 Godhra
* U.C. 5 Abu Zar Ghaffari
* U.C. 6 Khamiso Goth
* U.C. 7 Madina Colony
* U.C. 8 Faisal Colony
* U.C. 9 Abu Zar Ghaffari
* U.C. 10 Godhra
* U.C. 11 Hakim Ahsan
* U.C. 12 Kailana
* U.C. 13 Shah Nawaz Bhutto Colony

### North Nazimabad Town

* Union Council
* U.C. 1 Sir Syed Colony
* U.C. 2 Farooq-e-Azam
* U.C. 3 Siddiq-e-Akbar
* U.C. 4 Buffer Zone
* U.C. 5 Taimooria
* U.C. 6 Sakhi Hassan
* U.C. 7 Hyderi
* U.C. 8 Al-Falah
* U.C. 9 Pahar Gunj
* U.C. 10 Mustafaabad

## Demographics

As of the 2023 census, Karachi Central district has 651,268 households and a population of 3,822,325. The district has a sex ratio of 112.01 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 83.55%: 83.82% for males and 83.27% for females. 898,383 (23.52% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. The entire population lives in urban areas.
Religions in Karachi Central district (2023) :
| Religion | Religion | Percent | Percent |
| Islam | Islam | 98.33% | 98.33% |
| Christianity | Christianity | 1.27% | 1.27% |
| Other or not stated | Other or not stated | 0.40% | 0.40% |
The majority religion is Islam, with 98.33% of the population. Christianity is practiced by 1.27% of the population.
* Urdu (80.2%)
* Pashto (4.65%)
* Punjabi (4.04%)
* Saraiki (3.88%)
* Sindhi (2.22%)
* Balochi (0.88%)
* Hindko (0.82%)
* Others (3.3%)
At the time of the 2023 census, 80.20% of the population spoke Urdu, 4.04% Punjabi, 4.65% Pashto, 3.88% Saraiki, 2.22% Sindhi, 0.88% Balochi and 0.82% Hindko as their first language.