# Orangi District

Orangi District (formerly Karachi West District), (Urdu: ضلع اورنگی) also (Karachi Gharbi کراچی غربی) is an administrative district of Karachi Division, created in 1972. It is located in the western part of Karachi in the province of Sindh, Pakistan with a population of 2.67 million. Orangi District consists of three administrative towns namely Manghopir Town, Mominabad Town & Orangi Town.

## History

Orangi District (formerly Karachi West District) was created in 1972 as a district of Karachi Division. The District was abolished in 2000 by City District Government Karachi. 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 in 2001, and the merging of its five districts to form a new City District Government Karachi with eighteen autonomous constituent towns as a result Karachi West District was divided into five towns namely:
* Baldia Town,
* Keamari Town,
* Lyari Town,
* Orangi Town,
* SITE Town.
On 11 July 2011, the Sindh Government restored again Karachi West District.
Lyari Town became part of Karachi South District in 2015. New subdivisions Manghopir and Mominabad were added to Karachi West District.
In 2020, Keamari District was carved out from Karachi West District. This resulted in Baldia Town, Keamari Town, Mauripur Town and SITE Town becoming being part of Keamari District.
As of 2023, Sindh Government renamed Karachi West District to its famous town name Orangi District.

## Demographics

As of the 2023 census, Karachi West district has 464,756 households and a population of 2,679,380. The district has a sex ratio of 112.00 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 67.43%: 69.75% for males and 64.79% for females. 673,559 (25.14% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 2,430,428 (90.71%) live in urban areas.

### Religion

Religions in Karachi West district (2023) :
| Religion | Religion | Percent | Percent |
| Islam | Islam | 97.78% | 97.78% |
| Christianity | Christianity | 1.87% | 1.87% |
| Other or not stated | Other or not stated | 0.35% | 0.35% |
The majority religion is Islam, with 2,619,785 of the population. Christianity 50,192, Hindus 7,744, Ahmadiyya 361, Schedule castes 105, Sikhs 603, Parsis 222 & others 368.

### Languages

* Urdu (55.4%)
* Pashto (24.37%)
* Punjabi (4.87%)
* Sindhi (3.87%)
* Saraiki (3.46%)
* Balochi (2.74%)
* Hindko (2.39%)
* Others (2.87%)
| Language | Rank | 2023 census | Speakers | 2017 census (Keamari District excluded) | Speakers | Growth rate (2017-2023) |
| Urdu | 1 | 55.4% | 1,484,395 | 50.27% | 1,044,223 | 11% |
| Pashto | 2 | 24.37% | 653,129 | 26.19% | 544,054 | 7% |
| Punjabi | 3 | 4.87% | 130,596 | 6.13% | 127,352 | 20% |
| Sindhi | 4 | 3.87% | 103,826 | 3.57% | 74,226 | 8% |
| Saraiki | 5 | 3.46% | 92,741 | 3.82% | 79,547 | 9% |
| Balochi | 6 | 2.74% | 73,542 | 2.70% | 56,189 | 1.5% |
| Hindko | 7 | 2.38% | 64,030 | 1.61% | 33,547 | 48% |
| Others | 8 | 2.87% | 77,121 | 2.60% | 54,077 | 10% |
| All | 9 | 100% | 2,679,380 | 100% | 2,077,228 | 29% |
At the time of the 2023 Pakistani census, 1,484,395 spoke Urdu, 653,129 Pashto, 130,596 Punjabi, 103,826 Sindhi, 92,741 Saraiki, 73,542 Balochi, 64,030 Hindko, 5,434 Kashmiri, 19,374 Brahui, 772 Shina, 1,765 Balti, 6,714 Mewati, 131 Kalasha, 2,058 Koshistani, 40,873 others, as their first language.

## Geography

Orangi District is located in the north-west part of Karachi Division. North border of Orangi District is with Gadap Town of Malir District, East border of Orangi District is with New Karachi Town & North Nazimabad Town of Nazimabad District, West border of Orangi District is with Mauripur Town of Keamari District, south-west border is with Baldia Town of Kaeamari District, south-east border is with SITE Town of Keamari District.

## Administrative Towns in Orangi District

Following is the list of three administrative towns of Orangi District Karachi.
* Manghopir Sub-Division
* Mominabad Sub-Division
* Orangi Sub-Division.