Baldia Town

Baldia Town

بلدیہ ٹاؤن
Baldia Town بلدیہ ٹاؤن
Constituent Town of Karachi
	Seal
	Baldia Town Map
Town Chairman	Abdul Karim Askani
District	Keamari District (since 2020)
Division	Karachi Division
Province	Sindh
Country	Pakistan
Established	2001; 24 years ago (CDGK)
Abolished	2011; 14 years ago
Restored	2015; 10 years ago
Union Committees in Town Municipal Corporation	13 Methan; Ittehad Town; Shaheed Nawab Khan; Gulshan-e-Ghazi; Islam Nagar; Jam Nagar; Madina Colony; Saeedabad; Nai Abadi; Shaheed Eidi Ameen; New Saeedabad; Naval Colony; Yousuf Goth;
Government
• Type	Government of Karachi
• Constituency	NA-242 Karachi Keamari-I
• National Assembly Member	Syed Mustafa Kamal (Muttahida Qaumi Movement)
Area
• Total	34 km2 (13.12 sq mi)
Elevation	38 m (125 ft)
Highest elevation	124 m (407 ft)
Lowest elevation	3 m (10 ft)
Population (2023 Pakistani census)
• Total	948,399
• Density	27,899.91/km2 (72,260.4/sq mi)
Demonym	Karachiite
Time zone	UTC+05:00 (PKT)
• Summer (DST)	DST is not observed
ZIP Code	75760
NWD (area) code	021
ISO 3166 code	PK-SD

Baldia Town (Urdu: بلدیہ ٹاؤن ) is an administrative sub-division within Keamari District of Karachi Division in Sindh Province of Pakistan.^[1] Baldia Town lies in the western part of the city with a population of 948,399 as of the 2023 Pakistani census.

In 2020, Kemari District was carved out of Karachi West District, and Baldia Town ended up being part of Kemari District.^[2]^[3]

Demographics

There are several ethnic groups in Baldia sub-division. Total population of Baldia Sub-Division is 948,399 consists of Males 498,073 & females 450,223 as of 2023 Pakistani census.

Languages

Languages of Baldia Sub-Division (2023 census)

Pashto (30.11%)

Urdu (29.92%)

Punjabi (12.68%)

Hindko (11.05%)

Balochi (5.42%)

Sindhi (5.04%)

Saraiki (2.45%)

Kashmiri (0.36%)

Kohistani (0.30%)

others (2.63%)

Language	Rank	2023 census^[4]	Speakers
Pashto	1	30.11%	285,619
Urdu	2	29.92%	283,833
Punjabi	3	12.68%	120,331
Hindko	4	11.05%	104800
Balochi	5	5.42%	51,447
Sindhi	6	5.04%	47,801
Saraiki	7	2.45%	23,252
Kashmiri	8	0.36%	3,451
Kohistani	9	0.30%	2,866
Others	10	2.63%	24,999
All	11	100%	948,399

Religions

There are 931,219 Muslims, 14,327 Christians, 2,432 Hindus, 55 Ahmadiyya, 10 scheduled castes, 53 Sikhs, 44 Parsis & 259 others of total population 948,399 of Baldia sub-division.

Religions in Baldia sub-division (2023)^[5]
Religion			Percent
Islam			98.18%
Hinduism			0.25%
Christianity			1.51%
Other			0.05%

Union Committees

Baldia Town 13 Union Committees of Baldia in Town Municipal Corporation

Sub Sr Number	Number of Union Committee (Baldia)	Name of UC in Town Municipal Corporation
1	UC#01	Methan
2	UC#02	Ittehad Town
3	UC#03	Shaheed Nawab Khan
4	UC#04	Gulshan-e-Ghazi
5	UC#05	Islam Nagar
6	UC#06	Jam Nagar
7	UC#07	Madina Colony
8	UC#08	Saeedabad
9	UC#09	Nai Abadi
10	UC#10	Shaheed Eidi Ameen
11	UC#11	New Saeedabad
12	UC#12	Naval Colony
13	UC#13	Yousuf Goth

Location

It was bordered by SITE Town and Orangi to the east and by Kiamari Town to the north and west, with most of the western boundary formed by part of the RCD Highway.

Baldia Railway Station

Baldia railway station

Neighbourhoods

Constituensy

NA-242 Karachi Keamari-I

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Baldia Town, Karachi, Pakistan". City District Government of Karachi (CDGK) website. Archived from the original on 19 February 2006. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ Sohail Rab Khan (20 August 2020). "Karachi fits seventh district into its mix – Keamari". SAMAA TV News website. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "Sindh Cabinet approves division of Karachi into seven districts". The Nation (newspaper). 21 August 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
^ "TABLE 11 – POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

External links

Karachi City website - Archived

24°55′28″N 66°58′25″E / 24.92444°N 66.97361°E / 24.92444; 66.97361

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[CDGK-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Baldia Town, Karachi, Pakistan". City District Government of Karachi (CDGK) website. Archived from the original on 19 February 2006. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

[:03-2] Sohail Rab Khan (20 August 2020). "Karachi fits seventh district into its mix – Keamari". SAMAA TV News website. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

[:22-3] "Sindh Cabinet approves division of Karachi into seven districts". The Nation (newspaper). 21 August 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

[4] "TABLE 11 – POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.

[2023_census-5] "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

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