North Nazimabad Town (Urdu: شمالی ناظم آباد ٹاؤن) lies in the northern part of the city that was named after the suburb of North Nazimabad. North Nazimabad Town was formed in 2001 as part of The Local Government Ordinance 2001, and was subdivided into 10 union councils and North Nazimabad Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Central District in 2015. According to 2023 Pakistani census population of North Nazimabad Subdivision is 920,476.
North Nazimabad Town
شمالی ناظم آباد ٹاؤن | |
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 AO Clock Tower in North Nazimabad | |
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| Town Chairman | Atif Ali Khan |
| Municipal Commissioner | Syed Zain ul Abideen Khan Malik |
| District | Nazimabad District |
| Division | Karachi Division |
| Province |  Sindh |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Established | 1972 |
| Town status | 14 August 2001 |
| Disbanded | 11 July 2011 |
| Reorganized | March 2015 |
| Union Committees in Town Municipal Corporation | 10
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| Government | |
| • Type | Government of Karachi |
| • Constituency | NA-250 Karachi Central-IV |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23 km2 (9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 47 m (154 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 123 m (404 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 920,476 |
| • Density | 40,104.91/km2 (103,871.2/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Karachiite |
| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
| • Summer (DST) | DST is not observed |
| ZIP Code | 74700 |
| NWD (area) code | 021 |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-SD |
In January 2022, the town system was restored by a Government of Sindh notification dividing Karachi into 26 towns and 233 union councils.[1][2]
History
edit2000
editThe 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, and the merging of its five districts to form a new Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including North Nazimabad Town.
2011
editIn 2011, the system was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation system was reintroduced.
2015
editIn 2015, North Nazimabad Town was re-organized as part of Karachi Central district.
Demographics
editThere are total 920,476 people in North Nazimabad sub-division of which 663,698 spoke Urdu, 73,595 Pashto, 65,767 Saraiki, 52,139 Punjabi, 16,785 Sindhi, 11,155 Balochi, 9,851 Hindko & 27,486 others.
| Language | Rank | 2023 census[3] | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urdu | 1 | 72.10% | 663,698 |
| Pashto | 2 | 7.99% | 73,595 |
| Saraiki | 3 | 7.14% | 65,767 |
| Punjabi | 4 | 5.66% | 52,139 |
| Others | 6 | 7.09% | 65,277 |
| All | 7 | 100% | 920,476 |
Religions
There are 903,985 Muslims, 14,220 Christians, 1,571 Hindus, 472 Ahmadiyya, 30 scheduled castes, 21 Sikhs, 7 Parsis & 220 others of total population 920,476 of North Nazimabad sub-division.
Union Committees
edit10 Union Committees of North Nazimabad in Town Municipal Corporation
| Sub Sr Number | Councils Falling in District (Nazimabad) | Number of Union Committee | Name of UC in Town Municipal Corporation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TMC North Nazimabad | UC#01 | Sir Syed |
| 2 | UC#02 | Farooq-e-Azam | |
| 3 | UC#03 | Siddiq-e-Akbar | |
| 4 | UC#04 | Buffer Zone | |
| 5 | UC#05 | Taimooria | |
| 6 | UC#06 | Sakhi Hassan | |
| 7 | UC#07 | Hyderi | |
| 8 | UC#08 | Al-Falah | |
| 9 | UC#09 | Pahar Gunj | |
| 10 | UC#10 | Mustafaabad |
Constituensy
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Tahir Siddiqui (8 January 2022). "Division of Karachi into 26 towns, 233 UCs notified (by the government)". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "North Nazimabad Town". City District Government of Karachi website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "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
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