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{{short description|Residential town within the city of Karachi, Pakistan}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=May 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement

| name = Orangi Town
| native_name = {{Nastaliq|اورنگی ٹاؤن}}
| settlement_type = [[Towns in Karachi|Constituent Town of Karachi]]
| image_skyline =
Kati_Pahari_Orangi.jpg
| image_caption = Kati Pahari Orangi Town
| image_flag =
| image_seal = File:TMC Orangi.jpg
| image_map = File:Orangi Town Map of Orangi District.jpg
| map_caption = Orangi Town map
| subdivision_type = Town Chairman
| subdivision_name = Jameel Zia
| subdivision_type1 = Municipal Commissioner
| subdivision_name1 = Agha Fahad
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = [[Orangi District]]
| subdivision_type3 = Division
| subdivision_name3 = [[Karachi Division]]
| subdivision_type4 = Province
| subdivision_name4 = {{flag|Sindh}}
| subdivision_type5 = Country
| subdivision_name5 = {{flag|Pakistan}}
| parts_type = Union Committees in Town Municipal Corporation
| parts_style = coll,para
| parts = 08
| p1 = '''Gulshan-e-Zia''' '''Benazir Colony''' '''Muslim Nagar Colony''' '''Jinnah Colony''' '''Iqbal Baloch Colony''' 
'''Naeem Shah Bukhari Colony''' '''Shah Waliullah Nagar''' '''Data Nagar'''
| government_footnotes =
| government_type = [[Government of Karachi]]
| leader_title1 = Constituency
| leader_name1 = [[NA-245 Karachi West-II]]
| leader_title2 = National Assembly Member
| leader_name2 = [[Syed Hafeezuddin]] ([[Muttahida Qaumi Movement – Pakistan|Muttahida Qaumi Movement]])
| established_title = Established
| established_date = {{Start date and age|1972}}
| established_title1 = Town status
| established_date1 = {{Start date and age|14 August 2001}}
| established_title2 = Disbanded
| established_date2 = {{Start date and age|11 July 2011}}
| established_title3 = Reorganized
| established_date3 = {{Start date and age|March 2015}}
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 9
| area_total_sq_mi = 3.47
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_max_m = 123
| elevation_min_m = 28
| elevation_m = 58
| elevation_ft = 
| population_as_of = [[2023 Pakistani census]]
| population_footnotes =
| population_note =
| population_total = 596,919
| population_density_km2 = 66,324.33
| population_urban = 596,919
| population_rural = 0
| population_demonym = [[Karachiite]]
| timezone = [[Pakistan Standard Time|PKT]]
| utc_offset = +05:00
| timezone_DST = [[DST]] ''is not observed''
| utc_offset_DST =
| latd =
| latm =
| lats =
| latNS =
| longd =
| longm =
| longs =
| longEW = 
| area_code_type = [[List of dialing codes in Pakistan|NWD]] (area) code
| area_code = 021
| footnotes =
| official_name =
| extinct_title =
| extinct_date =
| postal_code_type = ZIP Code
| postal_code = 75800
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:PK|PK-SD]]
| blank_name = [[Motorways of Pakistan|Motorways]] & Minor Arterial Road
| blank_info = {{jct|country=PAK|M|10}} & '''Shahrah-e-Qaddafi, New Karachi - Orangi Link Road'''
}}

'''Orangi Town''' ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|اُورنگی ٹاؤن}}}}) is a residential town of [[Orangi District]] located in the northwestern part of [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], Pakistan. It was named after the sprawling municipality of [[Orangi]]. Town system was formed in August 2001 by dissolving [[Orangi District|Karachi District West]] as part of the [[City District Government Karachi|Local Government Ordinance 2001]], and was subdivided into 13 [[Union councils of Pakistan|union councils]]. The town system was disbanded in July 2011. Orangi Town was re-organized as part of [[Karachi West District|Orangi District]] (formerly [[Karachi West District]]) in March 2015. Orangi Town has a population of 596,919 as of the [[2023 Pakistani census]].

== History ==
===1960s===

Orangi was established as a township in 1965. Orangi Township was originally planned over 1,300 acres (530 ha) by the Karachi Development Authority, and many of Karachi's squatter settlements were relocated here. The township was planned and developed with informal assistance from the city's municipal administration.

===1970s===

Orangi population rapidly increased during & after [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] in late 1971, following the arrival of thousands of refugees fleeing from the newly independent state of [[Bangladesh]] (formerly [[East Pakistan]]).

===1980s==

Orangi became famous in the 1980s when local inhabitants became frustrated at the lack of development in the area by the municipal administration and launched the [[Orangi Pilot Project]] under the guidance of [[Akhtar Hameed Khan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/03/15/remembering-dr-akhtar-hameed-khan/|title=Remembering Dr Akhtar Hameed Khan|newspaper=Pakistan Today (newspaper)|author=Imdad Hussain|date=15 March 2014|access-date=20 May 2022}}</ref> The Orangi area was the largest [[squatter]] settlement in [[Karachi]] at the time, so the [[Karachi Metropolitan Corporation]] (KMC) did not extend services to the Orangi community.<ref>Hasan, Arif (1999) ''Akhtar Hameed Khan and the Orangi Pilot Project''. City Press, Karachi. {{ISBN|969-8380-20-5}}</ref> The local community financed, designed and built their own low-cost sewerage system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.mit.edu/urbanupgrading/upgrading/case-examples/ce-PK-ora.html|title=ORANGI PILOT PROJECT|website=web.mit.edu}}</ref>

===2000s===

The federal government introduced local government reforms [[City District Government Karachi]] in the year 2000, which eliminated the previous "third tier of government" ([[Divisions of Pakistan|administrative divisions]]) and replaced it with the fourth tier ([[Districts of Pakistan|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 Karachi City-District with eighteen autonomous constituent towns including Orangi Town.

===2010s===

In 2011 the [[City District Government Karachi]] was disbanded but remained in place for bureaucratic administration until 2015, when the [[Karachi Metropolitan Corporation]] system was reintroduced. In 2015, Orangi Town was re-organized as part of [[Orangi District|Karachi District West]].

== Demographics ==

There are several ethnic groups in '''Orangi sub-division'''. The total population of Orangi sub-division is 596,919, including 316,870 male and 280,021 female residents as of the [[2023 Pakistani census]].

{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of '''Orangi sub-division''' (2023 census)
|label1 = [[Pashto language|Pashto]] |value1 = 55.25 |color1 = gold
|label2 = [[Urdu]] |value2 = 30.32 |color2 = green
|label3 = [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]] |value3 = 3.83 |color3 = red
|label4 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] |value4 = 3.20 |color4 = crimson
|label5 = [[Hindko language|Hindko]] |value5 = 2.92 |color5 = orange
|label6 = [[Saraiki language|Saraiki]] |value6 = 2.29
|color6 = pink
|label7 = Others |value7 = 2.32 |color7 = grey
}}

{| class="wikitable"
!Language
!Rank
!2023 census<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics |title=Table 11 – Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/sindh/pcr/table_11.pdf|access-date=20 July 2024}}</ref>
!Speakers
!2017 Census
!Speakers
!Growth rate (2017-2023)
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
![[Pashto language|Pashto]]
|1
|55.25%
|329,285
|52.33%
|272,224
|{{increase}}5.6%
|-
|-
|-
|-
![[Urdu language|Urdu]]
|2
|30.32%
|180,690
|29.68%
|154,421
|{{increase}}2.1%
|-
|-
|-
|-
![[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]
|3
|3.83%
|22,856
|3.73%
|19,414
|{{increase}}2.7%
|-
|-
|-
|-
![[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
|4
|3.20%
|19,104
|4.64%
|24,159
|{{decrease}}31%
|-
|-
|-
|-
![[Hindko language|Hindko]]
|5
|2.92%
|17,447
|3.70%
|19,273
|{{decrease}}21%
|-
|-
|-
|-
![[Saraiki language|Saraiki]]
|6
|2.29%
|13,686
|3.27%
|17,019
|{{decrease}}30%
|-
|-
|-
|-
!Others
|7
|2.32%
|13,851
|2.63%
|13,685
|{{decrease}}12%
|-
|-
|-
|-
!All
|8
|100%
|595,919
|100%
|520,195
|{{increase}}14.5%
|}

'''Religion'''

{{bar box
|title=Religions in Orangi sub-division (2023)<ref name="2023 census">{{cite web|title=District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)|url= https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/sindh/dcr/table_9.pdf |website=www.pbscensus.gov.pk|publisher=[[Pakistan Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>
|titlebar=#FCD116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Islam in Pakistan|Islam]]|green|98.54}}
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in Sindh Province|Hinduism]]|darkorange|0.13}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Pakistan|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|1.46}}
{{bar percent|Other|grey|0.02}}
}}

There are 587,225 [[Muslims]], 8,733 [[Christians]], 793 [[Hindus]], 20 [[Ahmadiyya]], 13 scheduled castes, 94 [[Sikhs]] & 41 others of total population 595,919 of Orangi sub-division.

== Town Municipal Corporation ==

On 29 September 2022 [[Government of Sindh]] issued a notification of remaining names of Union Committees of Orangi Town, [[Orangi District]] of [[Karachi Division]].

'''08 Union Committees of Orangi in Town Municipal Corporation'''

{| class="wikitable"
!Sub Sr Number
!Number of Union Committee
!Name of UC in Town Municipal Corporation
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
!1
|UC#01
|Gulshan-e-Zia
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
!2
|UC#02
|Benazir Colony
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
!3
|UC#03
|Muslim Nagar Colony
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
!4
|UC#04
|Jinnah Colony
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
!5
|UC#05
|Iqbal Baloch Colony
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
!6
|UC#06
|Naeem Shah Bukhari Colony
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
!7
|UC#07
|Shah Waliullah Nagar
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
!8
|UC#08
|Data Nagar
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|-
|}

== Geographics ==

Orangi Town is linked to [[New Karachi Town]] by th north east across the Shahrah-e-Zahid Hussain (New Karachi - Orangi Link Road),
[[Baldia Town]] to the west through Baldia Stadium Road (Farid Colony - Gulshan-e-Ghazi Road) & [[North Nazimabad]] to the east via Kati Pahari (N.Nazimabad - Orangi link road) and also Bacha Khan Flyover. It is also linked to [[M-10 motorway (Pakistan)|M-10 motorway]] (also called Northern Bypass) through '''Shahrah-e-Qaddafi''' and Orangi link road. There were 13 residential neighborhoods, called union councils within Orangi Town.<ref name=CDGK>{{cite web|url=http://karachicity.gov.pk/town/index.asp?txtTown=Orangi |title= Orangi Town |website=City District Government of Karachi website |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060613010717/http://karachicity.gov.pk/town/index.asp?txtTown=Orangi|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 June 2006|access-date=20 May 2022}}</ref>

== Orangi railway station ==

{{main|Orangi railway station}}

== Transport ==

The
[[Orange Line - Karachi Metrobus]], also known as the '''Abdul Sattar Edhi Line''', is a {{convert|3.88|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} [[bus rapid transit]] line of the [[Karachi Metrobus]] in [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2016-12-13 |title=Karachi's Orange Line BRT renamed after Edhi |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1262246/loving-memory-orange-line-brt-renamed-edhi |access-date=2022-09-19 |work=[[The Express Tribune]]}}</ref><ref name="dawn1">{{cite news |title=PM announces Rs15bn for Karachi 'Green Line' bus project |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1118317/pm-announces-rs15bn-for-karachi-green-line-bus-project |date=July 10, 2014 |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |access-date=July 10, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710160923/http://www.dawn.com/news/1118317/pm-announces-rs15bn-for-karachi-green-line-bus-project|url-status=live|archive-date=July 10, 2014}}</ref> It is the smallest of the five Metrobus lines in the city.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Azam |first=Oonib |date=2016-06-10 |title=Orange is the new BRT |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1120254/orange-new-brt |access-date=2022-09-19 |work=[[The Express Tribune]]}}</ref> The current daily ridership is 3,000.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ayub |first=Imran |date=2024-05-17 |title=Karachi's BRT Green and Orange lines now go hand in hand |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1833948 |access-date=2024-06-27 |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]}}</ref> The route goes from Board Office to Gulshan-e-Zia (Orangi Town). It was inaugurated on 10 September 2022.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Ali |first=Imtiaz |date=2022-09-10 |title=Sindh govt launches Orange Line bus service in Karachi |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1709383 |access-date=2022-09-19 |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]}}</ref>

[[Orange Line - Karachi Metrobus]] goes from Board Office/Jinnah University to Orangi town TMA office, spanning about 4 kilometers. The line carries around 3,000 passengers daily with a station after every kilometer.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-08-17 |title=Sindh Orange Line bus project 'moving apace' |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1164876/transport-project-sindh-orange-line-bus-project-moving-apace |access-date=2022-09-19 |agency=[[Associated Press of Pakistan]] |work=[[The Express Tribune]]}}</ref> Three of the four stations are at ground level, while one is elevated. Each station is 6 meters wide and 70 meters long.<ref name=":1" />

== Orangi Town areas==
{{unreferenced section|date=December 2024}}
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [[Baloch Goth]]
* [[Bilal Colony]]
* [[Chisti Nagar]]
* Raees Amrohi Colony
* [[Data Nagar]]
* [[Ghabool Town]]
* [[Ghaziabad (Karachi)|Ghaziabad]]
* [[Hanifabad]]
* [[Haryana Colony]]
* [[Iqbal Baloch Colony]]
* [[Madina Colony (Orangi Town)|Madina Colony]]
* [[Mohammad Nagar]]
* [[Mominabad]]
* [[Mujahidabad]]
* [[Shah Khalid Colony]]
* Aligarh Colony
* Banarsi Town
* Farooq-e-Azam Colony
* Ghulfamabad
* [[Gulshan-e-Bahar]]
* Gulshan-e-Zia
* [[Gabol Colony]]
* Iqbal Colony
* [[Islamnagar, Karachi|Islamnagar]]
* [[Khairabad, Karachi|Khairabad]]
* Mansoor Nagar
* Shahrah-e-Qaddafi
* Orangi Town, Sector 1
* Orangi Town, Sector 2
* Orangi Town, Sector 3
* Orangi Town, Sector 4
* Orangi Town, Sector 5
* Orangi Town, Sector 6
* Orangi Town, Sector 7
* Orangi Town, Sector 8
* Orangi Town, Sector 9
* Orangi Town, Sector 10
* Orangi Town, Sector 11½
* Orangi Town, Sector 12
* Orangi Town, Sector 13
* Orangi Town, Sector 14
* Orangi Town, Sector 15
* Orangi Town, Sector 16
{{Div col end}}

== Bacha Khan Flyover (Banaras flyover) ==
The [[Banaras Flyover]] is the largest flyover<ref>{{cite web |last1=People want it named after the Bacha Khan Chowk it has virtually destroyed. |first1=What’s in a name? Everything, says this neighbourhood for new Banaras flyover |title=At almost two kilometres, ‘Banaras flyover’ may be Karachi’s longest yet but for many people in the neighbourhood, it will be its name and not its utility that will matter in the end. |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/320643/what%e2%80%99s-in-a-name-everything-says-this-neighbourhood-for-new-banaras-flyover |website=Tribune |publisher=The Express Tribune |access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=on No 1 |first1=Banaras Flyover |title=Karachi Metropolitan Corporation |url=https://kmc.gos.pk/functions |website=KMC}}</ref> in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]. Spanning nearly two kilometers in length and 24 meters in width,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Banaras flyover to be ready by Aug |first1=KARACHI |title=KARACHI, April 14 The City District Government Karachi has completed 40 per cent of the development work on the under-construction Banaras Chowk flyover, and CDGK officials say it will be completed within the next four months. |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/976754/karachi-banaras-flyover-to-be-ready-by-aug |website=Dawn News |publisher=Dawn News |access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref> it is one of the city's most significant and longest infrastructural projects. The flyover connects [[North Nazimabad]] to Sajidabad and Orangi Town, alleviating traffic congestion in one of Karachi's busiest areas. Officially inaugurated in 2012,<ref>{{cite news |last1=News |first1=Dawn |title=Work on Banaras flyover completed |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/687133/work-on-banaras-flyover-completed |agency=Dawn News}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=News |first1=Dawn |title=KARACHI, April 14 The City District Government Karachi has completed 40 per cent of the development work on the under-construction Banaras Chowk flyover, and CDGK officials say it will be completed within the next four months. |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/607077/one-track-of-banaras-flyover-opens |access-date=27 December 2024 |agency=Dawn News}}</ref> the flyover had partial access during its construction phase prior to the official opening. [[Banaras Flyover]] was built to prevent ethnic violence among two groups and to protect one from the other.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khalid |first=Bilal |date=2023-04-27 |title=Flying over Karachi's traffic issues |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1747920 |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Akhtar Hameed Khan]]
* [[Khasa Hills]]
* [[Orangi Charitable Trust]]
* [[Orangi Nala]]
* [[Orangi Pilot Project]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.orangitown.com Orangi Website]

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[[Category:Orangi Town| ]]
[[Category:Squatting in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Karachi West District]]
[[Category:Towns in Karachi]]

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