- PROVINCE
- Sindh
- DIVISION
- Karachi DivisionDigit 2 of the prefix — 2
- DISTRICT
- Korangi Districtformed 2013
- LOCAL ZONE
- Korangi — Landhi / Shah Faisal beltDigits 4–5 of the prefix — 01
- TEHSILS
- 3Korangi · Landhi · Shah Faisal
What 42601 tells you
A Pakistani CNIC is thirteen digits long, and the first five of them are not random. They are a location record, written at the moment the card was registered. A card whose number opens with 42601 was registered in Korangi District, Sindh, in Karachi Division.
Reading it left to right: 4 is the province digit and is definitive — 4 always means Sindh. 2 selects the division inside that province, here Karachi Division. 6 selects the district inside that division, which gives us Korangi. The final pair, 01, is a local registration zone — roughly union-council level, recorded in this register as Korangi — Landhi / Shah Faisal belt.
TEHSILS OF KORANGI
Korangi District is divided into 3 administrative tehsils. NADRA’s internal registration zones do not map one-to-one onto tehsil boundaries, so treat this as the administrative picture rather than a decoder for digits four and five.
| # | Tehsil | District | Province |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korangi | Korangi | Sindh |
| 2 | Landhi | Korangi | Sindh |
| 3 | Shah Faisal | Korangi | Sindh |
DOCUMENTED LOCAL ZONES UNDER 426
These are the five-digit codes this register can name for Korangi District. Codes not listed here still exist — NADRA has simply never published the full zone table.
OTHER DISTRICTS IN KARACHI DIVISION
COMMON QUESTIONS
Which district is CNIC code 42601?
42601 belongs to Korangi District in Sindh, within Karachi Division.
The first three digits (426) identify the district; the last two (01) identify a local registration zone inside it — recorded here as Korangi — Landhi / Shah Faisal belt.
Does a 42601 CNIC mean the holder lives in Korangi?
No. The regional prefix records where the card was registered with NADRA, not where the holder lives now. People who move, or who register at a family address, keep the original prefix.
It is also not proof of domicile. Domicile is a separate certificate issued by the district administration.
Which tehsils fall under Korangi District?
Korangi District covers 3 administrative tehsils: Korangi, Landhi, Shah Faisal.
Tehsil boundaries and NADRA's internal registration zones are not the same thing, so the last two digits of a CNIC do not map one-to-one onto this list.
How reliable is the code 42601?
42601 is reconstructed from the standard coding scheme and community lists rather than an official published table. The province digit is definitive; the district mapping should be treated as a strong indication rather than a guarantee.
NADRA has never released a complete district-to-prefix table, which is why this register marks every entry as either a documented anchor or a derived code.
Why does Korangi carry a note in the register?
Korangi is recorded as "formed 2013". Districts are created, split and merged over time, while CNIC prefixes issued before a change stay on the cards already printed.
That means older cards from this area may carry a different prefix from the one used today.
KEEP LOOKING
Sources. Administrative data adapted from Wikipedia (CNIC, Administrative units of Pakistan, Districts of Pakistan) under CC BY-SA 4.0, with changes; prefix mapping cross-checked against public administrative and community-compiled lists. Reviewed 2026-09-02. Full sources, accuracy and ethics. Unofficial reference — not affiliated with NADRA, and not proof of identity or domicile.