The most walkable neighbourhoods in Karachi
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
16 neighbourhoods of Karachi ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. Mithadar leads with 91/100, then Aram Bagh (90) and Bahadurabad (88). 7 of the 16 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Ittehad Town (0).
| # | Neighbourhood | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mithadar | 91 |
| 2 | Aram Bagh | 90 |
| 3 | Bahadurabad | 88 |
| 4 | Kharadar | 84 |
| 5 | Khandu Goth | 75 |
| 6 | Bath Island | 71 |
| 7 | Muslimabad | 70 |
| 8 | Delhi Colony | 67 |
| 9 | Eissa Nagri | 60 |
| 10 | Mahmudabad | 54 |
| 11 | Liaquatabad | 50 |
| 12 | Gulbahar | 49 |
| 13 | Agra Taj Colony | 37 |
| 14 | Usmanabad | 33 |
| 15 | Qasba Colony | 21 |
| 16 | Ittehad Town | 0 |
"From the centre" is the distance from Karachi's busiest point to the neighbourhood's centre. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighbourhood where most errands can be done on foot.
The top 5 up close
Mithadar
Mithadar scores 91/100, 1.7 km west of Karachi's busiest point. 572 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 7 minutes away.
Aram Bagh
Aram Bagh is the most central of these five, 400 m north-west of Karachi's busiest point, and scores 90/100. None of the others has as many libraries and bookshops, with 18 in a 30 minute walk; Khaliq Dina Hall is the nearest, about 4 minutes away. More on Aram Bagh.
Bahadurabad
Bahadurabad scores 88/100, 6.2 km north-east of Karachi's busiest point. Groceries are where it leads the others, 13 of them within a 30 minute walk, starting with Qurtaba Market, about 2 minutes away. More on Bahadurabad.
Kharadar
Kharadar scores 84/100, 2.1 km west of Karachi's busiest point. 268 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 4 minutes away. Its thinnest category against the others is libraries and bookshops, with 2.
Khandu Goth
Khandu Goth lies the furthest out of these five, 8.4 km north of Karachi's busiest point, and scores 75/100. 322 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 8 minutes away. It has the fewest banks of the five, 4. 72% of its area scores 70 or more.
Centre and outskirts
The 5 neighbourhoods within 3 km of Karachi's centre average 74, and the 11 further out average 52, so walkability falls away from the centre. The nearest to the centre, Aram Bagh, 400 m away, scores 90, and the farthest, Ittehad Town, 14.9 km out, scores 0.
Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Karachi.
Karachi as a whole scores 55 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre.
Questions about Karachi's neighbourhoods
What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Karachi?
Mithadar is the most walkable of the 16 neighbourhoods we rank in Karachi, with a walkability score of 91 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise). It is followed by Aram Bagh (90) and Bahadurabad (88).
Which neighbourhoods of Karachi are least walkable?
Of the 16 neighbourhoods we rank, the lowest scoring are Ittehad Town (0), Qasba Colony (21) and Usmanabad (33). These are the best-known neighbourhoods with their own Wikipedia articles, so less walkable outer suburbs that are not ranked may score lower still.
How are Karachi's neighbourhoods ranked?
Each neighbourhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its centre, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Karachi scores 55 across the 5 km around its centre.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata.