Sargodha District
ضلع سرگودھا | |
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Country | Pakistan |
Province | Punjab |
Division | Sargodha |
Established | 1893 as Shahpur District |
Headquarters relocation | 1914 |
Current name | 1960 |
Founded by | British Colonial Government |
Headquarters | Sargodha |
Tehsils | 7 |
Government | |
• Type | District Administration |
• Body | District Council |
• Nazim | Vacant |
• Deputy Commissioner | Capt (Retd) Shoaib Ali (PAS) |
Area | |
• Total | 5,854 km2 (2,260 sq mi) |
• Rank | 14th in Punjab |
Population | |
• Total | 4,334,448 |
• Rank | 9th in Punjab |
• Density | 740/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
• Rank | 19th in Punjab |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Postal Code | 40100 |
Constituencies | NA-82, NA-83, NA-84, NA-85, NA-86 |
National Assembly Seats (2024) | Total (5)
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Punjab Assembly Seats (2024) | Total (10)
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Website | sargodha |
Sargodha District (Punjabi and Urdu: ضلع سرگودھا), is a district of Punjab, Pakistan. The capital of the district is Sargodha. It is an agricultural district with wheat, rice, sugarcane and Kinno being its main crops. The Sargodha district and region is also famous for citrus fruit including Kinnow, orange and lemon. The district has an area of 5,864 km2.[2]
Sargodha District is among the world's best Citrus-producing regions. Sargodha District is well known for its kinnow, a citrus variety.[3]
It is believed that there was an old pond in the middle of the town where an old Hindu monk or sadhu (godha) used to live. The Sanskrit word for pond is "ser".[4] Since the town had a modest population, people would refer the place as 'ser godha', the place where that famous Sadhu resided next to the pond.[5] The Shahpur district was renamed when its headquarters were shifted to Sargodha in 1960.
Sargodha city is the administrative headquarter of Sargodha Division and handles the population of about 8.1 million.[6] Sargodha District is administratively divided into Seven Tehsils, which contain a total of 161 Union Councils.[7] Following are the seven tehsils of Sargodha district:
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1951 | 893,269 | — |
1961 | 1,107,226 | +2.17% |
1972 | 1,557,641 | +3.15% |
1981 | 1,911,849 | +2.30% |
1998 | 2,665,979 | +1.98% |
2017 | 3,696,212 | +1.73% |
2023 | 4,334,448 | +2.69% |
Sources:[8] |
At the time of the 2017 census, Sargodha district had 592,044 households and a population of 3,696,212. Sargodha had a sex ratio of 979 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 65.54% - 74.12% for males and 56.88% for females. 30.97% (1,144,535) lived in urban areas. 25.11% (928,166) were under 10 years of age.[9] In 2023, the district had 684,799 households and a population of 4,334,448.[1]
The list below shows the population of each of the seven tehsils of Sargodha district according to the 2017 Census of Pakistan along with area:
Tehsil | Population[9] (2017 Census) |
Area km2 (sqmi) |
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Sargodha[9] | 1,535,152 | 1,455 (561.8) |
Kot Momin Tehsil[9] | 451,978 | 891 (344.0) |
Bhalwal Tehsil[9] | 456,206 | 557 (215.1) |
Shahpur[9] | 353,325 | 787 (303.9) |
Silanwali[9] | 344,487 | 610 (235.5) |
Sahiwal[9] | 340,695 | 759 (293.1) |
Bhera Tehsil[9] | 314,369 | 722 (278.8) |
As per the 2017 census Muslims were the predominant religious community with 98.08% of the population while Christians were 1.76% of the population.[9]
Religious group |
1941[10]: 42 | 2017 | ||||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||
Islam | 624,353 | 81.71% | 3,625,339 | 98.08% | ||||||
Hinduism [a] | 84,697 | 11.09% | 141 | 0% | ||||||
Sikhism | 42,237 | 5.53% | — | — | ||||||
Christianity | 12,682 | 1.66% | 65,231 | 1.76% | ||||||
Ahmadi | — | — | 5,427 | 0.15% | ||||||
Others | 93 | 0.01% | 74 | 0% | ||||||
Total Population | 764,062 | 100% | 3,696,212 | 100% | ||||||
Note: 1941 figures are for Shahpur, Bhalwal and Sargodha tehsils of the former Shahpur District, which roughly corresponds to present-day Sargodha district. |
Religious group |
1901[11] | 1911[12][13] | 1921[14] | 1931[15] | 1941[16] | |||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam | 442,921 | 84.49% | 572,565 | 83.3% | 596,100 | 82.8% | 679,546 | 82.72% | 835,918 | 83.68% |
Hinduism [a] | 68,489 | 13.06% | 72,695 | 10.58% | 82,182 | 11.42% | 90,561 | 11.02% | 102,172 | 10.23% |
Sikhism | 12,756 | 2.43% | 33,456 | 4.87% | 30,361 | 4.22% | 40,074 | 4.88% | 48,046 | 4.81% |
Christianity | 91 | 0.02% | 8,616 | 1.25% | 11,270 | 1.57% | 11,294 | 1.37% | 12,770 | 1.28% |
Jainism | 2 | 0% | 5 | 0% | 3 | 0% | 14 | 0% | 13 | 0% |
Buddhism | 0 | 0% | 28 | 0% | 2 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
Zoroastrianism | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Judaism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Others | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Total population | 524,259 | 100% | 687,366 | 100% | 719,918 | 100% | 821,490 | 100% | 998,921 | 100% |
Note1: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2: Formerly known as Shahpur District, prior to district headquarters relocating to Sargodha in 1960. |
At the time of the 2017 census, 94.07% of the population spoke Punjabi, 4.31% Urdu and 1.23% Pashto as their first language.[9]
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