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Sargodha District
ضلع سرگودھا
District of Punjab
M-2 Motorway entering Sargodha District
M-2 Motorway entering Sargodha District
Flag of Sargodha District
Flag
Official seal of Sargodha District
Seal
Location of Sargodha District in Punjab
Location of Sargodha District in Punjab
Country  Pakistan
Province Punjab, Pakistan  Punjab
Division Sargodha
Established1893 as Shahpur District
Headquarters relocation1914
Current name1960
Founded by British Colonial Government
Headquarters Sargodha
Tehsils7
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • BodyDistrict Council
 • NazimVacant
 •  Deputy CommissionerCapt (Retd) Shoaib Ali ( PAS)
Area
 • Total5,854 km2 (2,260 sq mi)
 • Rank14th in Punjab
Population
 ( 2023) [1]
 • Total4,334,448
 • Rank9th in Punjab
 • Density740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
  • Rank19th 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)
  •   Sunni Ittehad Council (3)
  •   PML(N) (2)
Punjab Assembly Seats ( 2024)Total (10)
Website sargodha.punjab.gov.pk

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]

Etymology

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.

Administration and tehsils

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:

Demographics

Population

Historical population
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
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)
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)

Religion

Religion in Sargodha district (2017) [9]
Religion Percent
Islam
 
 98.08%
Christianity
 
 1.76%
Other or not stated
 
 0.16%

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 groups in Sargodha District
Religious
group 		1941 [10]: 42  2017
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 groups in Sargodha District ( British Punjab province era)
Religious
group 		1901 [11] 1911 [12] [13] 1921 [14] 1931 [15] 1941 [16]
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.

Language

Languages of Sargodha district (2017) [9]

   Punjabi (94.07%)
   Urdu (4.31%)
   Pashto (1.23%)
  Others (0.39%)

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]

Villages

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
  2. ^ "District Overview – Sargodha". Punjab Police, Government of the Punjab website. 4 January 2008. Archived from the original on 4 January 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  3. ^ Mahmood, Amjad (21 December 2020). "Sarghoda's citrus claim to fame". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  4. ^ Portrait of Pakistan. Ferozsons. 1994. ISBN  9789690101051. Retrieved 31 December 2007. The district derives its name for the headquarters town of Sargodha, which is a combination of "Sar" and "Godha". "Sar" is a Hindi word which denotes a water...
  5. ^ Pakistan tourism directory. Holiday Weekly. 1997. Retrieved 31 December 2007. Sargodha is a colony town established in 1903, but its origins are older. Sargodha is a combination of the words "Sar" meaning a pond and "Godha"...
  6. ^ "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Sargodha". National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  10. ^ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI PUNJAB PROVINCE". Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province". 1901. p. 34. JSTOR  saoa.crl.25363739. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 27. JSTOR  saoa.crl.25393788. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  13. ^ Kaul, Harikishan (1911). "Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II". p. 27. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables". 1921. p. 29. JSTOR  saoa.crl.25430165. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1931. p. 277. JSTOR  saoa.crl.25793242. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  16. ^ "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab". 1941. p. 42. JSTOR  saoa.crl.28215541. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  1. ^ a b 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis

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