Sheikhupura District
ضلع شیخوپورا ضلع شیخوپورہ | |
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Country | Pakistan |
Province | Punjab |
Division | Lahore |
Headquarters | Sheikhupura |
Government | |
• Type | District Administration |
• Deputy Commissioner | Mr. Rana Shakeel Aslam |
• District Police Officer | N/A |
• District Health Officer | N/A |
Area | |
• Total | 3,744 km2 (1,446 sq mi) |
Population (2017)
[1] | |
• Total | 4,049,418 |
• Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+5 ( PST) |
Tehsils |
Sheikhupura Ferozewala Muridke Sharaq Pur Safdarabad |
Sheikhupura District ( Punjabi: ضلع شیخوپورا; Urdu: ضلع شيخوپورہ), is a district located in Lahore Division of Punjab Province, Pakistan. Sheikhupura is the headquarters of Sheikhupura district. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district had a population of 3,321,029 of which 25.45% were urban. [2] In 2005 one of its subdivisions was split off to form the new Nankana Sahib District. [3]
The predominant language of the district is Punjabi, which according to the 1998 census results for the tehsils of Sheikhupura, Ferozewala and Safdarabad, is the first language [4] of 98% of the population, while Urdu is the first language of 1.1%. [5]
According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, most populous cities of the district are Sheikhupura, Muridke, Kot Abdul Malik and Ferozewala. All these four cities are listed in the List of most populous cities in Pakistan.
The district comprises 5 tehsils: [3]
List of Municipal Committees in District Sheikhupura
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1998 | 2,276,164 | — |
2017 | 3,460,004 | +2.23% |
2023 | 4,049,418 | +2.66% |
Sources: [6] |
At the time of the 2017 census, Sheikhupura district had 516,195 households and a population of 3,460,004. Sheikhupura had a sex ratio of 937 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 67.02% - 70.92% for males and 62.85% for females. 1,201,513 (34.73%) lived in urban areas. 887,987 (25.66%) were under 10 years of age. [7] In 2023, the district had 593,506 households and a population of 4,049,418. [1]
Religious group |
2017 [8] | |
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Pop. | % | |
Islam | 3,325,148 | 96.1% |
Christianity | 130,405 | 3.77% |
Ahmadiyya | 3,656 | 0.11% |
Hinduism | 323 | 0.01% |
Others | 472 | 0.01% |
Total Population | 3,460,004 | 100% |
Religious group |
1921 [9] | 1931 [10] | 1941 [11] | |||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam | 330,880 | 63.25% | 445,996 | 64.01% | 542,344 | 63.62% |
Hinduism [a] | 85,781 | 16.4% | 81,887 | 11.75% | 89,182 | 10.46% |
Sikhism | 82,965 | 15.86% | 119,477 | 17.15% | 160,706 | 18.85% |
Christianity | 23,431 | 4.48% | 49,266 | 7.07% | 60,054 | 7.04% |
Jainism | 78 | 0.01% | 100 | 0.01% | 221 | 0.03% |
Zoroastrianism | 0 | 0% | 6 | 0% | 1 | 0% |
Judaism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Buddhism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Others | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
Total population | 523,135 | 100% | 696,732 | 100% | 852,508 | 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:District created between Gujranwala District, Sialkot District, Amritsar District, Lahore District, Montgomery District, and Lyallpur District in 1920 to account for the large population increase in the region, primarily due to the Chenab Canal Colony. |
At the time of the 2017 census, 97.07% of the population spoke Punjabi, 1.28% Urdu and 1.01% Pashto as their first language. [7]