Sheikhupura District ( pa, ;
ur, ), is a
district located in
Lahore Division of
Punjab Province,
Pakistan.
Sheikhupura
Sheikhupura ( pa, ; ur, ) also known as Qila Sheikhupura, is a city in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. Founded by the Mughal Empire, Mughal Emperor Jahangir, Jehangir in 1607, Sheikhupura is the List of most populous citie ...
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. In 2005 one of its subdivisions was split off to form the new
Nankana Sahib District
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. Before the Partition of Punjab(1947), there were more than 150 villages of Virk Jatts in the district of Sheikhupura.
The predominant language of the district is
Punjabi
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* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
Punjabi may also refer to:
* Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...
, which according to the 1998 census results for the tehsils of Sheikhupura, Ferozewala and
Safdarabad, is the
first language of % of the population, while
Urdu is the first language of %.
According to the
2017 Census of Pakistan
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, most populous cities of the district are
Sheikhupura
Sheikhupura ( pa, ; ur, ) also known as Qila Sheikhupura, is a city in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. Founded by the Mughal Empire, Mughal Emperor Jahangir, Jehangir in 1607, Sheikhupura is the List of most populous citie ...
,
Muridke,
Kot Abdul Malik and
Ferozewala. All these four cities are listed in the
List of most populous cities in Pakistan.
Tehsils
The district comprises 5
tehsils:
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Sheikhupura
Sheikhupura ( pa, ; ur, ) also known as Qila Sheikhupura, is a city in the Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. Founded by the Mughal Empire, Mughal Emperor Jahangir, Jehangir in 1607, Sheikhupura is the List of most populous citie ...
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Ferozewala
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Muridke
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Sharaq Pur
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Safdarabad (part of
Nankana Sahib District
Nankana Sahib District ( pa, ; ur, ) is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Nankana Sahib is the seat of the district government, and Shahkot is the largest urban center. The district of Nankana Sahib is located about west of La ...
between 2005 and 2008)
Committees
List of Municipal Committees in District Sheikhupura
#Sheikhupura Municipal Committee
#Farooq abad Municipal Committee
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Mananwala Municipal Committee
#Safdar abad Municipal Committee
#Khanqah dogran Municipal Committee
#Ferozwala Municipal Committee
#Kot Abdulmalik Municipal Committee
#Muridke Municipal Committee
#Narang Mandi Municipal Committee
#Sharaqpur Municipal Committee
Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census, Sheikhupura district had a population of 3,460,426 of which 1,786,383 were male and 1,673,242 female. 2,258,491 which is 65.26% of the population lives in rural areas while 1,201,513 which is 34.72% of the population lives in urban areas. 97.07% of the population spoke Punjabi, 1.28% Urdu and 1.01%
Pashto as their first language. 96.10% of the population was Muslim and 3.77%
Christian
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.
See also
*
Sharaqpur Sharif
*
Hiran Minar
*
Sheikhupura Fort
References
External links
Sheikhupura District
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Districts of Punjab, Pakistan