Sargodha District (Punjabi and ) is a district of Punjab, Pakistan. The capital of the district is the city of Sargodha. It is an agricultural district with wheat, rice, sugarcane and kinnow being its main crops. The district has an area of 5,864 km2.

The Sargodha district is among the world's best citrus-producing regions, and particularly famous for its kinnow.

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". 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. 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 District Sargodha Division and handles the population of about 8.1 million. Sargodha District is administratively divided into seven Tehsils, which comprise 161 Union Councils. Following are the seven tehsils of Sargodha district:

TehsilDivisions/Districts of Pakistan Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division namesArea (km²)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km²)

(2023)Literacy rate (2023)Union CouncilsBhalwal663387,262584.1179.31%...Bhera504384,403762.7067.37%...Kot Momin948544,208574.0656.33%...Sahiwal829407,487491.5463.34%...Sargodha1,5361,800,4551,172.1771.82%...Shahpur769424,746552.3461.85%...Sillanwali607385,887635.7363.07%...

Demographics Population

As of the 2023 census, Sargodha district has 684,321 households and a population of 4,334,448. The district has a sex ratio of 102.53 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 66.73%: 73.63% for males and 59.62% for females. 1,089,643 (25.18% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 1,609,587 (37.13%) live in urban areas.

Religion

As per the 2023 census, Muslims were the predominant religious community, forming 98.03% of the population, while Christians constituted 1.86% of the population.

+ Religion in contemporary Sargodha DistrictReligiousgroup194120172023 Islam 624,3533,625,3394,241,81298.03% Hinduism 84,6971414560.01% Sikhism 42,2371130% Christianity 12,68265,23180,4111.86%Ahmadi5,4274,1460.1% Others 93743250.01%Total Population764,0623,696,2124,327,263100% + Religious groups in Sargodha District (British Punjab province era)Religiousgroup1881189119011911192119311941 Islam 357,742 417,661 442,921 572,565 596,100 679,546 835,918 Hinduism 59,026 66,065 68,489 72,695 82,182 90,561 102,172 Sikhism 4,702 9,777 12,756 33,456 30,361 40,074 48,046 Christianity 29 80 91 8,616 11,270 11,294 12,770 Jainism 9 0 2 5 3 14 13 Buddhism 0 0 0 28 2 1 2 Zoroastrianism 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 Judaism 0 0 0 0 0 0 Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total population 421,508 493,588 524,259 687,366 719,918 821,490 998,921 + Religion in the Tehsils of Sargodha District (1921)TehsilIslam Hinduism Sikhism Christianity Jainism OthersTotal Shahpur Tehsil 117,894 14,610 5,014 381 0 0 137,899 Khushab Tehsil 149,087 14,307 5,301 23 0 0 168,718 Bhalwal Tehsil 190,194 25,620 4,152 984 0 1 220,951 Sargodha Tehsil 138,925 27,645 15,894 9,882 3 1 192,350 + Religion in the Tehsils of Sargodha District (1941)TehsilIslam Hinduism Sikhism Christianity Jainism OthersTotal Shahpur Tehsil 161,337 15,968 6,037 179 5 3 183,529 Khushab Tehsil 211,565 17,474 5,809 8 0 3 234,859 Bhalwal Tehsil 263,691 31,683 6,484 482 1 4 302,345 Sargodha Tehsil 199,325 37,047 29,716 12,021 7 72 278,188

Language

At the 2023 census, 90.79% of the population spoke Punjabi, 7.61% Urdu and 1.26% Pashto as their first language.

Towns

Farooqa Shaheenabad

Villages

Behak Maken Bakhar Bar Bakhuwala Behak Maken Bhikhi Khurd Chak 36 NB Chak 104 SB Chak 129 Hathi Wind Ludewala

Electricity supplier The electricity supply in Sargodha District is managed by the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company.

See also Sargodha City Sargodha Division Sargodha Cantonment Sargodha Tehsil

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