Sheikhupura District

Sheikhupura District is a district within the Lahore Division of Punjab, Pakistan. Sheikhupura is the headquarters of the 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.

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 five tehsils:

List of Municipal Committees in District Sheikhupura

As of the 2023 census, Sheikhupura district has 593,260 households and a population of 4,049,418. The district has a sex ratio of 105.58 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 68.88%: 72.09% for males and 65.46% for females. 1,087,191 (26.85% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 1,550,793 (38.30%) live in urban areas.

At the time of the 2023 census, 93.40% of the population spoke Punjabi, 4.89% Urdu and 0.95% Pashto as their first language. The Majhi dialect is the predominant dialect here. In 1998, 98.1% of the population spoke Punjabi.

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