Sargodha District
Sargodha District ضلع سرگودھا | |
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![]() M-2 Motorway entering Sargodha District | |
![]() Location of Sargodha District in Punjab | |
Country | ![]() |
Province | ![]() |
Division | Sargodha |
Established | 1893 as Shahpur District |
Headquarters relocation | 1914 |
Current name | 1960 |
Founded by | British Colonial Government |
Headquarters | Sargodha |
Tehsils | 7 |
Government | |
• Type | District Administration |
• Body | District Council |
• Nazim | Vacant |
• Deputy Commissioner | Capt (Retd) Shoaib Ali (PAS) |
Area | |
• Total | 5,854 km2 (2,260 sq mi) |
• Rank | 14th in Punjab |
Population | |
• Total | 4,334,448 |
• Rank | 9th in Punjab |
• Density | 740/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
• Rank | 19th 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)
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Punjab Assembly Seats (2024) | Total (10)
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Website | sargodha |
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 kinnow 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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 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 2023 Census of Pakistan along with area:
Tehsil | Population (2023 Census)[10] | Area km2 (sqmi) |
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Sargodha | 1,800,455 | 1,455 (561.8) |
Kot Momin Tehsil | 544,208 | 891 (344.0) |
Bhalwal Tehsil | 387,262 | 557 (215.1) |
Shahpur | 424,746 | 787 (303.9) |
Silanwali | 385,887 | 610 (235.5) |
Sahiwal | 407,487 | 759 (293.1) |
Bhera Tehsil | 384,403 | 722 (278.8) |
Religion
[edit]As per the 2023 census Muslims were the predominant religious community with 98.03% of the population while Christians were 1.86% of the population.[12]
Religious group | 1941[13]: 42 | 2017 | 2023[12] | |||||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||
Islam ![]() | 624,353 | 81.71% | 3,625,339 | 98.08% | 4,241,812 | 98.03% | ||||||
Hinduism ![]() | 84,697 | 11.09% | 141 | 0% | 456 | 0.01% | ||||||
Sikhism ![]() | 42,237 | 5.53% | — | — | 113 | 0% | ||||||
Christianity ![]() | 12,682 | 1.66% | 65,231 | 1.76% | 80,411 | 1.86% | ||||||
Ahmadi | — | — | 5,427 | 0.15% | 4,146 | 0.1% | ||||||
Others | 93 | 0.01% | 74 | 0% | 325 | 0.01% | ||||||
Total Population | 764,062 | 100% | 3,696,212 | 100% | 4,327,263 | 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 group | 1901[14] | 1911[15][16] | 1921[17] | 1931[18] | 1941[19] | |||||
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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 ![]() | 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. |
Tehsil | Islam ![]() | Hinduism ![]() | Sikhism ![]() | Christianity ![]() | Jainism ![]() | Others[b] | Total | |||||||
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Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Shahpur Tehsil | 161,337 | 87.91% | 15,968 | 8.7% | 6,037 | 3.29% | 179 | 0.1% | 5 | 0% | 3 | 0% | 183,529 | 100% |
Khushab Tehsil | 211,565 | 90.08% | 17,474 | 7.44% | 5,809 | 2.47% | 8 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0% | 234,859 | 100% |
Bhalwal Tehsil | 263,691 | 87.22% | 31,683 | 10.48% | 6,484 | 2.14% | 482 | 0.16% | 1 | 0% | 4 | 0% | 302,345 | 100% |
Sargodha Tehsil | 199,325 | 71.65% | 37,047 | 13.32% | 29,716 | 10.68% | 12,021 | 4.32% | 7 | 0% | 72 | 0.03% | 278,188 | 100% |
Note1: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2: Tehsil religious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labeled as "Indian Christians" on census. Does not include Anglo-Indian Christians or British Christians, who were classified under "Other" category. |
Language
[edit]At the time of the 2023 census, 90.79% of the population spoke Punjabi, 7.61% Urdu and 1.26% Pashto as their first language.[20]
Villages
[edit]- Behak Maken
- Chak 104 SB
- Hathi Wind
- Kot Bhai Khan
- Ludewala
- Muzamabad Shareef
- Jalip
- Al Syed Farms, Dera Syed Sibt ul Hassan Shah
Mari
Electricity Supplier
[edit]Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) is the state-owned electric distribution company responsible for distributing electricity to the districts of Sargodha, Faisalabad, Mianwali, Khushab, Jhang, Bhakkar, Toba Tek Singh, and Chiniot in Pakistan. FESCO generates electric power from water (hydro-electric power) and serves approximately 4.01 million consumers. Consumers can view their electricity bills online at fescoebills.pk
Faisalabad Electric Supply Company was founded in 1998. Engineer Bashir Ahmed is its current CEO.
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ Mahmood, Amjad (21 December 2020). "Sarghoda's citrus claim to fame". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- ^ 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...
- ^ 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"...
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- ^ Including Anglo-Indian Christians, British Christians, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated