Sheikhupura District ( pa, ;
ur, ), is a
district
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located in
Lahore Division of
Punjab Province,
Pakistan
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.
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. In 2005 one of its subdivisions was split off to form the new
Nankana Sahib District. 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, which according to the 1998 census results for the tehsils of Sheikhupura, Ferozewala and
Safdarabad, is the
first language
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of % of the population, while
Urdu
Urdu (;["Urdu"](_blank)
'' 2017 Census of Pakistan
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, 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
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.
Tehsils
The district comprises 5
tehsils:
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Sheikhupura
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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 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
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Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official langua ...
as their first language. 96.10% of the population was Muslim and 3.77%
Christian.
See also
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Sharaqpur Sharif
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Hiran Minar
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Sheikhupura Fort
Sheikhupura Fort (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ) is a Mughal Empire, Mughal-era fort built in 1607 near the city of Sheikhupura in Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Although, there is no conclusive evidence supporting this, the Tuzk-e-Jahangiri mentions t ...
References
External links
Sheikhupura District
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Districts of Punjab, Pakistan