| Sargodha District | |
| Native Name Lang: | pnb |
| Settlement Type: | District of Punjab |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sargodha |
| Founder: | British Colonial Government |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Sargodha |
| Government Type: | District Administration |
| Leader Title: | Nazim |
| Leader Name: | Vacant |
| Leader Title1: | Deputy Commissioner |
| Leader Name1: | Capt (Retd) Shoaib Ali (PAS) |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 5854 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Total: | 4,334,448 |
| Population Urban: | 1609587 |
| Population Rural: | 2,724,861 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Literacy rate |
| Timezone1: | PST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1893 as Shahpur District |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Constituencies |
| Blank Info Sec1: | NA-82, NA-83, NA-84, NA-85, NA-86 |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Main language(s) |
| Demographics Type2: | Literacy |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Urdu, Punjabi, English |
| Blank Name Sec2: | National Assembly Seats (2024) |
| Postal Code: | 40100 |
| Area Code: | 048 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Blank Info Sec2: | Total (5)
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| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Punjab Assembly Seats (2024) |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Total (10)
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| Coordinates: | 32.08°N 72.67°W |
| Governing Body: | District Council |
| Established Title1: | Headquarters relocation |
| Established Date1: | 1914 |
| Established Title2: | Current name |
| Established Date2: | 1960 |
| Parts Type: | Tehsils |
| Parts: | 7 |
| Area Rank: | 14th in Punjab |
| Population Rank: | 9th in Punjab |
| Population Density Rank: | 19th in Punjab |
Sargodha District (Punjabi and ur|{{nq|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]
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.
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:
| Tehsil[8] | Area(km²)[9] | Pop.(2023) | Density(ppl/km²) (2023) | Literacy rate(2023)[10] | Union Councils | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhalwal | 663 | 387,262 | 584.11 | 79.31% | ... | |
| Bhera | 504 | 384,403 | 762.70 | 67.37% | ... | |
| Kot Momin | 948 | 544,208 | 574.06 | 56.33% | ... | |
| Sahiwal | 829 | 407,487 | 491.54 | 63.34% | ... | |
| Sargodha | 1,536 | 1,800,455 | 1,172.17 | 71.82% | ... | |
| Shahpur | 769 | 424,746 | 552.34 | 61.85% | ... | |
| Sillanwali | 607 | 385,887 | 635.73 | 63.07% | ... |
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.[11] In 2023, the district had 684,799 households and a population of 4,334,448.[12]
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)[13] | Area km2 (sqmi) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sargodha | 1,800,455 | 14551NaN1 | |
| Kot Momin Tehsil | 544,208 | 8911NaN1 | |
| Bhalwal Tehsil | 387,262 | 5571NaN1 | |
| Shahpur | 424,746 | 7871NaN1 | |
| Silanwali | 385,887 | 6101NaN1 | |
| Sahiwal | 407,487 | 7591NaN1 | |
| Bhera Tehsil | 384,403 | 7221NaN1 |
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.[14]
| 1941[15] | 2017 | 2023 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | ||||||||||||
| 624,353 | 3,625,339 | 4,241,812 | 98.03% | ||||||||||
| 84,697 | 141 | 456 | 0.01% | ||||||||||
| 42,237 | 113 | 0% | |||||||||||
| Christianity | 12,682 | 65,231 | 80,411 | 1.86% | |||||||||
| Ahmadi | 5,427 | 4,146 | 0.1% | ||||||||||
| Others | 93 | 74 | 325 | 0.01% | |||||||||
| Total Population | 764,062 | 3,696,212 | 4,327,263 | 100% | |||||||||
| 1901[16] | 1911[17] [18] | 1921[19] | 1931[20] | 1941[21] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 442,921 | 572,565 | 596,100 | 679,546 | 835,918 | |||||||
| 68,489 | 72,695 | 82,182 | 90,561 | 102,172 | |||||||
| 12,756 | 33,456 | 30,361 | 40,074 | 48,046 | |||||||
| Christianity | 91 | 8,616 | 11,270 | 11,294 | 12,770 | ||||||
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | |||||||
| 0 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Judaism | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total population | 524,259 | 687,366 | 719,918 | 821,490 | 998,921 | ||||||
| Others | Total | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
| Christianity | Others | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||
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.[22]
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The electricity supply in Sargodha District is managed by the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company