| Shahkot | |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
| Coordinates: | 31.08°N 75.34°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jalandhar |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 16.27 |
| Elevation M: | 244 |
| Population Total: | 16,844 |
| Population As Of: | 2013 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Doabi Punjabi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 144702 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 01821 |
| Registration Plate: | PB67 |
Shahkot is a small city and one of the five tehsils of Jalandhar district in Punjab, India. Shahkot is situated on Jalandhar-Moga-Barnala-Sirsa National Highway 703 (Old NH 71). Shahkot is administered by the Municipal Committee. About 176 villages belong to Shahkot tehsil.[1]
Shahkot is located at .[2] The region has an average elevation of 209 metres (688 feet). Shahkot is a subdivision and tehsil of Jalandhar District.
As of the 2011 Indian census,[3] Shahkot has population of 25,449. The population is 53% male and 47% female. Shahkot has an average literacy rate of 83%, which is higher than the Indian national average of 59.5%. Literacy among men is 85.50% and female literacy is 80.50%. In Shahkot, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. Hinduism and Sikhism are the predominant religions with 60% of the population registering as Hindus, 39% registering as Sikhs and 1% of other religions. Shahkot is near the Sutlej river which divides Doaba and Malwa.