| Sheikhupura District | |
| Native Name: | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Punjab |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lahore |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Sheikhupura |
| Government Type: | District Administration |
| Leader Title: | Deputy Commissioner |
| Leader Name: | Mr. Shahid Imran Marth |
| Leader Title1: | District Police Officer |
| Leader Name1: | N/A |
| Leader Title2: | District Health Officer |
| Leader Name2: | N/A |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 3744 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Total: | 4049418 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 1550793 |
| Population Rural: | 2,498,625 |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Literacy rate |
| Timezone1: | PST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5 |
| Established Date: | 1922 |
| Area Code: | 056 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Tehsils |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Sheikhupura Ferozewala Muridke Sharaq Pur Safdarabad |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | District Council |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Main language(s) |
| Demographics Type2: | Literacy |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [2] |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi, Urdu, English |
Sheikhupura District (pa|{{Nastaliq|ضلع شیخوپورا;ur|{{Nastaliq|ضلع شيخوپورہ), is a district located in Lahore Division of Punjab Province, Pakistan. 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.[3] In 2005 one of its subdivisions was split off to form the new Nankana Sahib District.[4]
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:[4]
| Tehsil[5] | Area(km²)[6] | Pop.(2023) | Density(ppl/km²) (2023) | Literacy rate(2023)[7] | Union Councils | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muridke | 1,028 | 721,192 | 701.55 | 69.10% | ... | |
| Ferozewala | 511 | 997,246 | 1,951.56 | 66.55% | ... | |
| Safdarabad | 461 | 320,851 | 695.99 | 67.55 % | ... | |
| Sheikhupura | 1,369 | 1,780,837 | 1,300.83 | 70.72% | ... | |
| Sharak Pur | 375 | 229,292 | 611.45 | 65.05% | ... |
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.[8] [9] 1,087,191 (26.85% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[10] 1,550,793 (38.30%) live in urban areas.
| 1941 | 2017[11] | 2023[12] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | ||||||
| 326,042 | 60.54% | 3,325,148 | 96.30% | 3,896,801 | 96.23% | ||
| 109,276 | 20.29% | 85 | ~0% | ||||
| 56,378 | 10.47% | 323 | 820 | 0.02% | |||
| 46,737 | 8.68% | 130,405 | 148,784 | 3.67% | |||
| 3,656 | 2,638 | 0.07% | |||||
| Others | 151 | 0.02% | 472 | 334 | 0.01% | ||
| Total Population | 538,584 | 100% | 3,460,004 | 100% | 4,049,377 | 100% | |
| 1921[13] | 1931[14] | 1941[15] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 330,880 | 445,996 | 542,344 | |||||
| 85,781 | 81,887 | 89,182 | |||||
| 82,965 | 119,477 | 160,706 | |||||
| 23,431 | 49,266 | 60,054 | |||||
| 78 | 100 | 221 | |||||
| 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total population | 523,135 | 696,732 | 852,508 | ||||
| Others | Total | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khangah Dogran Tehsil | 149,478 | 47,291 | 52,581 | 18,262 | 62 | 0 | 267,674 | ||||||||
| Sharakpur Tehsil | 181,402 | 38,490 | 30,384 | 5,169 | 16 | 0 | 255,461 | ||||||||
| Others | Total | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheikhupura Tehsil | 201,401 | 45,690 | 94,882 | 34,359 | 211 | 46 | 376,589 | ||||||||
| Nankana Sahib Tehsil | 174,787 | 22,631 | 31,562 | 6,157 | 8 | 0 | 235,145 | ||||||||
| Shahdara Tehsil | 166,156 | 20,861 | 34,262 | 19,469 | 2 | 24 | 240,774 | ||||||||
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.[16] The Majhi dialect is the predominant dialect here. In 1998, 98.1% of the population spoke Punjabi.