| Lahore District | |
| Native Name: | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Punjab |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lahore |
| Coordinates: | 31.4167°N 94°W |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Lahore |
| Parts Type: | Administrative Subdivisions |
| Parts Style: | coll,para |
| Parts: | 05 |
| P1: | Lahore Cantt Tehsil Lahore City Tehsil Model Town Tehsil Raiwind Tehsil Shalimar Tehsil |
| Government Type: | District Administration |
| Leader Title: | District Commissioner |
| Leader Name: | Syed Musa Raza |
| Leader Title1: | Constituensy (14) |
| Leader Name1: | NA-117 Lahore-I to NA-130 Lahore-XIV |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Founder: | British Raj |
| Area Total Km2: | 1772 |
| Elevation M: | 217 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Demographics Type1: | Literacy |
| Demographics1 Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Literacy rate |
| Population Total: | 12,978,661 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Demonym: | Lahori |
| Timezone1: | PKT |
| Utc Offset1: | +05:00 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | DST is not observed |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 54000 |
| Area Code Type: | NWD (area) code |
| Area Code: | 042 |
| Iso Code: | PK-PB |
| Blank2 Info: | 3520X-XXXXXXX-X |
| Blank2 Name: | CNIC Code of Lahore District |
Lahore District (pa|{{nq|ضلع لہور; ur|{{nastaliq|ضلع لاہور) is a district in Punjab, Pakistan, consisting of the provincial capital, Lahore and surrounding areas. It is the most populous district of Pakistan, with a population of 12,978,661 (10.29 million) in 2023.[2] [3]
The total area is . Before 1976, Lahore district was composed of 3 tehsils - Lahore, Kasur and Chunian, but in 1976, Kasur and Chunian tehsils became Kasur District, separate from Lahore District.[4] [5] The remaining area was then sub-divided into 5 tehsils - Lahore, Lahore Cantonment, Model Town, Raiwind and Shalimar.
On 27 August 2024, the Punjab Government announced the creation of five new tehsils - Wagah, Ravi, Nishtar, Iqbal Town and Saddar.
The district is administratively subdivided into ten tehsils.
| Tehsil[6] | Area(km²)[7] | Pop.(2023) | Density(ppl/km²) (2023) | Literacy rate(2023)[8] | Union Councils | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahore Cantonment | 466 | 1,885,098 | 4,045.27 | 81.01% | ... | |
| Lahore City | 214 | 4,123,354 | 19,268.01 | 80.36% | ... | |
| Model Town | 353 | 3,244,906 | 9,192.37 | 78.94% | ... | |
| Raiwind | 467 | 1,080,637 | 2,314.00 | 72.35% | ... | |
| Shalimar | 272 | 2,670,140 | 9,816.69 | 81.21% | ... | |
| Nishtar | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Wagah | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Iqbal Town | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Ravi | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Saddar | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
At the time of the 2017 census, Lahore district had 1,744,755 households and a population of 11,119,985. Lahore had a sex ratio of 912 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 77.08% - 79.19% for males and 74.75% for females. The entire population lived in urban areas. 2,609,959 (23.47%) were under 10 years of age.[9] In 2023, the district had 2,012,526 households and a population of 13,004,135.[10]
| 2017[11] | 2023[12] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10,530,816 | 12,363,149 | |||||
| 571,365 | 602,431 | |||||
| 13,433 | 7,139 | |||||
| 2,670 | 2,811 | |||||
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| Others | 1,701 | 2,339 | ||||
| Total Population | 11,119,985 | 12,978,661 | ||||
| 1901[13] | 1911[14] [15] | 1921[16] | 1931[17] | 1941[18] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 717,519 | 626,271 | 647,640 | 815,820 | 1,027,772 | |||||||
| 276,375 | 217,609 | 255,690 | 259,725 | 284,689 | |||||||
| 159,701 | 169,008 | 179,975 | 244,304 | 310,646 | |||||||
| 7,296 | 21,781 | 46,454 | 57,097 | 70,147 | |||||||
| 1,047 | 1,139 | 1,209 | 1,450 | 1,951 | |||||||
| 171 | 209 | 179 | 159 | 136 | |||||||
| 0 | 128 | 170 | 14 | 32 | |||||||
| 0 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Others | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total population | 1,162,109 | 1,036,158 | 1,131,336 | 1,378,570 | 1,695,375 | ||||||
| Others | Total | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahore Tehsil | 290,325 | 139,215 | 57,337 | 27,898 | 478 | 360 | 515,613 | ||||||||
| Chunian Tehsil | 179,399 | 61,475 | 49,151 | 5,408 | 76 | 0 | 295,509 | ||||||||
| Kasur Tehsil | 177,916 | 55,000 | 73,487 | 13,154 | 655 | 2 | 320,214 | ||||||||
| Others | Total | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahore Tehsil | 552,907 | 193,714 | 103,312 | 37,442 | 1,095 | 2,458 | 890,024 | ||||||||
| Chunian Tehsil | 237,829 | 56,293 | 83,888 | 11,730 | 47 | 165 | 390,852 | ||||||||
| Kasur Tehsil | 237,036 | 34,682 | 123,446 | 18,514 | 809 | 8 | 414,499 | ||||||||
At the time of the 2023 census, 73.58% of the population spoke Punjabi, 21.13% Urdu, 2.06% Pashto, 2.01% Mewati, 0.49% Saraiki, and 0.25% Hindko as their first language.[19]
According to Pakistan District Education Rankings, a report by Alif Ailaan, Lahore is ranked nationally at 32 with a score of 69.2 and learning score of 53.93. Lahore ranks nationally at number 1 in terms of readiness score, with a score of 93.51. According to PEC assessments, Lahore ranks last out of all districts of Punjab in both class 5 and class 8.
Science labs in schools are either not available or have inadequate instruments which also affects quality. The school infrastructure score of Lahore is 91.32, ranking it 29th nationally. Still few schools in a major district like Lahore have open air or dangerous classrooms.
Issues mainly reported in TaleemDo! app[20] from Lahore are that students want to study in private schools, as they are better than government schools but can not afford the fee. A communication gap between the teachers and the students was also reported and a few reported some facilities problems in their school.
