| 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 |
| Government Type: | District Administration |
| Leader Title: | District Commissioner |
| Leader Name: | Muhammad Ali[1] |
| Leader Title1: | District Police Officer |
| Leader Name1: | N/A |
| Leader Title2: | District Health Officer |
| Leader Name2: | N/A |
| Area Total Km2: | 1772 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Total: | 13,004,135 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | PKT |
| Utc Offset: | +5 |
| Elevation M: | 216 |
| Blank Name: | National Assembly Seats (2018) |
| Blank1 Name: | Punjab Assembly Seats (2018) |
Lahore District (Panjabi; Punjabi: {{nq|ضلع لہور; Urdu: {{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 over 11 million in 2017.[2] [3]
The total area is . Before 1976, district Lahore had 3 tehsils. Tehsil Lahore, Tehsil Kasur and Tehsil Chunian. But in 1976, Kasur and Chunian tehsils became Kasur district and separate from Lahore District.[4] [5]
The district is administratively subdivided into five tehsils.
| Name of Tehsil[6] | No of Union Councils | |
|---|---|---|
| Lahore Cantt | ||
| Lahore City | ||
| Model Town | ||
| Raiwind | ||
| Shalimar |
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.[7] In 2023, the district had 2,012,526 households and a population of 13,004,135.[8]
| 2017[9] | 2023[10] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[11] | 1911[12] [13] | 1921[14] | 1931[15] | 1941[16] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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.[17]
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[18] 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.
