Back শেইখুপুরা জেলা Bengali/Bangla Shekhūpura District CEB Sheikhupura (Distrikt) German ناحیه شیخوپوره Persian District de Shekhupura French शेखूपुरा ज़िला Hindi Distretto di Sheikhupura Italian शेखुपुरा जिला MAI ضلع شیخوپورا PNB شېخپوره ولسوالۍ Pashto/Pushto
Sheikhupura District
ضلع شیخوپورا ضلع شیخوپورہ | |
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| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Division | Lahore |
| Headquarters | Sheikhupura |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Mr. Rana Shakeel Aslam |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,744 km2 (1,446 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,049,418 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Tehsils | Sheikhupura Ferozewala Muridke Sharaq Pur Safdarabad |
Sheikhupura District (Punjabi: ضلع شیخوپورا; Urdu: 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.[2] In 2005 one of its subdivisions was split off to form the new Nankana Sahib District.[3]
The predominant language of the district is Punjabi, which according to the 1998 census results for the tehsils of Sheikhupura, Ferozewala and Safdarabad, is the first language[4] of 98% of the population, while Urdu is the first language of 1.1%.[5]
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.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
2023censuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Urban Resource Centre (1998 Census) Archived 2006-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sheikhupura - Punjab Portal". Retrieved 13 December 2016.
- ^ "Mother tongue": defined as the language of communication between parents and children.
- ^ 1998 District Census report of Sheikhupura. Census publication. Vol. 79. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000. pp. 105–6.
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