- Source: Sargodha District
Sargodha District (Punjabi and Urdu: ضلع سرگودھا), is a district of Punjab, Pakistan. The capital of the district is Sargodha. It is an agricultural district with wheat, rice, sugarcane and kinnow being its main crops. The Sargodha district and region is also famous for citrus fruit including Kinnow, orange and lemon. The district has an area of 5,864 km2.
Sargodha District is among the world's best citrus-producing regions. Sargodha District is well known for its kinnow, a citrus variety.
Etymology
It is believed that there was an old pond in the middle of the town where an old Hindu monk or sadhu (godha) used to live. The Sanskrit word for pond is "ser". Since the town had a modest population, people would refer the place as 'ser godha', the place where that famous Sadhu resided next to the pond. The Shahpur district was renamed when its headquarters were shifted to Sargodha in 1960.
Administration and tehsils
Sargodha city is the administrative headquarter of Sargodha Division and handles the population of about 8.1 million. Sargodha District is administratively divided into Seven Tehsils, which contain a total of 161 Union Councils. Following are the seven tehsils of Sargodha district:
Demographics
= Population
=At the time of the 2017 census, Sargodha had a sex ratio of 979 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 65.54% - 74.12% for males and 56.88% for females. 30.97% (1,144,535) lived in urban areas. 25.11% (928,166) were under 10 years of age. In 2023, the district had 684,799 households and a population of 4,334,448.
The list below shows the population of each of the seven tehsils of Sargodha district according to the 2023 Census of Pakistan along with area:
= Religion
=As per the 2023 census Muslims were the predominant religious community with 98.03% of the population while Christians were 1.86% of the population.
= Language
=At the time of the 2023 census, 90.79% of the population spoke Punjabi, 7.61% Urdu and 1.26% Pashto as their first language.
Villages
Behak Maken
Chak 104 SB
Hathi Wind
Kot Bhai Khan
Ludewala
Muzamabad Shareef
Jalip
Al Syed Farms, Dera Syed Sibt ul Hassan Shah
Mari
Chak NO. 91 N.B
Electricity supplier
The electricity supply in Sargodha District is managed by the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company
See also
Sargodha City
Sargodha Division
Sargodha Cantonment
Sargodha Tehsil
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Sargodha District
- Sargodha
- List of districts in Punjab, Pakistan
- Sargodha Division
- University of Sargodha
- List of tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan
- Sargodha Tehsil
- Asim Malik
- Mandi Bahauddin District
- Shahpur District
