Sargodha District
Sargodha District is a district of Punjab, Pakistan. The capital of the district is the city of Sargodha. It is an agricultural district with wheat, rice, sugarcane and kinnow being its main crops. The district has an area of 5,864 km2.
The Sargodha district is among the world's best citrus-producing regions, and particularly famous for its Kinnow.
Etymology
It is believed that there was an old pond in the middle of the town where an old Hindu monk or sadhu 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
As of the 2023 census, Sargodha district has 684,321 households and a population of 4,334,448. The district has a sex ratio of 102.53 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 66.73%: 73.63% for males and 59.62% for females. 1,089,643 are under 10 years of age. 1,609,587 live in urban areas.Religion
As per the 2023 census Muslims were the predominant religious community with 98.03% of the population while Punjab, Pakistan|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 [36 NB ]
- Chak 104 SB
- Hathi Wind
- Kot Bhai Khan
- Ludewala
- Muzamabad Shareef
- Jalip
- Mari
- Chak NO. 91 N.B
- Chak NO. 35 N.B