Sheikhupura (District)

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Sheikhupura District
ضِلع شیخُوپُورہ
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Punjab
Seat : Sheikhupura
Coordinates : 31 ° 43 '  N , 73 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 31 ° 43 '12 "  N , 73 ° 58' 48"  E
Area : 3 030  km²
 
Residents : 3,460,426 (2017)
Population density : 1,142 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
 
Website :
Map of Pakistan, position of Sheikhupura district highlighted

Sheikhupura District is an administrative district in Pakistan in the Punjab Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Sheikhupura .

The district has an area of ​​3030 km² and according to the census of 2017 3,460,426 inhabitants. The population density is 1,142 inhabitants / km². The Punjabi language is spoken by the majority in the district .

history

In 2005 Nankana Sahib was created from parts of the district.

geography

The district is located in the northeast of the Punjab Province, which is in the west of Pakistan. The district is composed of the 5 Tehsil Sheikhupura , Ferozewala , Muridke , Sharakpur and Safdarabad .

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 2.20% annually. Around 35% of the population live in urban regions and around 65% in rural regions. 1,789,956 men, 1,670,310 women and 160 transgender people live in 517,850 households , which results in a gender ratio of 107.2 men per 100 women, which is the usual surplus of men in Pakistan. The literacy rate in 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 66% (women: 62%, men: 71%) and thus above the Punjab province average of 63%.

year population
1998 2,276,164
2017 3,460,426

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017. August 29, 2017, accessed May 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Pakistani Districts wise Population Census 2017. Accessed May 30, 2019 .
  3. ^ Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (2016). Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2014-15. Government of Pakistan, accessed June 29, 2019 .