Sheikhupura District

Sheikhupura District, 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. In 2005 one of its subdivisions was split off to form the new Nankana Sahib District.

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 of % of the population, while Urdu is the first language of %.

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.

Tehsils
The district comprises 5 tehsils:
 * 1) Sheikhupura
 * 2) Ferozewala
 * 3) Muridke
 * 4) Sharaq Pur
 * 5) Safdarabad (part of Nankana Sahib District between 2005 and 2008)

Committees
List of Municipal Committees in District Sheikhupura


 * 1) Sheikhupura Municipal Committee
 * 2) Farooq abad Municipal Committee
 * 3) Mananwala Municipal Committee
 * 4) Safdar abad Municipal Committee
 * 5) Khanqah dogran Municipal Committee
 * 6) Ferozwala Municipal Committee
 * 7) Kot Abdulmalik Municipal Committee
 * 8) Muridke Municipal Committee
 * 9) Narang Mandi Municipal Committee
 * 10) Sharaqpur Municipal Committee

Population
At the time of the 2017 census, Sheikhupura district had 516,195 households and a population of 3,460,004. Sheikhupura had a sex ratio of 937 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 67.02% - 70.92% for males and 62.85% for females. 1,201,513 (34.73%) lived in urban areas. 887,987 (25.66%) were under 10 years of age. In 2023, the district had 593,506 households and a population of 4,049,418.

Language
At the time of the 2017 census, 97.07% of the population spoke Punjabi, 1.28% Urdu and 1.01% Pashto as their first language.

Notable people

 * Dhani Ram Chatrik, an influential punjabi poet
 * Kulwant Singh Virk, an author in Punjabi and English language
 * Ganga Ram, civil engineer and architect