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.

Administration

The district comprises of 5 tehsils:

Committees

List of Municipal Committees in District Sheikhupura

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2017 census, 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.

Religion

Language

At the time of the 2023 census, 93.4% of the population spoke Punjabi, 4.89% Urdu and 0.95% Pashto as their first language.

Notable people