Sargodha District

Sargodha District (Urdu: ضِلع سرگودها‎), is a district of Punjab, Pakistan. The capital of the district is Sargodha. It is an agricultural district, wheat, rice, and sugarcane being its main crops. The Sargodha district and region is also famous for citrus fruit; kino is a newly developed variety. The district has an area of 5,864 km².

Administration

Sargodha District is administratively divided into Seven Tehsils, which contain a total of 161 Union Councils, population according to the 1998 census of Pakistan:

Language

As per the 1998 census of Pakistan, the following are the demographics of the Sargodha district, by spoken language:

Demography

The population of Sargodha grew rapidly with the arrival of Muslim refugees from northern India, fleeing from the religious violence that followed the partition of India and the independence of Pakistan in 1947. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan the district had a population of 2,665,979 of which 27.96% lived in urban settlements. The predominant ethnic population in the Sargodha District is Punjabi with small communities of Ranghars, Muhajirs and Pashtuns. The people of Sargodha district are Muslims, with an overwhelming Sunni majority.

Sargodha

Sargodha (Punjabi, Urdu: سرگودها‎) also known as "City of Eagles" is a city and the administrative centre of the Sargodha Division located in the Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the 11th largest city of Pakistan and one of the fastest growing cities in Pakistan.

History

The origins of this city are quite old but the proper town was established by the British in 1903. Although it was a small town in the beginning, the British Royal Air Force built an airport here due to its strategic location.

Geography

Sargodha is located 172 kilometres northwest of Lahore, in Sargodha District. It lies about 30 miles from the M-2 motorway, which connects Lahore and Islamabad. It is connected to the M-2 by several interchanges at different locations. Sargodha is roughly 94 km from Faisalabad, due southeast. Directly east connected by the M-2 motorway are Lahore and the route to Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Due east is the city of Jhang; toward the west are the city of Mianwali and the Chashma Barrage. Dera Ismail Khan is located 232 km southwest from the city.