Sargodha Division
Sargodha Division
سرگودھا ڈویژن | |
|---|---|
.svg?lang=en) Sargodha Division in Punjab | |
| Coordinates: 32°10′N 72°30′E / 32.167°N 72.500°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Capital | Sargodha |
| Established | 1960 |
| Districts | 4 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Divisional Administration |
| • Divisional Commissioner | Dr Irshad Ahmed |
| • Regional Police Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
• Division | 26,360 km2 (10,180 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 155 m (509 ft) |
| Population (2023) | |
• Division | 9,591,275 |
| • Density | 363.86/km2 (942.4/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,744,219 (28.61%) |
| • Rural | 6,847,056 |
| Literacy | |
| • Literacy rate |
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| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Postal code | 40100 (Sargodha) 41000 (Khushab) 41000 (Mianwali) 41000 (Bhakkar) |
| Dialling code | 048 (Sargodha) 0454 (Khushab) |
| Website | sargodhadivision |
Sargodha Division is an administrative division of Punjab province, Pakistan. Sargodha city is the capital of the division. Divisions are the third tier of government below the federal and provincial levels.
In 2000, local government reforms abolished administrative divisions and raised the districts to become the new third tier of government.[2] But in 2008, the division system was restored again after the restoration of democratic government system.[3]
Demographics
[edit]Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 1,835,178 | — |
| 1961 | 2,587,061 | +3.49% |
| 1972 | 3,218,873 | +2.01% |
| 1981 | 3,934,861 | +2.26% |
| 1998 | 6,101,052 | +2.61% |
| 2017 | 9,783,183 | +2.52% |
| 2023 | 11,416,686 | +2.61% |
| Sources:[4] | ||
According to 2023 census, Sargodha division had a population of 9,591,275,[5] roughly equal to the population of Sweden[6] or the US state of Michigan.[7] The literacy rate across the division stands at 63.19%, with males at 73.36% and females at 52.65%.
Geography
[edit]Sargodha division shares borders with Gujrat, Mianwali, Rawalpindi and Faisalabad divisions.
Districts
[edit]It consists of the following districts:
In 2023, Mianwali and Bhakkar District shifted to newly established Mianwali Division.
| # | District | Headquarter | Area
(km²)[8] |
Pop.
(2023) |
Density
(ppl/km²) (2023) |
Lit. rate
(2023) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sargodha | Sargodha | 5,854 | 4,334,448 | 740.1 | 66.73% |
| 2 | Khushab | Jauharabad | 6,511 | 1,501,089 | 230.8 | 62.52% |
List of the Tehsils
[edit]| # | Tehsil | Area
(km²)[8] |
Pop.
(2023) |
Density
(ppl/km²) (2023) |
Lit. rate
(2023) |
Districts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khushab | 2,115 | 816,682 | 386.14 | 65.94% | Khushab District |
| 2 | Noorpur Thal | 2,500 | 264,597 | 105.84 | 55.58% | |
| 3 | Quaidabad | 1,080 | 274,959 | 254.59 | 55.11% | |
| 4 | Naushera (Wadi-e-Soon) | 816 | 144,851 | 177.51 | 70.43% | |
| 5 | Bhalwal | 663 | 387,262 | 584.11 | 79.31% | Sargodha District |
| 6 | Bhera | 504 | 384,403 | 762.70 | 67.37% | |
| 7 | Kot Momin | 948 | 544,208 | 574.06 | 56.33% | |
| 8 | Sahiwal | 829 | 407,487 | 491.54 | 63.34% | |
| 9 | Sargodha | 1,536 | 1,800,455 | 1,172.17 | 71.82% | |
| 10 | Shahpur | 769 | 424,746 | 552.34 | 61.85% | |
| 11 | Sillanwali | 607 | 385,887 | 635.73 | 63.07% |
| Provincial Assembly Constituency | National Assembly Constituency | District |
|---|---|---|
| PP-71 Sargodha-I | NA-82 Sargodha-I | Sargodha |
| PP-72 Sargodha-II | ||
| PP-73 Sargodha-III | NA-83 Sargodha-II | |
| PP-74 Sargodha-IV | ||
| PP-75 Sargodha-V | NA-84 Sargodha-III | |
| PP-76 Sargodha-VI | ||
| PP-77 Sargodha-VII | NA-85 Sargodha-IV | |
| PP-78 Sargodha-VIII | ||
| PP-79 Sargodha-IX | NA-86 Sargodha-V | |
| PP-80 Sargodha-X | ||
| PP-81 Khushab-I | NA-87 Khushab-I | Khushab |
| PP-82 Khushab-II | ||
| PP-83 Khushab-III | NA-88 Khushab-II | |
| PP-84 Khushab-IV |
Notable people
[edit]- Malik Shakir Bashir Awan - President Tanzeem ul Awan, Politician, Lawyer, Social Activist
- Mohammad Hafeez – former captain of Pakistan national cricket team and Lahore Qalandars player
- Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi – Pakistani award-winning musician from Isakhel, Mianwali.
- Suhail Warraich – journalist and television host from Jauharabad, Khushab.
- Imran Khan – former Prime Minister of Pakistan from Mianwali.
- Misbah-ul-Haq – former Test captain and head coach of the Pakistan cricket team.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
- ^ "Local government debate". Dawn. 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- ^ "History | Sargodha Division". sargodhadivision.punjab.gov.pk. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Area, population by sex, sex ratio, population density, urban population, household size and annual growth rate, census-2023" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-07-24.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
Latvia 2,204,708, July 2011 est.
- ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
New Mexico - 2,059,179
- ^ a b "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
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