Sheikhupura District

Committees

List of Municipal Committees in District Sheikhupura

Population

As of the 2023 census, Sheikhupura district has 593,260 households and a population of 4,049,418. The district has a sex ratio of 105.58 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 68.88%: 72.09% for males and 65.46% for females.^[9][10] 1,087,191 (26.85% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.^[11] 1,550,793 (38.30%) live in urban areas.^[9]

Religion

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Religion in Sheikhupura District

Religious group	1941[12][a]		2017[13]		2023[14]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	326,042	60.54%	3,325,148	96.30%	3,896,801	96.23%
Sikhism	109,276	20.29%	—	—	85	~0%
Hinduism	56,378	10.47%	323	0.01%	820	0.02%
Christianity	46,737	8.68%	130,405	3.77%	148,784	3.67%
Ahmadiyya	—	—	3,656	0.11%	2,638	0.07%
Others	151	0.02%	472	0.01%	334	0.01%
Total Population	538,584	100%	3,460,004	100%	4,049,377	100%

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Religious groups in Sheikhupura District (British Punjab province era)

Religious group	1921[15]		1931[16]		1941[12]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	330,880	63.25%	445,996	64.01%	542,344	63.62%
Hinduism [b]	85,781	16.4%	81,887	11.75%	89,182	10.46%
Sikhism	82,965	15.86%	119,477	17.15%	160,706	18.85%
Christianity	23,431	4.48%	49,266	7.07%	60,054	7.04%
Jainism	78	0.01%	100	0.01%	221	0.03%
Zoroastrianism	0	0%	6	0%	1	0%
Judaism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Buddhism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Others	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Total population	523,135	100%	696,732	100%	852,508	100%
Note1: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2:District created between Gujranwala District, Sialkot District, Amritsar District, Lahore District, Montgomery District, and Lyallpur District in 1920 to account for the large population increase in the region, primarily due to the Chenab Canal Colony.

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Religion in the Tehsils of Sheikhupura District (1921)^[15]

Tehsil	Islam		Hinduism		Sikhism		Christianity		Jainism		Others[c]		Total
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Khangah Dogran Tehsil	149,478	55.84%	47,291	17.67%	52,581	19.64%	18,262	6.82%	62	0.02%	0	0%	267,674	100%
Sharakpur Tehsil	181,402	71.01%	38,490	15.07%	30,384	11.89%	5,169	2.02%	16	0.01%	0	0%	255,461	100%
Note: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

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Religion in the Tehsils of Sheikhupura District (1941)^[12]

Tehsil	Islam		Hinduism [b]		Sikhism		Christianity		Jainism		Others[d]		Total
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Sheikhupura Tehsil	201,401	53.48%	45,690	12.13%	94,882	25.2%	34,359	9.12%	211	0.06%	46	0.01%	376,589	100%
Nankana Sahib Tehsil	174,787	74.33%	22,631	9.62%	31,562	13.42%	6,157	2.62%	8	0%	0	0%	235,145	100%
Shahdara Tehsil	166,156	69.01%	20,861	8.66%	34,262	14.23%	19,469	8.09%	2	0%	24	0.01%	240,774	100%
Note1: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2: Tehsil religious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labeled as "Indian Christians" on census. Does not include Anglo-Indian Christians or British Christians, who were classified under "Other" category.

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Language

At the time of the 2023 census, 93.40% of the population spoke Punjabi, 4.89% Urdu and 0.95% Pashto as their first language.^[17] The Majhi dialect is the predominant dialect here. In 1998, 98.1% of the population spoke Punjabi.^[17]