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 in Pakistan, below the federal and provincial levels.
In 2000, local government reforms abolished administrative divisions and raised the districts to the new third tier of government. But in 2008, the division system was revived after the restoration of democratic government system.
Demographics
Population
According to 2023 census, Sargodha division had a population of 9,591,275, roughly equal to the population of Sweden or the US state of Michigan. The overall literacy rate of the division was 63.19%, with males at 73.36% and females at 52.65%.
Geography Sargodha division shares borders with Gujrat, Mianwali, Rawalpindi and Faisalabad divisions.
List of the Districts #DistrictHeadquarterArea (km²)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km²)
(2023)Lit. rate (2023)1SargodhaSargodha5,8544,334,448740.176.73%2KhushabJauharabad6,5111,501,089230.862.52%3MianwaliMianwali5,8401,798,268307.462.87%4BhakkarBhakkar8,1531,957,470240.555.68%
List of the Tehsils
TehsilArea (km²)Pop. (2023)Density (ppl/km²)
(2023)Lit. rate (2023)DistrictsKhushab2,115816,682386.1465.94%Khushab DistrictNoorpur Thal2,500264,597105.8455.58%Quaidabad1,080274,959254.5955.11%Naushera (Wadi-e-Soon)816144,851177.5170.43%Bhalwal663387,262584.1179.31%Sargodha DistrictBhera504384,403762.7067.37%Kot Momin948544,208574.0656.33%Sahiwal829407,487491.5463.34%Sargodha1,5361,800,4551,172.1771.82%Shahpur769424,746552.3461.85%Sillanwali607385,887635.7363.07%Bhakkar2,427809,789333.6658.56%Bhakkar DistrictDarya Khan1,719421,309245.0951.09%Kaloorkot2,239415,708185.6755.43%Mankera1,768310,664175.7154.83%Isakhel1,863414,100222.2855.02%Mianwali DistrictMianwali2,689908,405337.8266.09%Piplan1,288475,763369.3863.46%
Constituencies
Provincial Assembly ConstituencyNational Assembly ConstituencyDistrictPP-71 Sargodha-INA-82 Sargodha-ISargodhaPP-72 Sargodha-IIPP-73 Sargodha-IIINA-83 Sargodha-IIPP-74 Sargodha-IVPP-75 Sargodha-VNA-84 Sargodha-IIIPP-76 Sargodha-VIPP-77 Sargodha-VIINA-85 Sargodha-IVPP-78 Sargodha-VIIIPP-79 Sargodha-IXNA-86 Sargodha-VPP-80 Sargodha-XPP-81 Khushab-INA-87 Khushab-IKhushabPP-82 Khushab-IIPP-83 Khushab-IIINA-88 Khushab-IIPP-84 Khushab-IVPP-85 Mianwali-INA-89 Mianwali-IMianwaliPP-86 Mianwali-IIPP-87 Mianwali-IIINA-90 Mianwali-IIPP-88 Mianwali-IVPP-89 Bhakkar-INA-91 Bhakkar-IBhakkarPP-90 Bhakkar-IIPP-91 Bhakkar-IIINA-92 Bhakkar-IIPP-92 Bhakkar-IVPP-93 Bhakkar-V
Notable people Malik Shakir Bashir 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 coach of the Pakistan cricket team.
See also Divisions of Pakistan Divisions of Balochistan Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Divisions of Punjab Divisions of Sindh Divisions of Azad Kashmir Divisions of Gilgit-Baltistan
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