Sheikhupura District (Punjabi: ضلع شیخوپورا; Urdu: ضلع شيخوپورہ), 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 98% of the population, while Urdu is the first language of 1.1%.

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.

Tehsils

The district comprises 5 tehsils:

1. Sheikhupura
2. Ferozewala
3. Muridke
4. Sharaq Pur
5. Safdarabad (part of Nankana Sahib District between 2005 and 2008)

Committees

List of Municipal Committees in District Sheikhupura

Demographics

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1998	2,276,164	—
2017	3,460,004	+2.23%
2023	4,049,418	+2.66%
Sources:

At the time of the 2017 census, Sheikhupura district had 516,195 households and a population of 3,460,004. 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

Religion in Sheikhupura District

Religious group	2017
	Pop.	%
Islam	3,325,148	96.1%
Christianity	130,405	3.77%
Ahmadiyya	3,656	0.11%
Hinduism	323	0.01%
Others	472	0.01%
Total Population	3,460,004	100%

Religious groups in Sheikhupura District (British Punjab province era)

Religious group	1921		1931		1941
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	330,880	63.25%	445,996	64.01%	542,344	63.62%
Hinduism	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.

Language

At the time of the 2017 census, 97.07% of the population spoke Punjabi, 1.28% Urdu and 1.01% Pashto as their first language.

Notable people

• Dhani Ram Chatrik, an influential punjabi poet
• Kulwant Singh Virk, an author in Punjabi and English language
• Ganga Ram, civil engineer and architect

See also

• Sharaqpur Sharif
• Hiran Minar
• Sheikhupura Fort