Sialkot District

Sialkot District
ضلع سیالکوٹ
Top: Sialkot Clock Tower
Bottom: Village of Kotli Noonan
Map of Sialkot District highlighted
Map of Sialkot District highlighted
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
DivisionGujranwala
Established1852; 173 years ago (1852)
CapitalSialkot
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerMuhammad Zulqarnain Langrial
 • District Police OfficerAbdul Ghaffar Qaisrani
 • CEO EducationMian Riaz Ahmed
Area
 • District of Punjab
3,016 km2 (1,164 sq mi)
Population
 • District of Punjab
4,499,394
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,481,968 (32.94%)
 • Rural
3,017,426 (67.06%)
Language(s)
 • Main language(s)Urdu, Punjabi
Literacy
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (78.37%)
  • Male:
    (80.24%)
  • Female:
    (76.50%)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Area code052
Number of Tehsils4
Websitesialkot.punjab.gov.pk

Sialkot District (Punjabi and Urdu: ضلع سیالکوٹ), is one of the districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the northeast of the province. The city of Sialkot is the capital of the district. The Sialkot Cantonment was established in 1852.

  1. ^ "TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023.
  2. ^ "TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).

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