Sahiwal District

Sahiwal District
ضلع ساہیوال
Montgomery District
Top: Ruins of Harappa
Bottom: Tomb of Mir Chaker
Location of Sahiwal in Punjab
Location of Sahiwal in Punjab
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
DivisionSahiwal
HeadquartersSahiwal
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerBabar Bashir
 • District Police OfficerSadiq Baloch
Area
 • District of Punjab
3,201 km2 (1,236 sq mi)
Population
 • District of Punjab
2,881,811
 • Density900/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
 • Urban
757,631
 • Rural
2,124,180
Literacy
 • Literacy rate
  • Total:
    (64.77%)
  • Male:
    (71.06%)
  • Female:
    (58.29%)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Area code040
TehsilsSahiwal
Chichawatni
Websitesahiwal.punjab.gov.pk

Sahiwal District (Punjabi and Urdu: ضِلع ساہِيوال), formerly known as Montgomery District, is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

In 1998, it had a population of 1,843,194 people, 16.27% of which were in urban areas. Since 2008, Sahiwal District, Okara District, and Pakpattan District have comprised the Sahiwal Division. The city of Sahiwal is the capital of the district and the division.

View of a Jungle in distt. Sahiwal
  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).