Shorkot Tehsil

Shorkot Tehsil
تحصیل شورکوٹ
Tehsil Municipal Administration Shorkot
Country Pakistan
RegionPunjab, Pakistan Punjab
DistrictJhang
Union councils29
Government
 • TypeTehsil Municipal Administration
 • AdministratorImran Qureshi
 • Municipal OfficerKhalid Iqbal Malik
Population
 • Tehsil548,626
 • Urban
73,741
 • Rural
474,885
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+6 (PDT)

Shorkot (Urdu: تحصیل شورکوٹ) is a tehsil in Jhang District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is subdivided into 29 Union Councils.[1] The city of Shorkot is the headquarters of the tehsil.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jhang". National Reconstruction Bureau of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. ^ Shorkot: 20-year-old girl murdered for refusing marriage proposal Dunya TV News website, Published 8 April 2021, Retrieved 5 June 2021
  3. ^ "Population Census Organization (See Shorkot Tehsil under Jhang District)". Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan website. 10 February 2004. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2021.