Sialkot District

Sialkot District
ضلع سیالکوٹ
District of Punjab
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; 172 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
 (2023 Census of Pakistan)[1]
 • District of Punjab
4,499,394
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
 • Urban
1,481,968
 • Rural
3,017,426
Language(s)
[2]
 • Main language(s)Urdu, Punjabi
Literacy
[3]
 • 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. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2023census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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).