Sargodha

Sargodha district, Punjab — 4,334,448 people at the 2023 census.

Census, 1981 to 2023

Indicator	1981	1998	2017	2023
Population	1,911,849	2,665,979	3,696,212	4,334,448
Urban population		750,032	1,088,205	1,609,587
Yearly growth since the previous census		1.97%	1.73%	2.70%
Literacy rate (age 10+)		46.3%		66.7%
Female literacy rate		32.7%		59.6%
Average household size		6.50	6.17	6.30
Males per 100 females		106.2	102.2	102.5
Urban share		28.1%	29.4%	37.1%
People per km²		455	631	740
Area		5,854 km²	5,856 km²	5,856 km²

Schooling, connectivity and living conditions

Indicator	2014-15	2019-20	Punjab, 2019-20
Adult literacy (15+)	59.0%	63.0%	61.0%
Net primary enrolment	71.0%	78.0%	70.0%
Children out of school (5-16)		18.0%	24.0%
People using the internet		13.5%	19.7%
People owning a mobile phone		44.2%	45.0%
Households with a smartphone		27.4%	34.4%
Households with tap water	6.00%	7.56%	12.7%
Households with a flush toilet	78.0%	87.0%	89.0%
Households cooking with gas		51.7%	50.0%
Households lit by electricity		97.0%	95.7%
Children (12-23 months) vaccinated against measles		97.0%	91.0%
Households moderately or severely food-insecure		16.4%	15.7%

Businesses and farms

Business establishments (2023)	144,279
People working in them (2023)	386,608
Farms (2024)	166,582
Cultivated area (2024)	1,108,835 acres
Tractors (2024)	40,865
Tubewells and lift pumps (2024)	110,467
Cattle (2024)	773,890
Buffaloes (2024)	1,193,248
Goats (2024)	589,457

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. About the data · All districts