Sargodha District
Sargodha District  (Punjabi and ),  is a district of Punjab, Pakistan. The capital of the district is Sargodha. It is an agricultural district, wheat, rice, and sugarcane along with Kinno being its main crops. The Sargodha district and region is also famous for citrus fruit including Kinnow, orange and lemon. The district has an area of 5,864 km2. Etymology 
It is believed that there was an old pond in the middle of the town where an old Hindu monk or sadhu (godha) used to live. The Sanskrit word for pond is "ser". Since the town had a modest population, people would refer the place as 'ser godha', the place where that famous Sadhu resided next to the pond. Administration and tehsils
Sargodha city is the administrative headquarter of Sargodha Division and handles the population of about 8.1 million. Sargodha District is administratively divided into Seven Tehsils, which contain a total of 161 Union Councils. Following are the seven tehsils of Sargodha district:
Sargodha
Kot Momin
Bhalwal
Shahpur
Sillanwali
Sahiwal
Bhera

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census, Sargodha district had 592,044 households and a population of 3,696,212. Sargodha had a sex ratio of 979 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 65.54% - 74.12% for males and 56.88% for females. 1,144,535 (30.97%) lived in urban areas. 928,166 (25.11%) were under 10 years of age. Sargodha District is among the world's best Citrus-producing region. Sargodha District is well known for its kinnow, a citrus variety. The below list shows the population of each of the seven tehsils of Sargodha district according to the 2017 Census of Pakistan along with area:

Religion 

As per the 2017 census Muslims were the predominant religious community with 98.08% of the population while Christians were 1.76% of the population. Language 

At the time of the 2017 census, 94.07% of the population spoke Punjabi, 4.31% Urdu and 1.23% Pashto as their first language. Villages 

Behak Maken 
Chak 104 SB
Hathi Wind  
Ludewala
Muzamabad Shareef

Notable people
Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Ghuman, Deobandi Islamic scholar
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, an Indian colloid chemist, academic and scientific administrator

