Shorkot Tehsil
Shorkot Tehsil
تحصیل شورکوٹ | |
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Tehsil Municipal Administration logo | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Region | Punjab |
| District | Jhang |
| Union councils | 29 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Tehsil Municipal Administration |
| • Administrator | Imran Qureshi |
| • Municipal Officer | Khalid Iqbal Malik |
| Population | |
• Tehsil | 548,626 |
| • Urban | 73,741 |
| • Rural | 474,885 |
| Time zone | UTC+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]
Language
A Punjabi dialect of Jhangochi is spoken by the majority of the people in the rural areas, and mainstream Punjabi language in the cities of Jhang district.
Union Councils
The following are a list of Union Councils that form Shorkot Tehsil:
- Alipur
- Basti Karam
- Basti Sultan
- Bohwa
- Chak 17/JB
- Chak 19/JB
- Chak 20/JB
- Chak 21/JB
- Chak 25/JB
- Chak 27/JB
- Chak 29/JB
- Chak 30/JB
- Chak 33/JB
- Chak 35/JB
- Chak 39/JB
- Chak 43/JB
- Chak 46/JB
- Chak 48/JB
- Chak 51/JB
- Chak No. 493 Batianwala
- Dhing Shah
- Jalalpur
- Jhangwala
- Karamabad
- Khurrianwala
- Miana Channu
- Shorkot city
- Sialkot
- Toba Rukan Shah
- Waryam
Tourist attractions
- Shrine of Sultan Bahu, a 17th-century scholar and Punjabi Sufi poet.[4]
- Shrine of Majhi Sultan situated in Mouza Majhi Sultan, 4 km away from Chak no 481 J.B. Botay wali, Toba Tek Singh- Majhi Sultan Road [5]
- Shrine of Baba Jhaly Shah and Baba Chanan Shah situated in Chak no 481 J.B. Botay wali, Toba Tek Singh- Majhi Sultan Road [6]
Notable people
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Shorkot: 20-year-old girl murdered for refusing marriage proposal Dunya TV News website, Published 8 April 2021, Retrieved 5 June 2021
- ^ "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.
- ^ Famous Tourist Spots in shorkot Tehsil Punjab Portal, Government of Punjab website, Retrieved 5 June 2021
- ^ Government of Punjab website, accessed on 12 July 2024
- ^ accessed on 12 July 2024