Shorkot Tehsil
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Shorkot Tehsil
تحصیل شورکوٹ | |
|---|---|
 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 | |
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]The following are a list of Union Councils that form Shorkot Tehsil:
- PO khas Allah Yar Jutta
- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "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
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