Shorkot Tehsil
Shorkot (Urdu: تحصیل شورکوٹ) is a tehsil in Jhang District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is subdivided into 29 Union Councils.[3] The city of Shorkot is the headquarters of the tehsil.
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 | |
| • Tehsil | 548,626 |
| • Urban | 73,741 |
| • Rural | 474,885 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (PDT) |
| Website | TMA Shorkot |
Language
A Punjabi Dialect of Jhangochi is spoken by majority of the people but in cities Standard Punjabi is spoken.
Notable people
References
- "TMA Shorkot: Administrative Setup". Local Government Punjab. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
- Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jhang - NRB Archived 2012-08-24 at WebCite
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