Shorkot Tehsil

Shorkot Tehsil

تحصیل شورکوٹ
Tehsil
Tehsil Municipal Administration Shorkot
Tehsil Municipal Administration logo
Country  Pakistan
Region Punjab, Pakistan Punjab
District Jhang
Union councils 29
Government[1]
  Type Tehsil Municipal Administration
  Administrator Imran Qureshi
  Municipal Officer Khalid Iqbal Malik
Population (2017)[2]
  Tehsil 548,626
  Urban 73,741
  Rural 474,885
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)
  Summer (DST) UTC+6 (PDT)
Website TMA Shorkot

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.

Language

A Punjabi Dialect of Jhangochi is speaking by the majority of the people but in Cities Standard Punjabi is spoken.

References

  1. "TMA Shorkot: Administrative Setup". Local Government Punjab. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. "DISTRICT AND TEHSIL LEVEL POPULATION SUMMARY WITH REGION BREAKUP" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  3. Tehsils & Unions in the District of Jhang - NRB Archived 2012-08-24 at WebCite


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