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Shaikhupur Tehsil (Urdu: تحصِيل شَيخُوپُور), is an administrative subdivision of Shaikhupur District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. [1] The city of Shaikhupur is the headquarters of the tehsil.
Sheikhupura is the headquarters of Sheikhupura district. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the district had a population of 3,321,029 of which 25.45% were urban. [ 3 ] In 2005 one of its subdivisions was split off to form the new Nankana Sahib District .
Sheikhupura (Punjabi / Urdu: شیخوپورہ; pronounced [ʃeːxuˈpuːɾäː]) also known as Qila Sheikhupura, is a city and district in the Pakistani province of Punjab. Founded by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir in 1607, Sheikhupura is the 15th largest city of Pakistan by population [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and is the headquarters of Sheikhupura District .
In Pakistan, a tehsil is an administrative sub-division of a District. ... Muridke Tehsil; Safdarabad Tehsil; Sheikhupura Tehsil; Sharak Pur Tehsil; Multan Division
Nankana Sahib and it surroundings were formerly a tehsil of Sheikhupura District. In May 2005, the provincial government raised the status of Nankana Sahib to a district [8] as a way of promoting development in the area. The present status is District Nankana Sahib has three tehsils: Nankana Sahib, Shah Kot, and Sangla Hill.
In January 2008, though, the Safdarabad Tehsil was given back to Sheikhupura District. [20] Punjab got its 36th district in February 2009, when the Chiniot Tehsil, which was before a part of Jhang District, was upgraded and given the status of a district. [21] This raised the total number of districts in Punjab to 36. [18]
Its urban area is approximately 600 acres. Until 2005 it was a tehsil of Sheikhupura District, but in that year Sheikhpura was bifurcated and the district of Nankana Sahib was created. - with Safdarabad as one of its tehsils. Now at present (since 01-12-2008), once again Safdarabad has been rejoined with Sheikhupura as a Tehsil of it
The city is tehsil headquarters of Sharaqpur Tehsil of Sheikhupura District. It is located at coordinates 31°27′48″N 74°6′0″E / 31.46333°N 74.10000°E / 31.46333; 74.10000 It is located close to Lahore on eastern bank of river Ravi .