Lahore District

Lahore District ضلع لہور (Punjabi) ضلع لاہور (Urdu)
District of Punjab
Top: Badshahi Mosque Bottom: Tomb of Jahangir
Map of Lahore District highlighted within Punjab Province
Coordinates: 31°25′N 74°20′E / 31.417°N 74.333°E / 31.417; 74.333
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
Division	Lahore
Established	1847; 177 years ago (1847)
Founded by	British Raj
Headquarters	Lahore
Administrative Subdivisions	05 Lahore Cantt Tehsil Lahore City Tehsil Model Town Tehsil Raiwind Tehsil Shalimar Tehsil
Government
• Type	District Administration
• District Commissioner	Syed Musa Raza
• Constituensy (14)	NA-117 Lahore-I to NA-130 Lahore-XIV
Area
• Total	1,772 km2 (684 sq mi)
Elevation	217 m (712 ft)
Population  (2023)[1]
• Total	12,978,661
• Density	7,300/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Demonym	Lahori
Literacy [2]
• Literacy rate	Total: (79.62%) Male: (81.41%) Female: (77.59%)
Time zone	UTC+05:00 (PKT)
• Summer (DST)	DST is not observed
ZIP Code	54000
NWD (area) code	042
ISO 3166 code	PK-PB
CNIC Code of Lahore District	3520X-XXXXXXX-X
Website	lahore.punjab.gov.pk

Lahore District (Punjabi: ضلع لہور; Urdu: ضلع لاہور) is a district in Punjab, Pakistan, consisting of the provincial capital, Lahore and surrounding areas. It is the most populous district of Pakistan, with a population of 12,978,661 (10.29 million) in 2023.^[1][3][4]

The total area is 1,772 square kilometres (684 sq mi). Before 1976, Lahore district was composed of 3 tehsils - Lahore, Kasur and Chunian, but in 1976, Kasur and Chunian tehsils became Kasur District, separate from Lahore District.^[5][6] The remaining area was then sub-divided into 5 tehsils - Lahore, Lahore Cantonment, Model Town, Raiwind and Shalimar.

On 27 August 2024, the Punjab Government announced the creation of five new tehsils - Wagah, Ravi, Nishtar, Iqbal Town and Saddar.

The district is administratively subdivided into ten tehsils.

At the time of the 2017 census, Lahore district had 1,744,755 households and a population of 11,119,985. Lahore had a sex ratio of 912 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 77.08% - 79.19% for males and 74.75% for females. The entire population lived in urban areas. 2,609,959 (23.47%) were under 10 years of age.^[11] In 2023, the district had 2,012,526 households and a population of 13,004,135.^[1]

Religion in Lahore District

Religious group	2017[13]		2023[12]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	10,530,816	94.7%	12,363,149	95.26%
Christianity	571,365	5.14%	602,431	4.64%
Ahmadiyya	13,433	0.12%	7,139	0.06%
Hinduism	2,670	0.02%	2,811	0.02%
Sikhism	—	—	324	0%
Zoroastrianism	—	—	77	0%
Others	1,701	0.02%	2,339	0.02%
Total Population	11,119,985	100%	12,978,661	100%

Religious groups in Lahore District (British Punjab province era)

Religious group	1901[14]		1911[15][16]		1921[17]		1931[18]		1941[19]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	717,519	61.74%	626,271	60.44%	647,640	57.25%	815,820	59.18%	1,027,772	60.62%
Hinduism [a]	276,375	23.78%	217,609	21%	255,690	22.6%	259,725	18.84%	284,689	16.79%
Sikhism	159,701	13.74%	169,008	16.31%	179,975	15.91%	244,304	17.72%	310,646	18.32%
Christianity	7,296	0.63%	21,781	2.1%	46,454	4.11%	57,097	4.14%	70,147	4.14%
Jainism	1,047	0.09%	1,139	0.11%	1,209	0.11%	1,450	0.11%	1,951	0.12%
Zoroastrianism	171	0.01%	209	0.02%	179	0.02%	159	0.01%	136	0.01%
Buddhism	0	0%	128	0.01%	170	0.02%	14	0%	32	0%
Judaism	0	0%	13	0%	13	0%	1	0%	2	0%
Others	0	0%	0	0%	6	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Total population	1,162,109	100%	1,036,158	100%	1,131,336	100%	1,378,570	100%	1,695,375	100%
Note: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Religion in the Tehsils of Lahore District (1921)^[17]

Tehsil	Islam		Hinduism		Sikhism		Christianity		Jainism		Others[b]		Total
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Lahore Tehsil	290,325	56.31%	139,215	27%	57,337	11.12%	27,898	5.41%	478	0.09%	360	0.07%	515,613	100%
Chunian Tehsil	179,399	60.71%	61,475	20.8%	49,151	16.63%	5,408	1.83%	76	0.03%	0	0%	295,509	100%
Kasur Tehsil	177,916	55.56%	55,000	17.18%	73,487	22.95%	13,154	4.11%	655	0.2%	2	0%	320,214	100%
Note: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

Religion in the Tehsils of Lahore District (1941)^[19]

Tehsil	Islam		Hinduism [a]		Sikhism		Christianity		Jainism		Others[c]		Total
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Lahore Tehsil	552,907	62.12%	193,714	21.77%	103,312	11.61%	37,442	4.21%	1,095	0.12%	2,458	0.28%	890,024	100%
Chunian Tehsil	237,829	60.85%	56,293	14.4%	83,888	21.46%	11,730	3%	47	0.01%	165	0.04%	390,852	100%
Kasur Tehsil	237,036	57.19%	34,682	8.37%	123,446	29.78%	18,514	4.47%	809	0.2%	8	0%	414,499	100%
Note1: British Punjab province era tehsil borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to tehsil borders — which since created new tehsils — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases. Note2: Tehsil religious breakdown figures for Christianity only includes local Christians, labeled as "Indian Christians" on census. Does not include Anglo-Indian Christians or British Christians, who were classified under "Other" category.

At the time of the 2023 census, 73.58% of the population spoke Punjabi, 21.13% Urdu, 2.06% Pashto, 2.01% Mewati, 0.49% Saraiki, and 0.25% Hindko as their first language.^[20]

According to Pakistan District Education Rankings, a report by Alif Ailaan, Lahore is ranked nationally at 32 with a score of 69.2 and learning score of 53.93. Lahore ranks nationally at number 1 in terms of readiness score, with a score of 93.51. According to PEC assessments, Lahore ranks last out of all districts of Punjab in both class 5 and class 8.

Science labs in schools are either not available or have inadequate instruments which also affects quality. The school infrastructure score of Lahore is 91.32, ranking it 29th nationally. Still few schools in a major district like Lahore have open air or dangerous classrooms.

Issues mainly reported in TaleemDo! app^[21] from Lahore are that students want to study in private schools, as they are better than government schools but can not afford the fee. A communication gap between the teachers and the students was also reported and a few reported some facilities problems in their school.

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