Sialkot District

{{Short description|District of Sialkot, Pakistan}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use Pakistani English|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Sialkot District

| name =

| native_name = {{Nastaliq|ضلع سیالکوٹ}}

| native_name_lang =

| settlement_type = District of Punjab

| image_skyline = {{Photomontage

|size = 250

|photo1a = Clock Tower, Sialkot 19.jpg

|photo2a = Kotli Noonan, Pakistan - panoramio (51).jpg

}}

| imagesize =

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Top: Sialkot Clock Tower
Bottom: Village of Kotli Noonan

| image_map = Pakistan - Punjab - Sialkot.svg

| mapsize =

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Map of Sialkot District highlighted

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{Pak}}

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Punjab}}

| subdivision_type2 = Division

| subdivision_name2 = Gujranwala

| founder =

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Sialkot

| government_footnotes =

| government_type = District Administration

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Deputy Commissioner

| leader_name = Muhammad Zulqarnain Langrial

| leader_title1 = District Police Officer

| leader_name1 = Abdul Ghaffar Qaisrani

| leader_title2 = CEO Education

| leader_name2 = Mian Riaz Ahmed

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 3016

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |date=2023 |title=TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS, POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/Punjab.pdf |website=www.pbscensus.gov.pk |publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}

| population_as_of = 2023 Census of Pakistan

| population_total = 4,499,394

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_urban = 1,481,968 (32.94%)

| population_rural = 3,017,426 (67.06%)

| demographics2_info1 = {{bulleted list|Total:
(78.37%) |Male:
(80.24%) |Female:
(76.50%)}}

| timezone1 = PST

| utc_offset1 = +5

| established_title = Established

| established_date = {{Start date and age|1852}}

| area_code = 052

| blank_name_sec1 =

| blank_info_sec1 =

| blank1_name_sec1 = Number of Tehsils

| blank1_info_sec1 = 4

| demographics_type1 = Language(s)

| demographics1_footnotes = {{Cite web |url= https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_11.pdf | title= TABLE 11 : POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023}}

| demographics1_title1 = Main language(s)

| demographics_type2 = Literacy

| demographics2_footnotes = {{Cite web |url= https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_punjab_districts.pdf |title= Literacy rate, enrolments, and out-of-school population by sex and rural/urban, CENSUS-2023}}

| demographics2_title1 = Literacy rate

| demographics1_info1 = Urdu, Punjabi

| website = {{URL|sialkot.punjab.gov.pk}}

}}

Sialkot District (Punjabi and {{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|ضلع سیالکوٹ}}}}), is one of the districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in the northeast of the province. The city of Sialkot is the capital of the district. The Sialkot Cantonment was established in 1852.

Administration

The district is administratively divided into the following four tehsils (subdivisions), which contain a total of 122 Union Councils:{{cite web |title=Map of Sialkot – Government site |url=http://www.sialkot.gov.pk/sialkotmaps.php |access-date=20 March 2018}}{{cite web |title=Tehsils & Unions in the District of Sialkot |url=http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=29&dn=Sialkot |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209042900/http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=29&dn=Sialkot |archive-date=2012-02-09 |access-date=11 December 2023 |website=National Reconstruction Bureau, Government of Pakistan website}}

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!#

!Tehsil

!Area

(km²){{Cite web |title=TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_1.pdf}}

!Pop.

(2023)

!Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)

!Lit. rate

(2023){{Cite web |title=LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_punjab_districts.pdf}}

!Union Councils

1

|Pasrur

|975

|970,366

|995.25

|74.52%

|28

2

|Daska

|690

|980,547

|1,421.08

|79.19%

|42

3

|Sambrial

|450

|460,280

|1,022.84

|79.89%

|30

4

|Sialkot

|901

|2,088,201

|2,317.65

|79.42%

|52

History

Sialkot District was an agricultural region with forests during the Indus Valley Civilization. The Vedic period is characterized by Indo-Aryan culture that flourished in the Punjab region. The Kambojas, Daradas, Kaikayas, Madras, Pauravas, Yaudheyas, Malavas and Kurus invaded, settled and ruled the ancient Punjab region. After overrunning the Achaemenid Empire in 331 BCE, Alexander marched into the present-day Punjab region with an army of 50,000. The Sialkot was ruled by Maurya Empire, the Indo-Greek kingdom, Kushan Empire, Gupta Empire, White Huns, Kushano-Hephthalites, the Arabs and Hindu Shahi kingdoms.

In 997 CE, Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi took over the Ghaznavid dynasty empire established by his father, Sultan Sebuktegin, In 1005 he conquered the Shahis in Kabul in 1005 CE and followed this by the conquests of the Punjab region. The Delhi Sultanate and later Mughal Empire ruled the region.

At an early date the District fell to the Mughal Empire, and under the Mughals formed the Rechna Doab sarkar of the Subah of Lahore. Under Shah Jahan the sarkar was entrusted to Ali Mardan Khan, the famous engineer, who dug a canal through it to bring water from the Chenab river to the imperial gardens in Lahore.

On the decline of the Mughal Empire Ranjit Singh Deo, a Rajput hill chief, extended his sway over the lowlands, owning a nominal allegiance to Delhi. In 1748 he transferred his allegiance to Ahmad Shah Durrani, who added Zafarwal and two other parganas to his fief. Before his death in 1773 Ranjit Deo had secured possession of the whole District, except the Sialkot town and its dependencies, which were held by a Pashtun family.{{cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_334.gif|website=Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 22, page 328 – Digital South Asia Library|title=Sialkot District|access-date=11 December 2023}} Sialkot district was annexed by the British from its former Sikh rulers after the Second Anglo-Sikh War of 1848–1849.{{Cite book |last=Banerjee |first=Abhijit |url=https://eml.berkeley.edu/~webfac/bardhan/e271_sp03/2_18.pdf |title=History, Institutions and Economic Performance: The Legacy of Colonial Land Tenure Systems in India (BREAD Working Paper No. 003) |last2=Iyer |first2=Lakshmi |date=January 2003 |publisher=Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development |pages=39 |chapter=Appendix Table 1: Districts of British India, With Dates and Mode of Acquisition by the British}}

During the Indian Rebellion of 1857 the station was denuded of British troops; and the Native regiments which were left behind the rose, and, after sacking the jail, treasury, and courthouse, and massacring several of the European inhabitants, marched off towards Delhi, only to be destroyed by Nicholson at Trimmu Ghat. The rest of the Europeans took refuge in the fort, and on the morning after the departure of the rebels order was restored. The only events of interest in the subsequent history of the District are the plague riots that occurred at the villages of Shahzada and Sankhatra in 1901.

Numerous mounds are scattered about the District, which marks the sites of ancient villages and towns. None of them, except that on which the Sialkot fort stood, has been excavated, but silver and copper utensils and coins have been dug up from time to time by villagers. Most of the coins are those of Indo-Bactrian kings. The excavations in Sialkot revealed the existence of some old baths, with hot-water pipes of solid masonry. The fort itself, of which very little now remains, is not more than 1,000 years old and is said to have been rebuilt by Shahab-ud-din Ghori at the end of the twelfth century.

In 1859, Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Sialkot were placed in the new division of Sialkot. But in 1884, Gurdaspur along with Amritsar again became a part of the Lahore Division.

According to the 1901 census, the district had a population of 1,083,909 and contained 7 towns and 2,348 villages. The population at the previous three enumerations was: 1,004,695 (1868), 1,012,148 (1881) and 1,119,847 (1891). The population decreased between 1891 and 1901 by 3.2, the decrease being greatest in the Raya tahsil and least in the Daska tahsil. The Chenab Colony was responsible for this fall in population, with no less than 103,000 persons having left to take land in the newly irrigated tracts.{{cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_335.gif|website=Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 22, page 329 – Imperial Gazetteer of India – Digital South Asia Library|title=Sialkot District|access-date=11 December 2023}}

The district was subdivided into five tehsils, namely: Sialkot, Pasrur, Zafarwal, Raya and Daska, the headquarters of each being at the place from which it is named. The chief towns of the district were Sialkot, Daska, Jamki, Pasrur, Kila Sobha Singh, Zafarwal and Narowal.

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Tehsil

! Area (sq mi)

! Towns

! Villages

! Population (1901)

! Population per sq mi

! Population variation 1891–1901

! Number of literate people

Sialkot

| 428

| 1

| 637

| 312,668

| 730.5

| +3.2

| 12,101

Pasrur

| 394

| 2

| 443

| 193,746

| 491.7

| −5.0

| 5,601

Sambrial

| 485

| 1

| 456

| 192,440

| 396.8

| +10.4

| 5,586

Daska

| 360

| 2

| 332

| 206,148

| 572.6

| −0.6

| 4,103

Total

| 1,991

| 7

| 2,348

| 1,083,909

| 544.4

| −3.2

| 31,341

In 1930, the tehsils of Raya, Daska and Pasrur were split up and parts of these were amalgamated into Gujranwala District. In 1991, the tehsils of Narowal and Shakar Garh (which was tehsil Shankar Garh of Gurdaspur district before the independence of Pakistan in 1947) were split up and formed into the new Narowal District.

Geography

Sialkot District lies southeast of Gujrat District, southwest of Jammu district (in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir), while Narowal District is to the southeast and Gujranwala District is situated to the west.

Sialkot district is spread over an area of 3,016 square kilometers.File:Sunset_at_Head_Marala.jpg]]

Sialkot is hot and humid during the summer and cold during the winter. June and July are the hottest months. The maximum temperature during winter may drop to {{Convert|-2|C|}}. The land is generally plain and fertile. The average annual rainfall is about 1000 mm. Over 25.82% of the population of the district is urban.

Demographics

= Population =

{{Historical populations

|align=center

|percentages=pagr

|1951 |961721

|1961 |1045958

|1972 |1509424

|1981 |1802505

|1998 |2723481

|2017 |3894938

|2023 |4499394

|footnote= Sources:{{cite web |title=Population by administrative units 1951-1998 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/1998/administrative_units.pdf |publisher = Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}

}}

As of the 2023 census, Sialkot district has 671,320 households and a population of 4,499,394. The district has a sex ratio of 102.58 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 78.37%: 80.24% for males and 76.50% for females.{{cite web |title=7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_1.pdf |website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}{{cite web |title=7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/table_12_punjab_district.pdf |website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}} 1,116,259 (24.96% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.{{cite web |title=7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 5 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_5.pdf |website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics |publisher=}} 1,481,968 (32.94%) live in urban areas.

= Religion =

{{bar box

|title=Religion in Sialkot district (2023){{cite web|title=District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023)|url= https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_9.pdf |website=www.pbscensus.gov.pk|publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}

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|left1=Religion

|right1=Percent

|float = right

|bars=

{{bar percent|Islam|green|96.19}}

{{bar percent|Christianity|dodgerblue|3.46}}

{{bar percent|Others|black|0.35}}

}}

Muslims are the majority community making up 96.19% of the population, while Christians (descendants of Hindu Dalits who converted during the British Colonial period) are the principal minority.

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|+ Religion in contemporary Sialkot District

! rowspan="2" |Religious
group

! colspan="2" |1941{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/site/south-asia-open-archives/saoa/censusofindia1941-28216851/|title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI PUNJAB PROVINCE|website=JSTOR website|access-date=12 December 2023}}{{rp|42}}

! colspan="2" |2017{{cite web |title=Final Results (Census-2017) |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/content/final-results-census-2017 |access-date=23 March 2024}}

! colspan="2" |2023{{cite web |title=District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2023) |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_9.pdf |website=www.pbscensus.gov.pk |publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}

Population

!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}

!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}

!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}

!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}

!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}

Islam 15px

| 592,236

|{{Percentage|592236|922899|2}}

|3,740,507

|96.04%

| 4,302,067

| 96.19%

Hinduism 15px

| 176,989

|{{Percentage|176989|922899|2}}

|2,870

|0.07%

| 3,195

| {{Percentage| 2870 | 3894938 | 2 }}

Sikhism 15px

| 92,715

|{{Percentage|92715|922899|2}}

|{{N/a}}

|{{N/a}}

|260

|~0%

Christianity 15px

| 54,498

|{{Percentage|54498|922899|2}}

|136,254

|3.50%

| 154,884

| 3.46%

Ahmadi

|{{N/a}}

|{{N/a}}

|14,771

|0.38%

| 11,386

| 0.25%

Others

| 6,461

|{{Percentage|6461|922899|2}}

|536

|0.01%

| 668

| {{Percentage| 536 | 3894938 | 2 }}

Total Population

!922,899

!{{Percentage|922899|922899|2}}

!3,894,938

!100%

! 4,472,462

! {{Percentage| 3894938 | 3894938 | 2 }}

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| colspan="7" | {{small|Note: 1941 census data is for Sialkot, Daska and Pasrur tehsils of Sialkot district, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Sialkot district. District and tehsil borders have changed since 1941.}}

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|+ Religious groups in Sialkot District (British Punjab province era)

! rowspan="2" |Religious
group

! colspan="2" |1881{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057656 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057656 |access-date=26 December 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. I. |year=1881 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057657 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057657 |access-date=26 December 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. II. |year=1881 |pages=14 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25057658 |jstor=saoa.crl.25057658 |access-date=26 December 2024 |title=Census of India, 1881 Report on the Census of the Panjáb Taken on the 17th of February 1881, vol. III. |year=1881 |pages=14 }}

! colspan="2" |1891{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25318669 |jstor=saoa.crl.25318669 |access-date=26 December 2024 |title=The Punjab and its feudatories, part II--Imperial Tables and Supplementary Returns for the British Territory |year=1891 |pages=14 |last1=Edward Maclagan |first1=Sir |volume=2 }}

! colspan="2" |1901{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25363739 |jstor=saoa.crl.25363739 |access-date=23 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province. |year=1901 |pages=34}}

! colspan="2" |1911{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25393788 |jstor=saoa.crl.25393788 |access-date=23 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1911 |pages=27}}{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62718 |access-date=23 March 2024 |title=Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II |year=1911 |pages=27 |author=Kaul, Harikishan}}

! colspan="2" |1921{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25430165 |jstor=saoa.crl.25430165 |access-date=23 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1921 |pages=29}}

! colspan="2" |1931{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.25793242 |jstor=saoa.crl.25793242 |access-date=23 March 2024 |title=Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables. |year=1931 |pages=277}}

! colspan="2" |1941{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/saoa.crl.28215541 |jstor=saoa.crl.28215541 |access-date=23 March 2024 |title=Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab |year=1941 |pages=42 |author1=India Census Commissioner |volume=6 }}

Population

!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}

!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}

!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}

!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}

!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}

!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}

!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}

!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}

!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}

!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}

!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}

!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}

!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}

Islam 15px

| 669,712

| {{Percentage | 669712 | 1012148 | 2 }}

| 685,342

| {{Percentage | 685342 | 1119847 | 2 }}

| 716,953

| {{Percentage | 716953 | 1083909 | 2 }}

| 604,801

| {{Percentage | 604801 | 979553 | 2 }}

| 580,532

| {{Percentage | 580532 | 937823 | 2 }}

| 609,633

| {{Percentage | 609633 | 979617 | 2 }}

| 739,218

| {{Percentage | 739218 | 1190497 | 2 }}

Hinduism 15px{{efn|name=ad-dharmi|1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis}}

| 299,311

| {{Percentage | 299311 | 1012148 | 2 }}

| 371,265

| {{Percentage | 371265 | 1119847 | 2 }}

| 302,012

| {{Percentage | 302012 | 1083909 | 2 }}

| 242,325

| {{Percentage | 242325 | 979553 | 2 }}

| 217,912

| {{Percentage | 217912 | 937823 | 2 }}

| 206,421

| {{Percentage | 206421 | 979617 | 2 }}

| 231,319

| {{Percentage | 231319 | 1190497 | 2 }}

Sikhism 15px

| 40,195

| {{Percentage | 40195 | 1012148 | 2 }}

| 49,872

| {{Percentage | 49872 | 1119847 | 2 }}

| 50,982

| {{Percentage | 50982 | 1083909 | 2 }}

| 81,761

| {{Percentage | 81761 | 979553 | 2 }}

| 74,939

| {{Percentage | 74939 | 937823 | 2 }}

| 94,955

| {{Percentage | 94955 | 979617 | 2 }}

| 139,409

| {{Percentage | 139409 | 1190497 | 2 }}

Christianity 15px

| 1,535

| {{Percentage | 1535 | 1012148 | 2 }}

| 11,668

| {{Percentage | 11668 | 1119847 | 2 }}

| 11,939

| {{Percentage | 11939 | 1083909 | 2 }}

| 48,620

| {{Percentage | 48620 | 979553 | 2 }}

| 62,266

| {{Percentage | 62266 | 937823 | 2 }}

| 66,365

| {{Percentage | 66365 | 979617 | 2 }}

| 75,831

| {{Percentage | 75831 | 1190497 | 2 }}

Jainism 15px

| 1,388

| {{Percentage | 1388 | 1012148 | 2 }}

| 1,696

| {{Percentage | 1696 | 1119847 | 2 }}

| 2,008

| {{Percentage | 2008 | 1083909 | 2 }}

| 2,029

| {{Percentage | 2029 | 979553 | 2 }}

| 2,147

| {{Percentage | 2147 | 937823 | 2 }}

| 2,236

| {{Percentage | 2236 | 979617 | 2 }}

| 3,250

| {{Percentage | 3250 | 1190497 | 2 }}

Zoroastrianism 15px

| 7

| {{Percentage | 7 | 1012148 | 2 }}

| 4

| {{Percentage | 4 | 1119847 | 2 }}

| 9

| {{Percentage | 9 | 1083909 | 2 }}

| 17

| {{Percentage | 17 | 979553 | 2 }}

| 27

| {{Percentage | 27 | 937823 | 2 }}

| 7

| {{Percentage | 7 | 979617 | 2 }}

| 14

| {{Percentage | 14 | 1190497 | 2 }}

Buddhism 15px

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 1012148 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 1119847 | 2 }}

| 6

| {{Percentage | 6 | 1083909 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 979553 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 937823 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 979617 | 2 }}

| 3

| {{Percentage | 3 | 1190497 | 2 }}

Judaism 15px

| {{N/a}}

| {{N/a}}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 1119847 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 1083909 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 979553 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 937823 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 979617 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 1190497 | 2 }}

Others

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 1012148 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 1119847 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 1083909 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 979553 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 937823 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 979617 | 2 }}

| 1,453

| {{Percentage | 1453 | 1190497 | 2 }}

Total population

! 1,012,148

! {{Percentage | 1012148 | 1012148 | 2 }}

! 1,119,847

! {{Percentage | 1119847 | 1119847 | 2 }}

! 1,083,909

! {{Percentage | 1083909 | 1083909 | 2 }}

! 979,553

! {{Percentage | 979553 | 979553 | 2 }}

! 937,823

! {{Percentage | 937823 | 937823 | 2 }}

! 979,617

! {{Percentage | 979617 | 979617 | 2 }}

! 1,190,497

! {{Percentage | 1190497 | 1190497 | 2 }}

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| colspan="15" | {{small|Note1: 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.

Note2: Population decrease between 1901 and 1921 census due to large population migrations south to newly created tehsils and districts in the Chenab Canal Colony.}}

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|+ Religion in the Tehsils of Sialkot District (1921)

! rowspan="2" |Tehsil

! colspan="2" |Islam 15px

! colspan="2" |Hinduism 15px

! colspan="2" |Sikhism 15px

! colspan="2" |Christianity 15px

! colspan="2" |Jainism 15px

! colspan="2" |Others{{efn|name=othersC|Including Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated}}

! colspan="2" |Total

Population

!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}

!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}

!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}

!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}

!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}

!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}

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Sialkot Tehsil

| 175,385

| {{Percentage | 175385 | 290469 | 2 }}

| 85,711

| {{Percentage | 85711 | 290469 | 2 }}

| 11,679

| {{Percentage | 11679 | 290469 | 2 }}

| 16,195

| {{Percentage | 16195 | 290469 | 2 }}

| 1,472

| {{Percentage | 1472 | 290469 | 2 }}

| 27

| {{Percentage | 27 | 290469 | 2 }}

! 290,469

! {{Percentage | 290469 | 290469 | 2 }}

Pasrur Tehsil

| 89,067

| {{Percentage | 89067 | 140788 | 2 }}

| 26,615

| {{Percentage | 26615 | 140788 | 2 }}

| 13,360

| {{Percentage | 13360 | 140788 | 2 }}

| 11,395

| {{Percentage | 11395 | 140788 | 2 }}

| 351

| {{Percentage | 351 | 140788 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 140788 | 2 }}

! 140,788

! {{Percentage | 140788 | 140788 | 2 }}

Zafarwal Tehsil

| 97,303

| {{Percentage | 97303 | 158936 | 2 }}

| 50,361

| {{Percentage | 50361 | 158936 | 2 }}

| 6,192

| {{Percentage | 6192 | 158936 | 2 }}

| 5,000

| {{Percentage | 5000 | 158936 | 2 }}

| 80

| {{Percentage | 80 | 158936 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 158936 | 2 }}

! 158,936

! {{Percentage | 158936 | 158936 | 2 }}

Raya Tehsil

| 119,705

| {{Percentage | 119705 | 196936 | 2 }}

| 29,847

| {{Percentage | 29847 | 196936 | 2 }}

| 29,293

| {{Percentage | 29293 | 196936 | 2 }}

| 17,919

| {{Percentage | 17919 | 196936 | 2 }}

| 172

| {{Percentage | 172 | 196936 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 196936 | 2 }}

! 196,936

! {{Percentage | 196936 | 196936 | 2 }}

Daska Tehsil

| 99,072

| {{Percentage | 99072 | 150694 | 2 }}

| 25,378

| {{Percentage | 25378 | 150694 | 2 }}

| 14,415

| {{Percentage | 14415 | 150694 | 2 }}

| 11,757

| {{Percentage | 11757 | 150694 | 2 }}

| 72

| {{Percentage | 72 | 150694 | 2 }}

| 0

| {{Percentage | 0 | 150694 | 2 }}

! 150,694

! {{Percentage | 150694 | 150694 | 2 }}

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| colspan="15" | {{small|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.}}

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|+ Religion in the Tehsils of Sialkot District (1941)

! rowspan="2" |Tehsil

! colspan="2" |Islam 15px

! colspan="2" |Hinduism 15px{{efn|name=ad-dharmi}}

! colspan="2" |Sikhism 15px

! colspan="2" |Christianity 15px

! colspan="2" |Jainism 15px

! colspan="2" |Others{{efn|name=othersB|Including Anglo-Indian Christians, British Christians, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Tribals, others, or not stated}}

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Sialkot Tehsil

| 241,505

| {{Percentage | 241505 | 392764 | 2 }}

| 104,090

| {{Percentage | 104090 | 392764 | 2 }}

| 25,306

| {{Percentage | 25306 | 392764 | 2 }}

| 17,080

| {{Percentage | 17080 | 392764 | 2 }}

| 2,797

| {{Percentage | 2797 | 392764 | 2 }}

| 1,986

| {{Percentage | 1986 | 392764 | 2 }}

! 392,764

! {{Percentage | 392764 | 392764 | 2 }}

Pasrur Tehsil

| 166,519

| {{Percentage | 166519 | 251424 | 2 }}

| 44,059

| {{Percentage | 44059 | 251424 | 2 }}

| 26,031

| {{Percentage | 26031 | 251424 | 2 }}

| 13,250

| {{Percentage | 13250 | 251424 | 2 }}

| 110

| {{Percentage | 110 | 251424 | 2 }}

| 1,455

| {{Percentage | 1455 | 251424 | 2 }}

! 251,424

! {{Percentage | 251424 | 251424 | 2 }}

Narowal Tehsil

| 146,982

| {{Percentage | 146982 | 267598 | 2 }}

| 54,330

| {{Percentage | 54330 | 267598 | 2 }}

| 46,694

| {{Percentage | 46694 | 267598 | 2 }}

| 19,348

| {{Percentage | 19348 | 267598 | 2 }}

| 240

| {{Percentage | 240 | 267598 | 2 }}

| 4

| {{Percentage | 4 | 267598 | 2 }}

! 267,598

! {{Percentage | 267598 | 267598 | 2 }}

Daska Tehsil

| 184,212

| {{Percentage | 184212 | 278711 | 2 }}

| 28,840

| {{Percentage | 28840 | 278711 | 2 }}

| 41,378

| {{Percentage | 41378 | 278711 | 2 }}

| 24,168

| {{Percentage | 24168 | 278711 | 2 }}

| 103

| {{Percentage | 103 | 278711 | 2 }}

| 10

| {{Percentage | 10 | 278711 | 2 }}

! 278,711

! {{Percentage | 278711 | 278711 | 2 }}

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| colspan="15" | {{small|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.}}

= Language =

{{Pie chart

|thumb = right

|caption = Languages of Sialkot district (2023)

|label1 = Punjabi |value1 = 92.01 |color1 = red

|label2 = Urdu |value2 = 4.86 |color2 = green

|label3 = Mewati |value3 = 1.27 |color3 = goldenrod

|label4 = Pashto |value4 = 1.22 |color4 = lightgreen

|label5 = Others |value5 = 0.64 |color5 = grey

}}

At the time of the 2023 census, 92.01% of the population spoke Punjabi, 4.86% Urdu, 1.27% Mewati and 1.22% Pashto as their first language.{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Population by Mother Tongue, Sex and Rural/Urban, Census-2023 |url=https://www.pbs.gov.pk/sites/default/files/population/2023/tables/punjab/dcr/table_11.pdf |access-date=1 Aug 2024 |website=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics}}

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