Shorkot (Urdu: تحصیل شورکوٹ) is a tehsil in Jhang District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is subdivided into 29 Union Councils.[1] The city of Shorkot is the headquarters of the tehsil.[2][3]
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) |
Language
A Punjabi dialect of Jhangochi is spoken by the majority of the people in the rural areas but in the cities, mainstream Punjabi language is spoken.
Tourist attractions
- Mazar (Shrine) of Sultan Bahu - a 17th-century scholar and Sufi poet.[4]