# Lahore District

Lahore District (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.
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. 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.

## Administration

The district is administratively subdivided into ten tehsils.
| Tehsil | Area (km²) | Pop. (2023) | Density (ppl/km²) (2023) | Literacy rate (2023) | Union Councils |
| Lahore Cantonment | 466 | 1,885,098 | 4,045.27 | 81.01% | ... |
| Lahore City | 214 | 4,123,354 | 19,268.01 | 80.36% | ... |
| Model Town | 353 | 3,244,906 | 9,192.37 | 78.94% | ... |
| Raiwind | 467 | 1,080,637 | 2,314.00 | 72.35% | ... |
| Shalimar | 272 | 2,670,140 | 9,816.69 | 81.21% | ... |
| Nishtar | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Wagah | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Iqbal Town | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ravi | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Saddar | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

## History

Lahore district was annexed by the British from its former Sikh rulers after the Second Anglo-Sikh War of 1848–1849.

## Demography
### Population

As of the 2023 census, Lahore district has 2,010,225 households and a population of 13,004,135. The district has a sex ratio of 112.47 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 79.62%: 81.41% for males and 77.59% for females. 3,231,990 (24.9% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. The entire population lives in urban areas.

### Religion

Religion in Lahore district (2023) :
| Religion | Religion | Percent | Percent |
| Islam | Islam | 95.26% | 95.26% |
| Christianity | Christianity | 4.64% | 4.64% |
| Other or not stated | Other or not stated | 0.1% | 0.1% |
Religion in Lahore District :
| Religious group | 1941 | 1941 | 2017 | 2017 | 2023 | 2023 |
| Religious group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| Islam | 552,907 | 62.12% | 10,530,816 | 94.7% | 12,363,149 | 95.26% |
| Hinduism | 193,714 | 21.77% | 2,670 | 0.02% | 2,811 | 0.02% |
| Sikhism | 103,312 | 11.61% | — | — | 324 | 0% |
| Christianity | 37,442 | 4.21% | 571,365 | 5.14% | 602,431 | 4.64% |
| Ahmadiyya | — | — | 13,433 | 0.12% | 7,139 | 0.06% |
| Zoroastrianism | — | — | — | — | 77 | 0% |
| Others | 3,553 | 0.29% | 1,701 | 0.02% | 2,339 | 0.02% |
| Total Population | 890,928 | 100% | 11,119,985 | 100% | 12,978,661 | 100% |
Religious groups in Lahore District (British Punjab province era) :
| Religious group | 1881 | 1881 | 1891 | 1891 | 1901 | 1901 | 1911 | 1911 | 1921 | 1921 | 1931 | 1931 | 1941 | 1941 |
| Religious group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| Islam | 599,477 | 64.87% | 645,083 | 59.99% | 717,519 | 61.74% | 626,271 | 60.44% | 647,640 | 57.25% | 815,820 | 59.18% | 1,027,772 | 60.62% |
| Hinduism | 193,319 | 20.92% | 271,749 | 25.27% | 276,375 | 23.78% | 217,609 | 21% | 255,690 | 22.6% | 259,725 | 18.84% | 284,689 | 16.79% |
| Sikhism | 125,591 | 13.59% | 152,023 | 14.14% | 159,701 | 13.74% | 169,008 | 16.31% | 179,975 | 15.91% | 244,304 | 17.72% | 310,646 | 18.32% |
| Christianity | 4,644 | 0.5% | 5,483 | 0.51% | 7,296 | 0.63% | 21,781 | 2.1% | 46,454 | 4.11% | 57,097 | 4.14% | 67,686 | 4.14% |
| Jainism | 970 | 0.1% | 886 | 0.08% | 1,047 | 0.09% | 1,139 | 0.11% | 1,209 | 0.11% | 1,450 | 0.11% | 1,951 | 0.12% |
| Zoroastrianism | 92 | 0.01% | 132 | 0.01% | 171 | 0.01% | 209 | 0.02% | 179 | 0.02% | 159 | 0.01% | 136 | 0.01% |
| Buddhism | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 128 | 0.01% | 170 | 0.02% | 14 | 0% | 32 | 0% |
| Judaism | — | — | 14 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 13 | 0% | 13 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 2 | 0% |
| Others | 13 | 0% | 9 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 6 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| Total population | 924,106 | 100% | 1,075,379 | 100% | 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) :
| Tehsil | Islam | Islam | Hinduism | Hinduism | Sikhism | Sikhism | Christianity | Christianity | Jainism | Jainism | Others | Others | Total | Total |
| Tehsil | 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) :
| Tehsil | Islam | Islam | Hinduism | Hinduism | Sikhism | Sikhism | Christianity | Christianity | Jainism | Jainism | Others | Others | Total | Total |
| Tehsil | 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% | 890,924 | 100% |
| Chunian Tehsil | 237,829 | 60.85% | 56,293 | 14.4% | 83,888 | 21.46% | 11,730 | 3% | 47 | 0.01% | 165 | 0.04% | 389,952 | 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. |||||||||||||||

### Language

* Punjabi 94.4 (94.2%)
* Urdu 2.2 (2.20%)
* Pashto 2.06 (2.06%)
* Mewati 1.01 (1.01%)
* Others 0.49 (0.49%)
At the time of the 2023 census, 94.2% of the population spoke Punjabi, 2.2% Urdu, 2.06% Pashto, 1.01% Mewati and 0.2% others as their first language.

## Education

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 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.