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Population

 

City

6,25,000

District

35,65,000

Sargodha is a rail junction and trade centre for an area producing grains, cotton, citrus fruits, and oil-seed. include engineering plants, a steel mill, and cotton, rice, flour, and oil-seed mills. As the headquarters of a colony that grew up around a branch of the Lower Jhelum Canal, the city developed quickly in the early 20th century.

Sargodha is one of three "planned cities"in Pakistan(other two are *Faisalabad and (Capital of Pakistan) *Islamabad) Just over a century back, there was a well owned by a hindu named "Goodha",well was known as "Gool Khuuh"(round well), and travellers used it as a resting place. When the wheel of time turned the well was eventually out of use and a market evolved around it There is a market at the place where "Gool Khuuh" used to exist and a grand mosque above the market and it is known as "Goal Chowk", which is the center of downtown Sargodha today. Sargodha was a small town in early British Raj but due to its geophysical location British Royal Air Force set up an airport here which took greater importance after partition for the Pakistan Air Force. Shahpur which is now a tehsil of district sargodha was the district at that time. Most part of the tehsil Sillanwali and Kirana Pahari region were part of district Jhang and were included later during British Raj in district Sargodha.

Divisional Headquarter
Sargodha is a divisional headquarter of the Sargodha Division. Sargodha division has following districts:

1.Sargodha District
2.Khushab District
3.Mianwali District
4.Bhakkar District