title: Shorkot Tehsil
text: # Shorkot Tehsil
  
  Shorkot (Urdu: تحصیل شورکوٹ) is a tehsil in Jhang District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is subdivided into 29 Union Councils. The city of Shorkot is the headquarters of the tehsil.
  
  ## Language
  
  A Punjabi Dialect of Jhangochi is spoken by 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.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Muhammad Arif Khan Rajbana Sial
  * Sahibzada Nazir Sultan
  