It is an agricultural district with wheat, rice, sugarcane and kinnow being its main crops.

The Sargodha district and region is also famous for citrus fruit including Kinnow, orange and lemon.

[4] It is believed that there was an old pond in the middle of the town where an old Hindu monk or sadhu (godha) used to live.

[6] The Shahpur district was renamed when its headquarters were shifted to Sargodha in 1960.

[7] Sargodha District is administratively divided into Seven Tehsils, which contain a total of 161 Union Councils.