• Government in Urdu/Persian/Hindi
• An historic administrative unit, used mostly in the Muslim states of the Indian subcontinent
• Sərkar, Azerbaijan
• Sarkar (film), the title of a 2005 Bollywood film
• 'Sarkar' is a surname among Bengalis, predominantly observed in India and Bangladesh. This can be spelt in different ways such as Sirkar, Sarkar, Sarker, Sorkar, Sarcar, Sircar or Sorcar e.g. Nayem Sarkar, Farzana Sarker or Shobnom Sarcar

Sarkar may also refer to:

• Manik Sarkar, Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and governor of Tripura
• Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, social and spiritual philosopher
• P. C. Sorcar (father) and P. C. Sorcar, Jr. (son), renowned magicians
• Pradeep Sarkar, ad-film and feature-film director (of Parineeta fame)
• Manick Sorcar, entrepreneur
• Sarkar Gohar Shahi, Internationally renowned Spiritualist, Sufi and founder of International Spiritual Movement Anjuman Serfaroshan-e-Islam.