Wazirabad District
District of Punjab in Pakistan
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Wazirabad District[a] is a district within the Gujrat Division of Punjab, Pakistan. It is bordered by the districts of Gujrat, Sialkot, Mandi Bahauddin, Hafizabad and Gujranwala.[2]
Wazirabad
ضلع وزیر آباد | |
|---|---|
 Tomb of Maulana Zafar Ali Khan | |
 | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Division | Gujrat |
| No. of Union Councils | 12 |
| Municipal status | 1867 |
| Headquarters | Wazirabad |
| Area | |
• District | 1,206 km2 (466 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 215 m (705 ft) |
| Population | |
• District | 993,412 |
| • Density | 823.7/km2 (2,133/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 369,009 (37.15%) |
| • Rural | 624,403 (62.85%) |
| Demonym | Wazirabadi |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (PDT) |
| Postal code | 52000 |
| Area code | 0556 |
Administration
Wazirabad is in fact a city-district. The district is divided into the following tehsils:
| Tehsil[3] | Area
(km²)[4] |
Pop.
(2023) |
Density
(ppl/km²) (2023) |
Literacy rate
(2023)[5] |
Union Councils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wazirabad | 1,196 | 993,412 | 830.61 | 77.39% | ... |
| Ali Pur Chatta | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Gakhar Mandi | 13 | 65,587 | 1,937 | ... | ... |
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 217,197 | — |
| 1961 | 254,715 | +1.61% |
| 1972 | 370,310 | +3.46% |
| 1981 | 442,493 | +2.00% |
| 1998 | 644,233 | +2.23% |
| 2017 | 830,272 | +1.34% |
| 2023 | 993,412 | +3.04% |
| Sources:[6] | ||
As of the 2023 census, Wazirabad district has 142,381 households and a population of 993,412. The district has a sex ratio of 100.19 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 77.39%: 79.18% for males and 75.62% for females.[8][9] 271,868 (27.37% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[10] 369,009 (37.15%) live in urban areas.[8]
| Religious group |
1941[11] | 2017[12] | 2023[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam  |
157,961 | 76.70% | 799,960 | 96.35% | 957,556 | 96.39% |
Hinduism  [b] |
22,451 | 10.90% | 32 | ~0% | 117 | 0.01% |
Sikhism  |
13,543 | 6.58% | N/a | N/a | 15 | ~0% |
Christianity  |
11,829 | 5.74% | 29,395 | 3.54% | 34,919 | 3.52% |
| Ahmadi | N/a | N/a | 865 | 0.10% | 747 | 0.08% |
| Others | 168 | 0.08% | 20 | ~0% | 58 | ~0% |
| Total Population | 205,952 | 100% | 830,272 | 100% | 993,412 | 100% |
| Note: 1941 census data is for Wazirabad tehsil of erstwhile Gujranwala district, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Wazirabad district. District and tehsil borders have changed since 1941. | ||||||
At the 2023 census, 94.06% of the population identified Punjabi and 4.72% Urdu as their first language.[13]