Wazirabad District

Wazirabad ضلع وزیر آباد
District of Punjab
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  (2023) [1]
• District	993,412
• Density	820/km2 (2,100/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

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]

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	...	...	...	...	...

Demographics

Historical population

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]

Religion in Wazirabad district (2023) [7]
Religion			Percent
Islam			96.39%
Christianity			3.52%
Other or not stated			0.09%

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]

Religion in contemporary Wazirabad District

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%	—	—	15	~0%
Christianity	11,829	5.74%	29,395	3.54%	34,919	3.52%
Ahmadi	—	—	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.

Languages of Wazirabad district (2023) ^[13]

1. Punjabi (94.1%)
2. Urdu (4.72%)
3. Others (1.22%)

At the 2023 census, 94.06% of the population identified Punjabi and 4.72% Urdu as their first language. ^[13]

See also

• Divisions of Pakistan
• Tehsils of Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Sindh, Pakistan
  • Tehsils of Azad Kashmir
  • Tehsils of Gilgit-Baltistan
• District
  • Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Districts of Punjab, Pakistan
  • Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Districts of Sindh, Pakistan
  • Districts of Azad Kashmir
  • Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan

References

1. "PAKISTAN: Provinces and Major Cities" (PDF). PAKISTAN: Provinces and Major Cities. citypopulation.de. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
2. "Punjab CM approves establishment of four new districts in province". Daily Times. 2022-10-15. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
3. Divisions/Districts of Pakistan Archived 2006-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Note: Although divisions as an administrative structure has been abolished, the election commission of Pakistan still groups districts under the division names
4. "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
5. "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
6. "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
7. "Pakistan Census 2023 Table 9: Punjab" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics .
8. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics .
9. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics .
10. "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 5" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics .
11. "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab". 1941. p. 42. JSTOR   saoa.crl.28215541 . Retrieved 23 March 2024.
12. "District And Tehsil Level Population Summary With Region Breakup" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
13. "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).

1. Punjabi and Urdu: ضِلع وزیر آباد
2. 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis