| Official Name: | Vehari District |
| Settlement Type: | District of Punjab |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Multan |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Vehari, Jallah Jeem, Mailsi |
| Government Type: | District Administration |
| Leader Title: | Deputy Commissioner |
| Leader Name: | Syed Asif Shah |
| Leader Title1: | District Police Officer |
| Leader Name1: | Muhammad Essa Khan Sukhera |
| Leader Title2: | District Health Officer |
| Leader Name2: | N/A |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 4364 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Total: | 3430421 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | PST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5 |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Blank Name Sec1: | District Council |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Main language(s) |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi, Saraiki, Hindko, Urdu, Pashto |
Vehari District (Panjabi; Punjabi: {{Nastaliq|ضلع وہاڑی) is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Vehari is the capital of district while Burewala is the largest city and Jallah Jeem is the third largest city of the district.[1]
The district of Vehari is administratively subdivided into three tehsils:[2]
and three subtehsils:
The district was created on 1 July 1976 out of the four tehsils of Multan District (Vehari, Burewala, Jallah Jeem and Mailsi). The name Vehari means low-lying settlement by a flood water channel. The district lies along the right bank of the river Sutlej, which forms its southern boundary.[3]
At the time of the 2017 census, Vehari had a sex ratio of 982 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 55.36% - 65.17% for males and 45.54% for females. 506,129 (17.44%) lived in urban areas. 802,881 (27.67%) were under 10 years of age.[4] In 2023, the district had 543,384 households and a population of 3,430,421.[5]
| Religion | Population (1941)[6] | Percentage (1941) | Population (2017) | Percentage (2017) | Population (2023)[7] | Percentage (2023) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 213,413 | 2,882,036 | 3,397,920 | 99.12% | ||||
| 43,866 | 179 | 226 | 0.01% | ||||
| 21,131 | 66 | 0% | |||||
| 2,679 | 18,928 | 29,043 | 0.85% | ||||
| Ahmadi | 924 | 673 | 0.02% | ||||
| Others | 20 | 14 | 263 | 0.01% | |||
| Total Population | 281,109 | 2,902,081 | 3,428,191 | 100% |
At the time of the 2023 census, 74.1% of the population spoke Punjabi, 19.12% Saraiki and 5.83% Urdu as their first language.[8]
The district is located between and and borders with Bahawalnagar and Bahawalpur on the southern side, with Pakpattan on the eastern, with Khanewal and Lodhran on western and with Sahiwal and Khanewal on northern side.
The total area of the district is 4364km2. It is about 93km (58miles) in length and approximately 47km (29miles) in breadth and it is sloping gently from northeast to southwest.
141,000 acres of area was growing maize in 2015-16, increasing to 309,000 acres in 2019-20. The total production of maize stood at 428,000 tonnes in 2015-16, and rose to 1.1 million tonnes in 2019-20.[9]