Wazirabad | |
Settlement Type: | District of Punjab |
Pushpin Map: | Pakistan - Punjab - Gujranwala.svg |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Wazirabad |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
Subdivision Type2: | Division |
Subdivision Name2: | Gujrat |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Wazirabad |
Subdivision Type4: | Tehsil |
Subdivision Name4: | Wazirabad |
Subdivision Type5: | No. of Union Councils |
Subdivision Name5: | 12 |
Leader Title: | Nazim |
Leader Title1: | Naib nazim |
Established Title: | Municipal status |
Established Date: | 1867 |
Area Total Km2: | 1,206 |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Demonym: | Wazirabadi |
Population Total: | 830,396 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Total Type: | District |
Elevation M: | 215 |
Timezone: | PST |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | +6 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 52000 |
Wazirabad District (Punjabi and Urdu: {{Nastaliq|ضِلع وزیر آباد), is a district that is a part of the Majha region in Punjab, Pakistan. Wazirabad District is bordered by the districts of Gujrat, Sialkot, Mandi Bahauddin, Hafizabad and Gujranwala.[2]
Wazirabad is in fact a City district. The district is divided into the following tehsils:
At the 2017 census, Wazirabad district had 128,515 households and a population of 830,272. Wazirabad had a sex ratio of 1033 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 75.50% - 77.88% for males and 73.26% for females. 299,713 (36.10%) lived in urban areas. 202,242 (24.36%) were under 10 years of age.[3]
1941[4] | 2017[5] | 2023[6] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pop. | % | ||||||
157,961 | 76.70% | 799,960 | 96.35% | 957,556 | 96.39% | ||
22,451 | 10.90% | 32 | ~0% | 117 | 0.01% | ||
13,543 | 6.58% | 15 | ~0% | ||||
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 | 993,412 | 100% |
At the 2017 census, 97.55% of the population identified Punjabi and 1.30% Urdu as their first language.