| Wazirabad | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Punjab |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
| Subdivision Type2: | Division |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gujrat |
| Subdivision Type5: | No. of Union Councils |
| Subdivision Name5: | 12 |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Wazirabad |
| Leader Title: | Nazim |
| Leader Title1: | Naib nazim |
| Established Title: | Municipal status |
| Established Date: | 1867 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1,206 |
| Population As Of: | 2023 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Demonym: | Wazirabadi |
| Population Total: | 993,412 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Total Type: | District |
| Population Urban: | 369009 (37.15%) |
| Population Rural: | 624,403 (62.85%) |
| Elevation M: | 215 |
| Timezone: | PST |
| Utc Offset: | +5 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +6 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 52000 |
| Area Code: | 0437 |
Wazirabad District (Punjabi and ur|{{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:
| 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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.[6] [7] 271,868 (27.37% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[8] 369,009 (37.15%) live in urban areas.[6]
| 1941[9] | 2017[10] | 2023[11] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2023 census, 94.06% of the population identified Punjabi and 4.72% Urdu as their first language.[12]