Wazirabad District

Wazirabad
ضلع وزیر آباد
District of Punjab
Tomb of Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
Tomb of Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
Location of Wazirabad
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab, Pakistan Punjab
DivisionGujrat
No. of Union Councils12
Municipal status1867
HeadquartersWazirabad
Area
 • District
1,206 km2 (466 sq mi)
Elevation
215 m (705 ft)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • District
993,412
 • Density820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
 • Urban
369,009 (37.15%)
 • Rural
624,403 (62.85%)
DemonymWazirabadi
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+6 (PDT)
Postal code
52000
Area code0437

Wazirabad District (Punjabi and Urdu: 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]

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
YearPop.±% 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%
2023993,412+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 Wazirabad District
Religious
group 		1941[11][a] 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%

Languages of Wazirabad district (2023)[13]

  Punjabi (94.06%)
  Urdu (4.72%)
  Others (1.22%)

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

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. ^ a b "Pakistan Census 2023 Table 9: Punjab" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  8. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).
  1. ^ Wazirabad tehsil of erstwhile Gujranwala district, which roughly corresponds to the present district. District and tehsil borders may have shifted slightly over time.
  2. ^ 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis