Wazirabad District
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Wazirabad
ضلع وزیر آباد | |
|---|---|
 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 | |
• 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 | 0437 |
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
[edit]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
[edit]| 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] | ||
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]
| 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% |
At the 2023 census, 94.06% of the population identified Punjabi and 4.72% Urdu as their first language.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "PAKISTAN: Provinces and Major Cities" (PDF). PAKISTAN: Provinces and Major Cities. citypopulation.de. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Punjab CM approves establishment of four new districts in province". Daily Times. 2022-10-15. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ 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
- ^ "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
- ^ "LITERACY RATE, ENROLMENT AND OUT OF SCHOOL POPULATION BY SEX AND RURAL/URBAN, CENSUS-2023" (PDF).
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ a b "Pakistan Census 2023 Table 9: Punjab" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 5" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab". 1941. p. 42. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215541. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Pakistan Census 2023" (PDF).
- ^ Wazirabad tehsil of erstwhile Gujranwala district, which roughly corresponds to the present district. District and tehsil borders may have shifted slightly over time.
- ^ 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis
