Wazirabad District

• Name — Wazirabad • Settlement Type — District of Punjab • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Punjab, Pakistan Punjab • Subdivision Type2 — Division • Subdivision Name2 — Gujrat • Subdivision Type5 — No. of Union Councils • Subdivision Name5 — 12 • Seat Type — Headquarters • Seat — Wazirabad • Leader Title — AC • Leader Name — Jawad Hussain PirZada • Leader Title1 — CEO(DEA) • Leader Name1 — Asif Mehmood • Established Title — Municipal status • Established Date — 1867 • Area Total Km2 — 1,206 • Population As Of — 2023 • 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 — 0556

Wazirabad is in fact a city-district. The district is divided into the following tehsils: • Tehsil — Area (km²) — Pop. (2023) — Density (ppl/km²) (2023) — Literacy rate (2023) — 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. 271,868 (27.37% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 369,009 (37.15%) live in urban areas. Religion in contemporary Wazirabad District • Religious group — 1941 — 2017 — 2023 • Pop. Population — % percentage — Pop. Population — % percentage — Pop. Population — % percentage • Islam — 157,961 — 76.70% — 799,960 — 96.35% — 957,556 — 96.39% • Hinduism — 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 — 993,412 — 100% • Note: 1941 census data is for Wazirabad tehsil of erstwhile Gujranwala district, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Wazirabad district. District and tehsil borders have changed since 1941. At the 2023 census, 94.06% of the population identified Punjabi and 4.72% Urdu as their first language.