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District of Punjab in Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Wazirabad
ضلع وزیر آباد | |
---|---|
Country | Pakistan |
Province | Punjab |
Division | Gujrat |
District | Wazirabad |
Tehsil | Wazirabad |
No. of Union Councils | 12 |
Municipal status | 1867 |
Area | |
• District | 1,206 km2 (466 sq mi) |
Elevation | 215 m (705 ft) |
Population | |
• District | 830,396 |
• Density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
Demonym | Wazirabadi |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (PDT) |
Postal code | 52000 |
Wazirabad is in fact a City district. The district is divided into the following tehsils:
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% |
Sources:[3] |
Religion in Wazirabad district (2017)[4] | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Religion | Percent | |||
Islam | 96.35% | |||
Christianity | 3.54% | |||
Other or not stated | 0.11% |
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.[4]
Religious group |
1941[5][lower-alpha 1] | 2017[6] | 2023[7] | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam | 157,961 | 76.70% | 799,960 | 96.35% | 957,556 | 96.39% |
Hinduism [lower-alpha 2] | 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 2017 census, 97.55% of the population identified Punjabi and 1.30% Urdu as their first language.[4]
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