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Wazirabad ضلع وزیر آباد
District of Punjab
Tomb of Maulana Zafar Ali Khan
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  ( 2017) [1]
• 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 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:

• Wazirabad
• Ali Pur Chatta

Demographics

At the time of 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]

At the time of the 2017 census, 97.55% of the population spoke Punjabi and 1.30% Urdu as their first language. ^[4]

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