Vehari District is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city of Vehari is the capital of district while Burewala is the largest city and Jallah Jeem is the third largest city of the district.

Administrative divisions

The district of Vehari is administratively subdivided into following tehsils:

History

The district was created on 1 July 1976 out of the four tehsils of Multan District (Vehari, Burewala, Jallah Jeem and Mailsi). The name Vehari means low-lying settlement by a flood water channel. The district lies along the right bank of the river Sutlej, which forms its southern boundary.

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census, Vehari had a sex ratio of 982 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 55.36% - 65.17% for males and 45.54% for females. 506,129 (17.44%) lived in urban areas. 802,881 (27.67%) were under 10 years of age. In 2023, the district had 543,384 households and a population of 3,430,421. At the time of the 2023 census, 74.1% of the population spoke Punjabi, 19.12% Saraiki and 5.83% Urdu as their first language.

Geography

The district is located between 29.6°N, 71.73333°W and 30.36667°N, 72.88333°W and borders with Bahawalnagar and Bahawalpur on the southern side, with Pakpattan on the eastern, with Khanewal and Lodhran on western and with Sahiwal and Khanewal on northern side. The total area of the district is 4364 km2. It is about 93 km in length and approximately 47 km in breadth and it is sloping gently from northeast to southwest.

Agriculture

141,000 acres of area was growing maize in 2015-16, increasing to 309,000 acres in 2019-20. The total production of maize stood at 428,000 tonnes in 2015-16, and rose to 1.1 million tonnes in 2019-20.

Notable people