Administration
The district is composed of 4 tehsils: [4] 1. Gujranwala City
2. Kamoki
3. Nowshera Virkan
4. Wazirabad 1. Kamoke is a Tehsil of Gujranwala District located on the Grand Trunk Road, it is headquartered at Kāmoke which is approximately 40km from Gujranwala - the district capital. It is famous for its market of Basmati rice. It is administratively subdivided into twenty four Union Councils[1]. Kamoke is a bussling town loctacted on the GT road, most inhabitabts here Rajputs and Jats and depend on the Agriculture, it si famous for its burfy (a local sweet) and Rice. 2. Nowshera Virkan is a big town west of the industrial city of Gujranwala, Pakistan. Nowshera Virkan lies in the Gujranwala District, it is a hub of rice growing villages. The quality of rice from this place is unmatched in the world, it is also known as Nowshera mandi. The area is populated by many subcasts of Jats, the most prominent amongst them is Virk, that is why most of the villages are suffixed with word 'Virkan', e.g. Matta Virkan, Sahokay Virkan etc. Other main casts dominating the area are Rajput and Arain. There are also Saikhu Jats, who live in Nokhar. Nokhar is a big town in this Teh. The popular games in the town are kabadi and criket. Matta Virkan is located at about 1 km from Nowshera Virkan on Garmula Virkan road.
3. Wazirabad (Urdu: وزیر آباد ) is an industrial City located in Gujranwala District, Punjab, Pakistan. Wazirabad is situated on the banks of the Chenab River nearly 100 kilometres north of Lahore on the Grand Trunk Road. It is 45 kilometres from Sialkot, 30 kilometres from the district capital - Gujranwala and about 12 kilometres from Gujrat. The city of Wazirabad is the headquarters of Wazirabad Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district, the city is itself subdivided into 5 Union Councils.[1] Wazirabad City is located near the south banks of the Chenab River where the picturesque Palkhu Nala, a snow stream from the Himalayas joins to this big river.
