It is located at 32°20'0N 73°47'0E with an altitude of 197 metres (649 feet)[1] and is part of Wazirabad Tehsil.

[2] Rasul Nagar is situated on Wazirabad-Pindi Bhattian highway which is being upgraded to Express Way (E-3).

Rasool Nagar was the site of the Battle of Ramnagar on 18 November 1848 during the Second Anglo-Sikh War.

[3] During British rule Rasul Nagar became part of Wazirabad Tehsil, the population according to the 1901 census was 7,121.

[4] Ranjit Singh, the former ruler of Punjab, built his summer rest house (Bara-Dari) in a fruit garden on the easteren side of Rasul Nagar on the bank of Chenab river in 1831 while he was the ruler of Punjab.