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Murree District ضلع مری | |
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  Top: Mall in Murree Bottom: Hills in Kotli Sattian | |
 Map of Punjab with Murree District highlighted | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Punjab |
| Division | Rawalpindi |
| Established | 14 October 2022 |
| Headquarters | Murree |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Agha Zaheer Abbas Sherazi |
| Area | |
• Total | 738 km2 (285 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 352,329 |
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 179,444 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Area code | 0593 |
| Number of Tehsils | 2 |
Murree, (Urdu: ضِلع مری) is a district of the Rawalpindi Division in the northernmost part of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It has two tehsils, Kotli Sattian and Murree.
Administrative division
[edit]| Sr. | Tehsil | Area (km2)[1] | Population (2023)[1] | Density (ppl/km²) (2023)[1] | Literacy rate (2023) | Union Councils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kotli Sattian | 304 | 120,421 | 396.12 | 88.20% | |
| 2 | Murree | 434 | 252,526 | 581.86 | 84.79% | 15 |
| Murree District | 738 | 372,947 | 480 | 86.01% | ||
Demographics
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | … | — |
| 1961 | … | — |
| 1972 | … | — |
| 1981 | … | — |
| 1998 | … | — |
| 2017 | 352,329 | — |
| 2023 | 372,947 | +0.95% |
| Sources:[2] | ||
At the time of the 2017 census, what is today Murree District had 64,319 households and a population of 352,329. Murree had a sex ratio of 959 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 86.31% - 93.11% for males and 79.24% for females. 179,444 (50.93%) lived in urban areas. 80,259 (22.78%) were under 10 years of age. 548 (0.16%) were from religious minorities.[3]
Languages of Murree district (2017)
At the time of the 2017 census, 90.84% of the population spoke Dhundi-Kairali, 3.12% Urdu, 2.05% Pashto and 1.87% Hindko as their first language. 1.08% of the population spoke a language classified as 'Other'. The dialect of this region is Pahari.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "TABLE 1 : AREA, POPULATION BY SEX, SEX RATIO, POPULATION DENSITY, URBAN POPULATION, HOUSEHOLD SIZE AND ANNUAL GROWTH RATE, CENSUS-2023, PUNJAB" (PDF).
- ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
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