Murree District
ضلع مری | |
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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) |
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.
Sr. | Tehsil | Headquarters | Area (km2) |
Population (2017) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kotli Sattian | Kotli Sattian | 304 | 119,312 |
2 | Murree | Murree | 434 | 233,017 |
Total | 738 | 352,329 |
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.[1]
At the time of the 2017 census, 90.84% of the population spoke Punjabi, 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.
Provincial capital: Lahore | ||
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Dera Ghazi Khan | ||
Faisalabad | ||
Gujranwala | ||
Gujrat | ||
Lahore | ||
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Multan | ||
Rawalpindi | ||
Sahiwal | ||
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