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Murree District

Murree District
ضلع مری
District of Punjab
Top: Mall in Murree
Bottom: Hills in Kotli Sattian
Map of Punjab with Murree District highlighted
Map of Punjab with Murree District highlighted
Country Pakistan
Province Punjab
DivisionRawalpindi
Established14 October 2022
HeadquartersMurree
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerAgha Zaheer Abbas Sherazi
Area
 • Total
738 km2 (285 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)
 • Total
372,947
 • Density510/km2 (1,300/sq mi)
 • Urban
179,444
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Area code0593
Number of Tehsils2

Murree, (Urdu: ضِلع مری) is a district of the Rawalpindi Division in the northernmost part of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It was created out of Rawalpindi District in 2022 and consists of two tehsils, Kotli Sattian and Murree.[1]

Administrative division

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Sr. Tehsil Area

(km2)[2]

Population

(2023)[2]

Density

(ppl/km²)

(2023)[2]

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

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1951…—    
1961…—    
1972…—    
1981…—    
1998…—    
2017352,329—    
2023372,947+0.95%
Sources:[3]

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.[4]

Languages of Murree District (2023)[5]

  Punjabi (44%)
  Hindko (26%)
  'Other' (20.3%)
  Urdu (5.7%)
  Pashto (2.1%)
  Others (1.9%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 44% of the population spoke Punjabi, while 26% identified their mother-tongue as Hindko, 5.7% as Urdu and 2.1% as Pashto. 20.3% of the population spoke a language classified as 'Others'.[5][a]

References

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  1. ^ Sunny, Patrick (19 November 2024). "'Poorly' organised Murree tehsils irk residents". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ^ "Population by administrative units 1951-1998" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  4. ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
  5. ^ a b "TABLE 11 – POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  1. ^ 74,927 chose 'Others' in the census, mainly Pahari


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