Murree District
Murree District
ضلع مری | |
|---|---|
  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 (2023) | |
• Total | 372,947 |
| • Density | 510/km2 (1,300/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 was created out of Rawalpindi District in 2022 and consists of two tehsils, Kotli Sattian and Murree.[1]
Administrative division
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | … | — |
| 1961 | … | — |
| 1972 | … | — |
| 1981 | … | — |
| 1998 | … | — |
| 2017 | 352,312 | — |
| 2023 | 372,947 | +0.95% |
| Sources:[3] | ||
As of the 2023 census, Murree district has 66,187 households and a population of 372,947.[4] The district has a sex ratio of 101.18 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 85.90%: 92.13% for males and 79.52% for females.[5][6] 82,063 (22.19% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.[7] 48,729 (13.07%) live in urban areas.[5]
| Religious group |
1941[8][a] | 2017[9] | 2023[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
Islam 
|
77,974 | 97.13% | 351,764 | 99.84% | 368,391 | 99.61% |
Hinduism  [b]
|
1,629 | 2.03% | 61 | 0.02% | 9 | ~0% |
Sikhism 
|
435 | 0.54% | — | — | 5 | ~0% |
Christianity 
|
19 | 0.02% | 476 | 0.14% | 1,197 | 0.33% |
| Others | 219 | 0.28% | 11 | ~0% | 229 | 0.06% |
| Total Population | 80,276 | 100% | 352,312 | 100% | 369,831 | 100% |
At the time of the 2023 census, 43.93% of the population spoke Punjabi, while 26.00% identified their mother-tongue as Hindko, 5.73% as Urdu and 2.12% as Pashto. 20.26% of the population spoke a language classified as 'Others'.[11][c]
References
[edit]- ^ Sunny, Patrick (19 November 2024). "'Poorly' organised Murree tehsils irk residents". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 20" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 1" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 12" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 5" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ India Census Commissioner (1941). "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab". p. 42. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215541. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ "Population by Sex, Religion and Rural/Urban, Census-2023" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ a b "7th Population and Housing Census - Detailed Results: Table 11" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ 1941 figures are for Murree tehsil of Rawalpindi district, which roughly corresponds to the present district.
- ^ 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis
- ^ 74,927 chose 'Others' in the census, mainly Pahari
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