Murree District | |
Native Name Lang: | Ur |
Settlement Type: | District of Punjab |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Division |
Subdivision Name2: | Rawalpindi |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Murree |
Government Type: | District Administration |
Leader Title: | Deputy Commissioner |
Leader Name: | Agha Zaheer Abbas Sherazi |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 738 |
Population As Of: | 2023 |
Population Total: | 372,947 |
Population Urban: | 179444 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | PST |
Utc Offset1: | +5 |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 14 October 2022 |
Area Code: | 0593 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Number of Tehsils |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 2 |
Demographics1 Title1: | Main language(s) |
Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
Total Type: | Total |
Murree, 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]
Sr. | Tehsil | Area(km2)[2] | Population(2023) | Density(ppl/kmĀ²) (2023) | Literacyrate (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% |
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]
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'.