Murree District Explained

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:2017
Population Total:352329
Population Urban:179444
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:PST
Utc Offset1:+5
Established Title:Established
Established Date:14 October 2022
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 has two tehsils, Kotli Sattian and Murree.

Sr.TehsilHeadquartersArea
(km2)
Population
(2017)
1Kotli SattianKotli Sattian304119,312
2MurreeMurree434233,017
Total738352,329

Demographics

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017) . www.pbscensus.gov.pk . Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.