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. | 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.