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
| 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
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | … | — |
| 1961 | … | — |
| 1972 | … | — |
| 1981 | … | — |
| 1998 | … | — |
| 2017 | 352,329 | — |
| 2023 | 372,947 | +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]
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ a b "TABLE 11 – POPULATION BY MOTHER TONGUE, SEX AND RURAL/ URBAN" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
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