Murree District
Murree Tehsil
ضلع مری | |
|---|---|
UTC+5 (PST) | |
| 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 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 | ||
Demographics
At the time of the 2017 census, what is today Murree tehsil 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
Pahari-Pothwari, 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
.
References
- ^ "District Wise Results / Tables (Census - 2017)". www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
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