Dewal

For other uses, see Dewal (disambiguation).

Dewal also known as Dewal Sharif is a Union council of Murree Tehsil, a sub division of Murree District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.^[1]

Dewal Sharif
Union council
Dewal Sharif is located in the north of Murree Tehsil
Country	Pakistan
Province	Punjab
District	Murree
Tehsil	Murree
Government
• MNA	Sardar Noor Khan
Population
• Total	11,052

According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 11,052.^[2]

Dewal and Dewal Shareef

Dewal is a Sanskrit word means a small temple, but Pir Abdul Majid (Pir Sahib Dewal Shareef) who migrated to Rawalpindi in mid fifties last century and established a shrine with the support of Ex-President of Pakistan General Ayub Khan,^[3] in Faizabad between Islamabad and Rawalpindi translated and Islamized Hindu small temple common noun Dewal into Dewal Shareef.^[4]