Murree District

Murree, (Punjabi/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]

Murree District ضلع مری
District of Punjab
Top: Hotel 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	505/km2 (1,310/sq mi)
• Urban	179,444
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Area code	0593
Number of Tehsils	2

Administrative division

Tehsil	Area (km2)[2]	Population (2023)[2]	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)[2]	Literacy rate (2023)	Union Councils
Kotli Sattian	304	120,421	396.12	88.20%
Murree	434	252,526	581.86	84.79%	15
Total	738	372,947	480	86.01%

Demographics

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	…	—
1961	…	—
1972	…	—
1981	…	—
1998	…	—
2017	352,312	—
2023	372,947	+0.95%
Sources:[3]

As of the 2023 census, Murree district has 66,187 households and a population of 372,947. ^[4] The district has a sex ratio of 101.18 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 85.90%: 92.13% for males and 79.52% for females.According to Bureau of statistics data shows District Murree has the Highest Literacy Rate in Punjab. ^[5][6] 82,063 (22.19% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age.^[7] 48,729 (13.07%) live in urban areas.^[5]

Religion

Religion in contemporary Murree District

Religious group	1941[8]		2017[9]		2023[10]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	77,974	97.13%	351,764	99.84%	368,391	99.61%
Hinduism [a]	1,629	2.03%	61	0.02%	9	~0%
Sikhism	435	0.54%	—	—	5	~0%
Christianity	19	0.02%	476	0.14%	1,197	0.33%
Others	219	0.28%	11	~0%	229	0.06%
Total Population	80,276	100%	352,312	100%	369,831	100%
Note: 1941 census data is for Murree tehsil of Rawalpindi district, which roughly corresponds to contemporary Murree district. District and tehsil borders have changed since 1941.

Languages of Murree District (2023)^[11]

1. Punjabi (43.9%)
2. Hindko (26.0%)
3. 'Other' (20.3%)
4. Urdu (5.73%)
5. Pashto (2.12%)
6. Others (1.96%)

Language

At the time of the 2023 census, 43.93% of the population spoke Punjabi, while 26.00% identified their mother-tongue as Hindko, 5.73% as Urdu and 2.12% as Pashto. 20.26% of the population spoke a language classified as 'Others'.^[11][b]

See also

• Tehsils of Punjab, Pakistan
• Districts of Pakistan
  • Districts of Punjab
  • Districts of Sindh
  • Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Districts of Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Districts of Azad Kashmir
  • Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan
• Divisions of Pakistan
  • Divisions of Punjab, Pakistan