Murree District

Murree District ضلع مری
District of Punjab
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  (2017)
• Total	352,329
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/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 has two tehsils, Kotli Sattian and Murree.

Administrative division

Sr.	Tehsil	Area (km2)	Population (2023)	Density (ppl/km²) (2023)	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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1951	…	—
1961	…	—
1972	…	—
1981	…	—
1998	…	—
2017	352,329	—
2023	372,947	+0.95%
Sources:

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.

Languages of Murree district (2017)

  Dhundi-Kairali (90.84%)

  Urdu (3.12%)

  Pashto (2.05%)

  Hindko (1.87%)

  'Others' (1.08%)

  Other (1.04%)

At the time of the 2017 census, 90.84% of the population spoke Dhundi-Kairali, 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.