Dewal

For other uses, see Dewal (disambiguation).

Union council in Punjab, Pakistan

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

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]

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

## Dewal and Dewal Shareef

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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]

## References

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1. ^ Official Website of City District Government of Rawalpindi Archived December 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ 1998 Census of Pakistan
3. ^ "Political History of Murree". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
4. ^ "Murree Hills". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

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Neighbourhoods of Murree

Administrations: Murree District

Capital|

* Murree

Tehsils|

* Kotli Sattian Tehsil
* Murree Tehsil

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* Murree

Union councils|

* Rawat

Villages|

* Mussiari

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