Dewal

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]

For other uses, see Dewal (disambiguation).
Dewal Sharif
Union council
Dewal Sharif is located in the north of Murree Tehsil
Dewal Sharif is located in the north of Murree Tehsil
Country Pakistan
ProvincePunjab
DistrictMurree
TehsilMurree
Government
 • MNASardar Noor Khan
Population
 • Total11,052

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]

References
  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".
  4. "Murree Hills". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-09-28.


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