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 | |
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![]() Dewal Sharif is located in the north of Murree Tehsil | |
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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 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]
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Administrations: Murree District | ||
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