Dewal Explained

Settlement Type:	Union council
Dewal Sharif
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Punjab
Subdivision Type2:	District
Subdivision Name2:	Murree
Subdivision Type3:	Tehsil
Subdivision Name3:	Murree
Population Total:	11,052
Leader Title:	MNA
Leader Name:	Sardar Noor Khan

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

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]

Notes and References

http://www.rawalpindi.gov.pk/town_admin.php Official Website of City District Government of Rawalpindi
1998 Census of Pakistan
Web site: Political History of Murree . 2011-09-28 . 2016-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232541/http://www.murreehill.com/polhis.html . dead .
Web site: Murree Hills . 2011-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111001091955/http://murreehills.sitesled.com/places/places_dewal.htm . 2011-10-01 . dead .