Dewal
| Dewal Sharif | |
|---|---|
| Union council | |
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Dewal Sharif is located in the north of Murree Tehsil | |
| Country |
 Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| District | Rawalpindi |
| Tehsil | Murree |
| Government | |
| • MNA | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
| Population | |
| • Total | 11,052 |
Dewal also known as Dewal Sharif is a Union council of Murree Tehsil (a sub division), of Rawalpindi District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.[1] Dewal Sharif has the distinction of having the highest literacy rate out of all the Union Councils of Pakistan. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 11,052.[2]
Notable people
Dewal is renowned all over the Rawalpindi District in general and Tehsil Murree in particular for producing various people of notable decree; who have served the country in their respective fields of work.
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]
