Phaphril is a village of
Union Council Mussiari
Murree Tehsil
Murree Tehsil ( ur, تحصیل مری) is one of the two Tehsils (i.e. sub-divisions) of Murree District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
Murree Tehsil is located in the northernmost part of Punjab province where it borders Khyber Pakhtunkh ...
in the
Murree District
Murree District (Urdu, ) is a district in the northernmost part of Punjab province of Pakistan, with it being headquartered in Murree city. It is a relatively new district established on 14 October 2022, and is a tourist district of Pakistan. It ...
of
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
,
Pakistan
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.
Geography
It is located in the south-east of the
Murree Tehsil
Murree Tehsil ( ur, تحصیل مری) is one of the two Tehsils (i.e. sub-divisions) of Murree District in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
Murree Tehsil is located in the northernmost part of Punjab province where it borders Khyber Pakhtunkh ...
and is bounded to the north by
Jhika Gali
Jhika Gali - is a town in Murree tehsil, Murree District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located on the Rawalpindi to Murree
Murree (Punjabi, Urdu: مری) is a mountain resort city, located in the Galyat region of the Pir Panjal Range, within the ...
, to the south by
Angoori, Murree
Angoori is a village and union council of Murree Tehsil in the Murree District of Punjab, Pakistan. It is located in the south of the tehsil and is bounded to the north-west by Tret, to the north by Numbal and Mussiari, to the north-east by Ban a ...
, to the west by
Numbal
Numbal is a village and union council of Murree Tehsil in the Murree District of Punjab, Pakistan.
It is located in the south central area of the tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative di ...
and to the east by
Murree Expressway - N75
The E-75 Expressway or Murree Expressway (Urdu, Pahari: ) (also known as the Islamabad-Murree-Muzaffarabad Expressway) is a four-lane partially operational controlled-access expressway linking Islamabad to Murree in Punjab province. The second ...
. The village is home to Sozo Adventure Park.
Demographics
It had a population of 2700.
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Schools and education
The villages hosts three government schools and two private schools:
* Govt Higher Secondary School Phaphril
* Govt Girls Elementary School Phaphril
* Govt Boys Primary School Sohawa Phaphril
* Swan Valley Secondary School Phaphril
* Iqra Residential School & College Phaphril
* Mphaphuli High school
The majority of the inhabitants are Abbasi. Other tribes such as the Qureshi
Qureshi (also known as Qureyshi, Quraishi, Qurayshi, Qureshy, Quraishy, Qoraishi, Qoreshi, Koraishi, Kureshi, Kureshy, Kureishi, Coreish) is a Muslim family name. In English it has many spellings, in Arabic is spelled "", which means part of the ...
, Mughal
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Related to the Mughal Empire
* Mughal Empire of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries
* Mughal dynasty
* Mughal emperors
* Mughal people, a social group of Central and South Asia
* Mughal architecture
* Mug ...
, Awan
Awan may refer to:
Places
* Awan (ancient city), a city-state in Elam in the 3rd millennium BCE
* Awan (region), a town in Guna district, Madhya Pradesh, India
* Awan, Bhulath, a village in Kapurthala district, Punjab, India, Punjab, Pakistan
...
and Rajput
Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...
(Khakha) inhabit the area in smaller numbers.
Facilities
Basic services and facilities include:
* Basic Health Unit Phaphril
* Post Office Phaphril
* Women Skill Center (Dastkari)
* Dar Ul Hikmat Clinic (Mumtaz & Sons) Phaphril
* Taxi Hire
* Fruit Market & Grocery Stores, Bakery
* Jamia Mosque
* Cricket Ground
Mosques and madrasa
Phaphil has three mosques:
* Madrasa Kullia Tul Ghausia Lil Binat Phaphril
* Jamia Masjid Quba Ghausia Nooriya Phaphril
* Madni Masjid Sohawa Phaphril
* Anwar e Habib Masjid Pandi, lower Phaphril
Transport
* Suzuki Carry
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- jeeps are common from Sain and Gohra to Lower Topa and Taxis
* Buses and Toyota vans travel to Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...
/Islamabad
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References
Usama Abbasi
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Populated places in Murree Tehsil