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Kotli Sattian is a tehsil (subdivision) of Rawalpindi District in the Punjabprovince of Pakistan.[1] Its name is derived from the mountain town of Kotli and the Satti tribe. This subdivision is geographically a part of the Murree and Kahuta hills. It was declared a subdivision in 1990 by breaking up 40 villages out of both subdivisions. The people of Kotli Sattian are referred to as Pahari people. The language of this region and of the neighbouring areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and some areas of east Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is Pahari.
The population of the villages comprising Kotli Sattian town (tehsil) was 83,255 in 1981, while the 1998 census shows the figure at 81,524, a decrease of 0.12 percent. According to the census of 2017, the population is 119,312. The historical and traditional royal tribes of this territory are the Janjuas, Dhaniyalss, Kethwal, Dhond Abbasi and .Satti’s families are in majority as compare to other tribes in kotli sattian.
Location[]
Kotli Sattian is located in the Pir Panjal Range in Kashmir. It was earlier a part of Tehsil Murree. In establishing this tehsil, some areas of Tehsil Kahuta were also included. It is 50 km from Islamabad on the banks of Jehlum River. Most front areas of AJK are District. Bagh, Rawalakot and Pallandri. The Jehlum River separates Mallot Sattian, Badnian, Begal, Thoon and Chijana.
Tehsils of Punjab