Dhaka Division
| Dhaka Division ঢাকা বিভাগ |
|
|---|---|
| — Division — | |
 |
|
| Coordinates: 24°10′N 90°25′E / 24.167°N 90.417°ECoordinates: 24°10′N 90°25′E / 24.167°N 90.417°E | |
| Country |  Bangladesh |
| Established | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 31,051 km2 (11,989 sq mi) |
| Population (2011 census) | |
| • Total | 46,729,000 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | BST (UTC+6) |
Dhaka Division (Bengali: ঢাকা বিভাগ, Ḑhaka Bibhag) is an administrative division within Bangladesh. The capital and largest city is Dhaka. The division covers an area of 31,051 km², and has a population of 46,729,000 at the 2011 Census (preliminary results).
Dhaka Division is bounded by the Indian state of Meghalaya to the north, Barisal Division to the south, Chittagong Division on the south-east, Sylhet Division to the east, Rangpur Division to the north-west, and Rajshahi and Khulna Divisions to the west.
[edit] Administrative Districts
Dhaka Division, formerly Dacca Division of East Pakistan province, consists of one city corporation, 17 districts, 58 municipalities, 123 upazilas, 1,239 union parishads, 12,765 mouzas, 549 wards, 1,623 mahallas and 25,244 villages.
| Name | Capital | Area (km²) | Population 1991 Census |
Population 2001 Census |
Population 2011 Census (preliminary results) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhaka District | Dhaka | 1,459.56 | 5,839,642 | 8,511,228 | 11,875,000 |
| Faridpur District | Faridpur | 2,072.72 | 1,505,686 | 1,756,470 | 1,867,000 |
| Gazipur District | Gazipur | 1,741.53 | 1,621,562 | 2,031,891 | 3,333,000 |
| Gopalganj District | Gopalganj | 1,489.92 | 1,060,791 | 1,165,273 | 1,149,000 |
| Jamalpur District | Jamalpur | 2,031.98 | 1,874,440 | 2,107,209 | 2,265,000 |
| Kishoreganj District | Kishoreganj | 2,731.21 | 2,306,087 | 2,594,954 | 2,853,000 |
| Madaripur District | Madaripur | 1,144.96 | 1,069,176 | 1,146,349 | 1,149,000 |
| Manikganj District | Manikganj | 1,383.06 | 1,175,909 | 1,285,080 | 1,379,000 |
| Munshiganj District | Munshiganj | 954.96 | 1,188,387 | 1,293,972 | 1,420,000 |
| Mymensingh District | Mymensingh | 4,363.48 | 3,957,182 | 4,489,726 | 5,042,000 |
| Narayanganj District | Narayanganj | 687.76 | 1,754,804 | 2,173,948 | 2,897,000 |
| Narsingdi District | Narsingdi | 1,140.76 | 1,652,123 | 1,895,984 | 2,202,000 |
| Netrokona District | Netrokona | 2,810.40 | 1,730,935 | 1,988,188 | 2,207,000 |
| Rajbari District | Rajbari | 1,118.80 | 835,173 | 951,906 | 1,040,000 |
| Shariatpur District | Shariatpur | 1,181.53 | 953,021 | 1,082,300 | 1,146,000 |
| Sherpur District | Sherpur | 1,363.76 | 1,138,629 | 1,279,542 | 1,334,000 |
| Tangail District | Tangail | 3,375.00 | 3,002,428 | 3,290,696 | 3,571,000 |
| Total Division | Dhaka | 31,051.39 | 32,665,975 | 39,044,716 | 46,729,000 |
[edit] Sources
Census figures for 1991, 2001 and 2011 are from Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Population Census Wing. The 2011 Census figures are based on preliminary results.
 |
Rangpur Division | Meghalaya, India | Sylhet Division | |
| Rajshahi Division |  |
|||
 Dhaka Division  |
||||
 |
||||
| Khulna Division | Barisal Division | Chittagong Division |
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
This Bangladesh-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
