Dhaka Division

Dhaka Division (Bengali: ঢাকা বিভাগ, Ḑhaka Bibhag) is an administrative division within Bangladesh.[2] Dhaka is the capital city of Bangladesh and also the largest city as well of the country. It comes among the 10 most populous cities of the world. The Division as constituted prior to 2015 covered an area of 31,051 km2,[2] and had a population of 47,424,418 at the 2011 Census. However, following the separation of the new Mymensingh Division in 2015, the area has been reduced to 20,508.8 km2 with a population at the 2011 Census of 36,433,505.

Dhaka Division

ঢাকা বিভাগ
Division of Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°10′N 90°25′E
Country Bangladesh
Divisional headquartersDhaka
Government
 • Divisional CommissionerMd. Mustafizur Rahman
Area
 • Total20,508.8 km2 (7,918.5 sq mi)
 (as reduced in 2015 by new Mymensingh Division)
Population
 (2011 Census - as reduced by creation of new division)
 • Total36,433,505
 • Density1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BST)
ISO 3166 codeBD-C
HDI (2017)0.620[1]
medium
Notable sports teamsDhaka Gladiators(Dissolved)
Dhaka Dynamites
Dhaka Metropolis
Dhaka Division
Websitedhakadiv.gov.bd

Dhaka Division is bounded by Mymensingh Division to the north, Barisal Division to the south, Chittagong Division to the east and south-east, Sylhet Division to the north-east, Rangpur Division to the north-west, and Rajshahi Division to the west and Khulna Divisions to the south-west.

Administrative divisions

Dhaka Division consisted before 2015 of four city corporations, 17 districts, 123 upazilas and 1,248 union parishads. However, four of the most northerly of the 17 districts were removed in 2015 to create the new Mymensingh Division, and another five districts (those situated to the south of the Ganges/Padma River) are in the process of being removed to create a new Faridpur Division.

NameCapitalArea (km2) Area (sq mi)Population
1991 Census		Population
2001 Census		Population
2011 Census
Dhaka DistrictDhaka1,463.60 565.105,839,6428,511,22812,043,977
Gazipur DistrictGazipur1,806.36 697.441,621,5622,031,8913,403,912
Kishoreganj DistrictKishoreganj2,688.59 1,038.072,306,0872,594,9542,911,907
Manikganj DistrictManikganj1,383.66 534.231,175,9091,285,0801,392,867
Munshiganj DistrictMunshiganj1,004.29 387.761,188,3871,293,9721,445,660
Narayanganj DistrictNarayanganj684.37 264.241,754,8042,173,9482,948,217
Narsingdi DistrictNarsingdi1,150.14 444.071,652,1231,895,9842,224,944
Tangail DistrictTangail3,414.35 1,318.293,002,4283,290,6963,750,781
North of the Padma (Ganges)
(proposed reduced Dhaka Division)		13,595.36 5,249.2018,540,94223,077,75329,976,567
Faridpur DistrictFaridpur2,052.68 792.541,505,6861,756,4701,912,969
Gopalganj DistrictGopalganj1,468.74 567.081,060,7911,165,2731,172,415
Madaripur DistrictMadaripur1,125.69 434.631,069,1761,146,3491,165,952
Rajbari DistrictRajbari1,092.28 421.73835,173951,9061,049,778
Shariatpur DistrictShariatpur1,174.05 453.30953,0211,082,3001,155,824
South of the Padma (Ganges)
(proposed new Faridpur Division)		6,913.44 2,669.295,423,8476,102,2986,456,938
Total Districts *1320,508.80 7,918.4923,964,78929,180,05136,433,505

Note: * revised area and its population after excluding the districts transferred to the new Mymensingh Division.

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.

References
  1. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. Sajahan Miah (2012). "Dhaka Division". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal (ed.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.


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