Dhaka Diveesion
The Dhaka Diveesion (Bengali: ঢাকা বিভাগ, Ḑhaka Bibhag) is an admeenistrative diveesion athin Bangladesh. The caipital an lairgest ceety is Dhaka. The diveesion covers an aurie o 31,119.97 km², an haes a population of 46 million (2010).
Dhaka Diveesion bunds the Indian state o Meghalaya tae the north, Barisal an Chittagong Diveesions on the sooth, Sylhet Diveesion tae the east, Rajshahi an Khulna Diveesions tae the wast.
Admeenistrative Destricts Eedit
Dhaka Diveesion, umwhile Dacca Diveesion o East Pakistan province, consists o ane ceety corporation, 17 destricts, 58 municipalities, 123 upazilas, 1,239 union parishads, 12,765 mouzas, 549 wards, 1,623 mahallas an 25,244 veelages.
| Name | Caipital | Aurie (km²) | Population 1991 Census |
Population 2001 Census |
Population 2011 Census (preliminary results) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhaka Destrict | Dhaka | 1,459.56 | 5,839,642 | 8,511,228 | 11,875,000 |
| Faridpur Destrict | Faridpur | 2,072.72 | 1,505,686 | 1,756,470 | 1,867,000 |
| Gazipur Destrict | Gazipur | 1,741.53 | 1,621,562 | 2,031,891 | 3,333,000 |
| Gopalganj Destrict | Gopalganj | 1,489.92 | 1,060,791 | 1,165,273 | 1,149,000 |
| Jamalpur Destrict | Jamalpur | 2,031.98 | 1,874,440 | 2,107,209 | 2,265,000 |
| Kishoreganj Destrict | Kishoreganj | 2,731.21 | 2,306,087 | 2,594,954 | 2,853,000 |
| Madaripur Destrict | Madaripur | 1,144.96 | 1,069,176 | 1,146,349 | 1,149,000 |
| Manikganj Destrict | Manikganj | 1,383.06 | 1,175,909 | 1,285,080 | 1,379,000 |
| Munshiganj Destrict | Munshiganj | 954.96 | 1,188,387 | 1,293,972 | 1,420,000 |
| Mymensingh Destrict | Mymensingh | 4,363.48 | 3,957,182 | 4,489,726 | 5,042,000 |
| Narayanganj Destrict | Narayanganj | 687.76 | 1,754,804 | 2,173,948 | 2,897,000 |
| Narsingdi Destrict | Narsingdi | 1,140.76 | 1,652,123 | 1,895,984 | 2,202,000 |
| Netrokona Destrict | Netrokona | 2,810.40 | 1,730,935 | 1,988,188 | 2,207,000 |
| Rajbari Destrict | Rajbari | 1,118.80 | 835,173 | 951,906 | 1,040,000 |
| Shariatpur Destrict | Shariatpur | 1,181.53 | 953,021 | 1,082,300 | 1,146,000 |
| Sherpur Destrict | Sherpur | 1,363.76 | 1,138,629 | 1,279,542 | 1,334,000 |
| Tangail Destrict | Tangail | 3,375.00 | 3,002,428 | 3,290,696 | 3,571,000 |
| Total Diveesion | Dhaka | 31,051.39 | 32,665,975 | 39,044,716 | 46,729,000 |