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 DestrictsEedit
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 |