Dhaka Division
ঢাকা বিভাগ Dacca Division | |
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Location of Dhaka in Bangladesh | |
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 | ![]() |
Established | 1829 |
Named for | Dhakeshwari Temple |
Capital | Dhaka |
Government | |
• Body | Government of Bangladesh |
• Divisional Commissioner | Md. Khalilur Rahman[1] |
• Parliamentary constituency | Jatiya Sangsad (64 seats) |
Area | |
• Total | 20,508.8 km2 (7,918.5 sq mi) |
Population (2022)[3] | |
• Total | 44,215,107 |
• Density | 2,200/km2 (5,600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+6 (BST) |
ISO 3166 code | BD-C |
HDI (2018) | ![]() |
Notable sports teams | Dhaka Gladiators(Dissolved) Dhaka Dynamites Dhaka Metropolis Dhaka Division |
Website | dhakadiv |
Dhaka Division (Bengali: ঢাকা বিভাগ, Ḑhaka Bibhag) is an administrative division within Bangladesh.[5] Dhaka serves as the capital city of the Dhaka Division, the Dhaka District and Bangladesh. The division remains a population magnet, covers an area of 20,508.8 km2 with a population in excess of 44 million, growing at 1.94% rate since prior count, compared with national average of 1.22%.[6] However, national figures may include data skewing expatriation of male labor force as gender ratio is skewed towards females.
Dhaka Division borders every other division in the country except Rangpur Division. It 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, and Rajshahi Division to the west and Khulna Divisions to the south-west.
Dhaka Division consisted before 2015 of four city corporations, 13 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.
Name | Capital | Area (km2) | Area (sq mi) | Population 1991 Census |
Population 2001 Census |
Population 2011 Census |
Population 2022 census |
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Dhaka District | Dhaka | 1,463.60 | 565.10 | 5,839,642 | 8,511,228 | 12,043,977 | 14,734,025 |
Gazipur District | Gazipur | 1,806.36 | 697.44 | 1,621,562 | 2,031,891 | 3,403,912 | 5,263,474 |
Kishoreganj District | Kishoreganj | 2,688.59 | 1,038.07 | 2,306,087 | 2,594,954 | 2,911,907 | 3,267,630 |
Manikganj District | Manikganj | 1,383.66 | 534.23 | 1,175,909 | 1,285,080 | 1,392,867 | 1,558,024 |
Munshiganj District | Munshiganj | 1,004.29 | 387.76 | 1,188,387 | 1,293,972 | 1,445,660 | 1,625,418 |
Narayanganj District | Narayanganj | 684.37 | 264.24 | 1,754,804 | 2,173,948 | 2,948,217 | 3,909,138 |
Narsingdi District | Narsingdi | 1,150.14 | 444.07 | 1,652,123 | 1,895,984 | 2,224,944 | 2,584,452 |
Tangail District | Tangail | 3,414.35 | 1,318.29 | 3,002,428 | 3,290,696 | 3,750,781 | 4,037,608 |
Faridpur District | Faridpur | 2,052.68 | 792.54 | 1,505,686 | 1,756,470 | 1,912,969 | 2,162,876 |
Gopalganj District | Gopalganj | 1,468.74 | 567.08 | 1,060,791 | 1,165,273 | 1,172,415 | 1,295,053 |
Madaripur District | Madaripur | 1,125.69 | 434.63 | 1,069,176 | 1,146,349 | 1,165,952 | 1,293,027 |
Rajbari District | Rajbari | 1,092.28 | 421.73 | 835,173 | 951,906 | 1,049,778 | 1,189,821 |
Shariatpur District | Shariatpur | 1,174.05 | 453.30 | 953,021 | 1,082,300 | 1,155,824 | 1,294,561 |
Total Districts * | 13 | 20,508.80 | 7,918.49 | 23,964,789 | 29,180,051 | 36,433,505 |
Note: * revised area and its population after excluding the districts transferred to the new Mymensingh Division.
Census figures for 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2022 are from Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Population Census Wing. The 2022 Census figures are based on preliminary results.