Administrative Districts
The division is subdivided into six districts (zilas) and thence into 39 sub-districts (upazilas). Lower level administrative areas are 353 union parishads, 3,159 mouzas, 12 municipalities, 25 wards and 4,163 villages..
| Name | Capital | Area (km²) | Population 1991 Census |
Population 2001 Census |
Population 2011 Census (preliminary results) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barguna District | Barguna | 1,831.31 | 775,693 | 848,554 | 883,000 |
| Barisal District | Barisal | 2,790.51 | 2,207,426 | 2,355,967 | 2,291,000 |
| Bhola District | Bhola | 3,737.21 | 1,476,328 | 1,703,117 | 1,758,000 |
| Jhalokati District | Jhalokati | 758.06 | 666,139 | 694,231 | 596,000 |
| Patuakhali District | Patuakhali | 3,220.15 | 1,273,872 | 1,460,781 | 1,517,000 |
| Pirojpur District | Pirojpur | 1,307.61 | 1,063,185 | 1,111,068 | 1,103,000 |
| Total Division | Barisal | 13,644.85 | 7,462,643 | 8,173,718 | 8,147,000 |
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