Administrative Districts
Dhaka Division, formerly Dacca Division of East Pakistan province, consists of one city corporation, 17 districts, 58 municipalities, 123 upazilas, 1,239 union parishads, 12,765 mouzas, 549 wards, 1,623 mahallas and 25,244 villages.
| Name | Capital | Area (km²) | Population 1991 Census |
Population 2001 Census |
Population 2011 Census (preliminary/final results) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhaka District | Dhaka | 1,459.56 | 5,839,642 | 8,511,228 | 11,875,000/12,043,977 |
| Faridpur District | Faridpur | 2,072.72 | 1,505,686 | 1,756,470 | 1,867,000 |
| Gazipur District | Gazipur | 1,741.53 | 1,621,562 | 2,031,891 | 3,333,000 |
| Gopalganj District | Gopalganj | 1,489.92 | 1,060,791 | 1,165,273 | 1,149,000 |
| Jamalpur District | Jamalpur | 2,031.98 | 1,874,440 | 2,107,209 | 2,265,000 |
| Kishoreganj District | Kishoreganj | 2,731.21 | 2,306,087 | 2,594,954 | 2,853,000 |
| Madaripur District | Madaripur | 1,144.96 | 1,069,176 | 1,146,349 | 1,149,000 |
| Manikganj District | Manikganj | 1,383.06 | 1,175,909 | 1,285,080 | 1,379,000 |
| Munshiganj District | Munshiganj | 954.96 | 1,188,387 | 1,293,972 | 1,420,000 |
| Mymensingh District | Mymensingh | 4,363.48 | 3,957,182 | 4,489,726 | 5,042,000 |
| Narayanganj District | Narayanganj | 687.76 | 1,754,804 | 2,173,948 | 2,897,000 |
| Narsingdi District | Narsingdi | 1,140.76 | 1,652,123 | 1,895,984 | 2,202,000 |
| Netrokona District | Netrokona | 2,810.40 | 1,730,935 | 1,988,188 | 2,207,000 |
| Rajbari District | Rajbari | 1,118.80 | 835,173 | 951,906 | 1,040,000 |
| Shariatpur District | Shariatpur | 1,181.53 | 953,021 | 1,082,300 | 1,146,000 |
| Sherpur District | Sherpur | 1,363.76 | 1,138,629 | 1,279,542 | 1,334,000 |
| Tangail District | Tangail | 3,375.00 | 3,002,428 | 3,290,696 | 3,571,000 |
| Total Division | Dhaka | 31,051.39 | 32,665,975 | 39,044,716 | 46,729,000/47,424,418 |
Read more about this topic: Dhaka Division
Famous quotes containing the word districts:
“Cities need old buildings so badly it is probably impossible for vigorous streets and districts to grow without them.... for really new ideas of any kind—no matter how ultimately profitable or otherwise successful some of them might prove to be—there is no leeway for such chancy trial, error and experimentation in the high-overhead economy of new construction. Old ideas can sometimes use new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings.”
—Jane Jacobs (b. 1916)