Dhaka Division

Dhaka Division ঢাকা বিভাগ Dacca Divison
Division of Bangladesh
Location of Dhaka in Bangladesh
Coordinates: 24°10′N 90°25′E
Country	Bangladesh
Established	1829
Named for	Dhakeshwari Temple
Capital	Dhaka
Government
• Divisional Commissioner	Md. Khalilur Rahman
Area
• Total	20,508.8 km2 (7,918.5 sq mi)
Population  (2022)
• Total	44,215,107
Time zone	UTC+6 (BST)
ISO 3166 code	BD-C
HDI (2018)	0.652
Notable sports teams	Dhaka Gladiators(Dissolved) Dhaka Dynamites Dhaka Metropolis Dhaka Division
Website	dhakadiv.gov.bd

Not to be confused with Dhaka District, Greater Dhaka, or Dhaka City Corporation.

Dhaka Division (Bengali: ঢাকা বিভাগ, Ḑhaka Bibhag) is an administrative division within Bangladesh. 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%. 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.

Administrative divisions

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
Dhaka District	Dhaka	1,463.60	565.10	5,839,642	8,511,228	12,043,977
Gazipur District	Gazipur	1,806.36	697.44	1,621,562	2,031,891	3,403,912
Kishoreganj District	Kishoreganj	2,688.59	1,038.07	2,306,087	2,594,954	2,911,907
Manikganj District	Manikganj	1,383.66	534.23	1,175,909	1,285,080	1,392,867
Munshiganj District	Munshiganj	1,004.29	387.76	1,188,387	1,293,972	1,445,660
Narayanganj District	Narayanganj	684.37	264.24	1,754,804	2,173,948	2,948,217
Narsingdi District	Narsingdi	1,150.14	444.07	1,652,123	1,895,984	2,224,944
Tangail District	Tangail	3,414.35	1,318.29	3,002,428	3,290,696	3,750,781
North of the Padma (Ganges) (proposed reduced Dhaka Division)		13,595.36	5,249.20	18,540,942	23,077,753	29,976,567
Faridpur District	Faridpur	2,052.68	792.54	1,505,686	1,756,470	1,912,969
Gopalganj District	Gopalganj	1,468.74	567.08	1,060,791	1,165,273	1,172,415
Madaripur District	Madaripur	1,125.69	434.63	1,069,176	1,146,349	1,165,952
Rajbari District	Rajbari	1,092.28	421.73	835,173	951,906	1,049,778
Shariatpur District	Shariatpur	1,174.05	453.30	953,021	1,082,300	1,155,824
South of the Padma (Ganges) (proposed new Faridpur Division)		6,913.44	2,669.29	5,423,847	6,102,298	6,456,938
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.

Sources

Census figures for 1991, 2001 and 2011 are from Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Population Census Wing. The 2011 Census figures are based on preliminary results.