Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Dhaka District


Map Courtesy: Local Governments Engineering Department (LGED) Bangladesh

Basic Information

Dhaka District (Dhaka division) with an area of 1463.60 sq km, is bounded by gazipur and tangail districts on the north, munshiganj and rajbari districts on the south, narayanganj district on the east, manikganj district on the west. Annual average temperature maximum 34.5 oC, minimum 11.5 oC; total rainfall 1931mm. Main rivers are Padma, Kaliganga, Dhaleshwari, Ichamati, Shitalakshya, Buriganga; small rivers are Bangshi, Turag, Balu, Elamjani, Alam, Bherujkha, Ramkrishnadi, Elisamari, Tulsikhali. Noted Beels Belai, Saldaher, Labandaher, Churain, Damsharan and Kiranjir Beel.

Dhaka At a Glance

Area: 1463 Km2
Upazila Road: 484.58 Km
Union Road: 601.78 Km
Village Road: 2930.53 Km VA
1061.59 Km VB
Population: 79,96,000 (1991)
Density: 5465.5 per Km2
Literacy: 53.90 %
Upazilas: 6
Union: 79
Pourashavas: 3
Primary Schools: 342
High Schools: 222
Colleges:

Upazilas

Dhaka City
Dhamrai
Dohar
Keraniganj
Nawabganj
Savar