KAMRANGIRCHAR THANA

'Kamrangirchar' () is a Thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Contents

Geography

Demographics

Administrative

Trivia

See also

References

Geography

Kamrangirchar is located at . Its total area is 2.87 km².

Demographics

This Kamrangirchar has a population of 25827. Males constitute are 57.8% of the population, and females 42.2%. Kamrangirchar has an average literacy rate of 28.56%, and the national average of 32.4% literate. ^[1]

Administrative

Kamrangirchar has 1 Unions/Wards, 6 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 1 villages.

Trivia

★ A 2006 survey ^[2] of slums in Bangladesh found that the single largest concentration of slums in the Dhaka Metropolitan Area was in Kamrangir Char, and reported that of the (approx) 300,000 people living there, 265,000 are slum dwellers.

See also

★ Upazilas of Bangladesh

★ Districts of Bangladesh

★ Divisions of Bangladesh

References

1. Banglapedia
2. Measure Evaluation / NIPORT (2006) Slums of urban Bangladesh: mapping and census, 2005. Centre for Urban Studies / Measure Evaluation / National Institute of Population Research and Training. Accessed 9 June 2007 [1]