Dohar Upazila

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Dohar Upazila
Dohar
Division_name - District	Dhaka Division - Dhaka District
Coordinates	23.5958° N 90.1222° E
Area	161.49 km²
Time zone	BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991) - Density	175842 - 1089/km²
Maplink: Official Map of Dohar

Dohar (Bengali: দোহার) is an Upazila of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Administrative
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Geography

Dohar is located at 23.5958° N 90.1222° E . It has 31645 units of house hold and total area 161.49 km². One of the largest rivers of Bangladesh, Padma is situated in the Western and South-western part of Dohar. This Upazila is bordered by Nawabganj, Keraniganj, Sri Nagar and a small part by Sirajdikhan which is an Upazila of the district Munshiganj formerly known as Bikrampur.

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh census^[1], Dohar has a population of 175842. Males constitute are 49.41% of the population, and females 50.59%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 86196. Dohar has an average literacy rate of 32.9% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. ^[2]