Kamrangirchar Thana
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| Kamrangirchar Thana | |
  Kamrangirchar
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| Division_name - District |
Dhaka Division - Dhaka District |
| Coordinates | |
| Area | 2.87 km² |
| Time zone | BST (UTC+6) |
| Population (1991) - Density |
25827 - 8999/km² |
| Maplink: Official Map of the Kamrangichar Thana | |
Kamrangirchar (Bengali: কামরাঙ্গিরচর) is a Thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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[edit] Geography
Kamrangirchar is located at . Its total area is 2.87 km².
[edit] 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]
[edit] Administrative
Kamrangirchar has 1 Unions/Wards, 6 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 1 villages.
[edit] 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.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Banglapedia. Retrieved on February 17, 2007.
- ^ 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]
