Ramna Thana

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Coordinates: 23.7417° N 90.4083° E

Ramna Thana
Skyline of Ramna, Bangladesh.
Rally near Ramna Park celebrating the Pohela Baishakh

Ramna
Division_name
 - District
Dhaka Division
 - Dhaka District
Coordinates 23.7417° N 90.4083° E
Area 7.85 km²
Time zone BST (UTC+6)
Population (1991)
 - Density
195167
 - 24862/km²
Maplink: Official Map of the Ramna Thana

Ramna (Bengali: রমনা) is a Thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It contains the Secretariat, which houses most of the government ministries, the residences of ministers and senior government officials, and the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. The University of Dhaka and the Ramna Park are also closely located.

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[edit] Geography

Ramna is located at 23.7417° N 90.4083° E . It has 30851 units of house hold and total area 7.85 km².

[edit] Demographics

As of 1991 Bangladesh census[1], Ramna has a population of 195167. Males constitute are 58.32% of the population, and females 41.68%. This Upazila's eighteen up population is 127049. Ramna has an average literacy rate of 69.3% (7+ years), and the national average of 32.4% literate. [2]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ GR Error
  2. ^ Population Census Wing, BBS.. Archived from the original on 2005-03-27. Retrieved on November 10, 2006.