Kamrangirchar Thana

Infobox of upazilas
native_name = Kamrangirchar
types = admin_type
locator_position = right
latd = 23.71527778
longd = 90.37361111
division_name = Dhaka Division
district = Dhaka District
population_as_of = 1991
population_total = 25827
population_density = 8999
area_total = 2.87
area_telephone =
postal_code =
maplink = www.bangladesh.gov.bd/maps/images/dhaka/KamrangircharT.gif
maplink_caption = Official Map of the Kamrangichar Thana
footnotes =

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

Geography

Kamrangirchar is located at coord|23.71527778|N|90.37361111|E|. 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. cite web | accessdate = February 17 | accessyear = 2007 | url = http://banglapedia.net/ | title = Banglapedia]

Administrative

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

Trivia

*A 2006 survey [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 [http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/publications/pdf/tr-06-35.pdf] ] 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.

ee also

*Upazilas of Bangladesh
*Districts of Bangladesh
*Divisions of Bangladesh

References