Dhaka Division.

Dhaka Division (Bengali: ঢাকা বিভাগ, Ḑhaka Bibhag) is an administrative division within Bangladesh.^[1] The capital and largest city is Dhaka. The division covers an area of 31026.51 km²,^[1] and has a population of 46,729,000 at the 2011 Census (preliminary results), revised to 47,424,418.^[2]
Dhaka Division is bounded by the Indian state of Meghalaya to the north, Barisal Division to the south, Chittagong Division on the south-east, Sylhet Division to the east, Rangpur Division to the north-west, and Rajshahi and Khulna Divisions to the west.

Administrative Districts

Dhaka Division, formerly Dacca Division of East Pakistan province, consists of two city corporations, 17 districts, 58 municipalities, 123 upazilas, 1,239 union parishads, 12,765 mouzas, 549 wards, 1,623 mahallas and 25,244 villages.

Name	Capital	Area (km²)	Population 1991 Census	Population 2001 Census	Population 2011 Census
Dhaka District	Dhaka	1,463.60	5,839,642	8,511,228	12,043,977
Faridpur District	Faridpur	2,052.68	1,505,686	1,756,470	1,912,969
Gazipur District	Gazipur	1,806.36	1,621,562	2,031,891	3,403,912
Gopalganj District	Gopalganj	1,468.74	1,060,791	1,165,273	1,172,415
Jamalpur District	Jamalpur	2,115.16	1,874,440	2,107,209	2,292,674
Kishoreganj District	Kishoreganj	2,688.59	2,306,087	2,594,954	2,911,907
Madaripur District	Madaripur	1,125.69	1,069,176	1,146,349	1,165,952
Manikganj District	Manikganj	1,383.66	1,175,909	1,285,080	1,392,867
Munshiganj District	Munshiganj	1,004.29	1,188,387	1,293,972	1,445,660
Mymensingh District	Mymensingh	4,394.57	3,957,182	4,489,726	5,110,272
Narayanganj District	Narayanganj	684.37	1,754,804	2,173,948	2,948,217
Narsingdi District	Narsingdi	1,150.14	1,652,123	1,895,984	2,224,944
Netrokona District	Netrokona	2,794.28	1,730,935	1,988,188	2,229,642
Rajbari District	Rajbari	1,092.28	835,173	951,906	1,049,778
Shariatpur District	Shariatpur	1,174.05	953,021	1,082,300	1,155,824
Sherpur District	Sherpur[disambiguation needed]	1,364.67	1,138,629	1,279,542	1,358,325
Tangail District	Tangail	3,414.35	3,002,428	3,290,696	3,605,083
Total Division	Dhaka	31,177.74	32,665,975	39,044,716	47,424,418

Sources

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Dhaka Division.

Census figures for 1991, 2001 and 2011 are from Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Population Census Wing. The 2011 Census figures are based on preliminary results.

References

1. Sajahan Miah (2012). "Dhaka Division". In Sirajul Islam and Ahmed A. Jamal. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
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	Rangpur Division	Meghalaya, India	Sylhet Division
	Rajshahi Division
		Dhaka Division
	Khulna Division	Barisal Division	Chittagong Division