Dhaka District Profile
Dhaka District Profile
Dhaka District Profile
Rural Area:
It refers to the following five lower geographic, administrative or revenue units:
1) Union: Smallest administrative rural geographic unit comprising of mauzas and villages and
having union parishad institution.
2) Mauza: Mauza is the lowest administrative unit having a separate jurisdiction list number (J.L.
No.) in revenue records. Every mauza has its well-demarcated cadastral map. Mauza should
be distinguished from local village since a mauza may consist of one or more villages.
3) Village: Lowest rural geographic unit either equivalent to a mauza or part of a mauza.
4) Ward: Smallest administrative urban geographic unit comprising of mahallas and having ward
council institution.
5) Mahalla: Lowest urban geographic unit having identifiable boundaries.
Urban Area:
It corresponds with area developed around a central place having such amenities as metaled roads,
improved communication, electricity, gas, water supply, sewerage, sanitation and also having
comparatively higher density of population with majority population in non-agricultural occupations.
1. City Corporation: It includes city corporation area declared by the Ministry of Local
Government.
2. Paurashava/Municipality Area: It includes paurashavas incorporated and administered
by local government under Paurashava Ordinance, 1977.
b. Economy
Economy of Dhaka largely depends on Industrialization. Ceramic industry, beverage industry, press
and publication, garments industry, foot ware, jute mills, textile mills, printing and dying factory,
transformer industry, automobile industry, biscuit and bread factory, pharmaceutical industry,
cosmetic industry, soap factory, rice mill, flour mill, ice factory, ball pen industry, polythene industry,
saw mill, brick field, cold storage, welling, plant nursery, etc are main sectors of manufacturing
industries of this district
Demography:
The Dhaka Municipality was established in 1864. It was constituted as Municipal Committee in 1960
in pursuance of the Basic Democracies Order introduced in 1959. The Municipal Committee was
reconstituted as Paurashava in 1972 according to the Bangladesh Local Councils and Municipal
Committees (Amendment) Order, 1972. In 1983, it was replaced as Dhaka Municipal Corporation and
finally in 1991 it got the status of a city corporation. Dhaka City Corporation is the largest local
government unit of Bangladesh. It covers a total area of 126.34 sq.km. The total population of the city
corporation as enumerated in 2011 census is 6970105 of which 3876586 are males and 3093519 are
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females. The literacy rate of the city corporation is 74.6%. It consists of 37 thanas and 92 wards. from
table 4.2.87. (Source: BBS, 2011)
b) Savar
Savar is the most populous city of Dhaka Zila, came into existence in 1991 as a paurashava. Savar city
consists of a paurshava with 9 wards and 56 mahallas. The entire city area is under paurashava . The
total population of the city is 296851 of which 157018 are males and 139833 are females with a density
of 21924 persons per sq.km. The sex ratio of the city is 112 and the literacy rate (7 years and above)
is 74.9 %. The total number of households of the city is 75902. (Source: BBS, 2011)
c) Dhamrai Paurashava
Dhamrai is a newly created paurashava of Dhaka Zila. It was established in 1999 with an area of 6.98
sq.km. The total population of the paurashava as enumerated in 2011 census is 56777 of which 28986
are males and 27791 are females. The literacy rate of the paurashava is 66.7%. It consists of 9 wards
and 44 mahallahs. Main features of the paurashava can be seen from table 4.2.86. (Source: BBS, 2011)
d) Dohar Upazilla
Dohar Paurashava was established in 2000. It has an area of 11.28 sq.km. The total population of the
paurashava as enumerated in 2011 census is 36434 of which 17735 are males and 18699 are females.
The literacy rate of the paurashava is 61.5%. It consists of 9 wards and 26 mahallahs. (Source: BBS,
2011)
e) Nawabganj Upazilla
Nawabganj Thana was formed in 1874 and it was turned into an upazila in 1983. Nawabganj
Upazila (DHAKA DISTRICT) area 244.80 sq km, It is bounded by SINGAIR upazila on the north, DOHAR upazila
on the south, KERANIGANJ, SERAJDIKHAN and SREENAGAR upazilas on the east, HARIRAMPUR and MANIKGANJ
SADAR upazilas on the west.Population Total 296605; male 145548, female 151057; Muslim 231488,
Hindu 59559, Buddhist 5535 and others 23.Literacy rate and educational institutions Average literacy
54.4%; male 56.4%, female 52.6%. Educational institutions: college 7, secondary school 34, primary
school 109, community school 13, madrasa 4. Noted educational institutions: Bandura Holy Cross High
School (1912), Churain Tarini Bama High School (1923).
Cultural organisations Club 48, community centre 1, music academy 1, cinema hall 4, cultural
organisation 3, women organisation 1, theatre group 2.Main sources of income Agriculture 31.01%,
non-agricultural labourer 3.07%, industry 3.68%, commerce 12.98%, transport and communication
1.95%, service 12.26%, construction 3.82%, religious service 0.13%, rent and remittance 19.36% and
others 11.74%.Ownership of agricultural land Landowner 42.42%, landless 57.58%; agricultural
landowner: urban 25.62% and rural 43.32%.
(f) Keraniganj
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Keraniganj (Bengali: কেরানীগঞ্জ)is an upazila of Dhaka District in the division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Keraniganj has 12 Unions/Wards, 123 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 399 villages. Educational Institutions:
Educational and Religious institutions: Kenanigonj Upazila has 8 colleges, 18 high school, 2 junior high
school, 11 Madrasa, 102 government primary school and 10 non-government primary school.
Religious: There are 473 mosque, 151 temple, 1 tomb and 60 eidgah, most noted of which is the tomb
of Adu Pagla. Total population 603114, male 322732 and female 280382.
Religion:
The district of Dhaka has more than 12000 mosques, 3012 temples, 530 churches, 174 Buddhist
temples, three pagodas and a synagogue. For a long time, Islam has been the majority religion in
Dhaka, with only 1300 mosques, but more mosques were recently built, and the district is now called
the City of Mosques. Islamic festivals of Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Adha, Eid-E-Miladunnabi and Muharram;
Hindu festival of Durga Puja, Buddhist festival of Buddha Purnima; and Christian festival
of Christmas witness widespread celebrations across the city.
Culture:
As the most populous city of Bangladesh, Dhaka has a vibrant cultural life. Annual celebrations
for Independence Day (26 March), Language Martyrs Day (21 February) and Victory Day (16
December) are prominently celebrated across the city. Dhaka's people congregate at the Shaheed
Minar and the Jatiyo Smriti Soudho to remember the national heroes of the liberation war. Pohela
Baishakh, the Bengali New Year, falls annually on 14 April and is popularly celebrated across the
city. Pahela Falgun (Bengali: পহেলা ফালগুন, first day of Spring of Bengali month Falgun, of
the Bengali calendar, also celebrated in the city in a festive manner. This day is marked with colourful
celebration and traditionally, women wear yellow saris to celebrate this day. This celebration is also
known as Basanta Utsab (Bengali: বসন্ত উৎসব; Spring Festival). Nabanna is a celebration for harvest,
usually celebrated with food and dance and music on the 1st day of the month of Agrahayan of Bengali
year. Birthdays of Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam are observed respectively as Rabindra
Jayanti and Nazrul Jayanti. Ekushey Book Fair, which is arranged each year by Bangla Academy and
takes place for the whole month of February. This event is dedicated to the martyrs who died on 21
February 1952 in a demonstration calling for the establishment of Bengali as one of the state
languages of former East Pakistan. Shakrain Festival (Bengali: সােরাইন) is an annual celebration
observed with the flying of kites. It usually observed in old part of the city at the end of Poush, the
ninth month of the Bengali calendar (14 January or 15 in Gregorian calendar).
The most popular dressing style for women are sarees or salwar kameez, while men usually prefer
western clothing to the traditional lungi with Panjabi. Jamdani saree of Dhaka is part of its cultural
heritage, originate from the Mughal era. Jamdani sarees are 100% hand weaved and a single saree
may take as long as 3 months to complete.
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Despite the growing popularity of music groups and rock bands, traditional folk music remains widely
popular. The works of the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and national anthem writer Rabindranath
Tagore have a widespread following across Dhaka.
Education:
The main education system is divided into three levels:
d. Migration-related profile
From 2005 to 2019, the total people migrated from Dhaka is 3 lakh 97 thousand 258. Among of them
28 thousand 51 persons migrated in 2019. On 2020 (up to May) 6 thousand 6 hundred and 12 persons
migrated from Dhaka district. In Dhaka division there are 3 Technical training centres available for
migrants to provide language and skill, Housekeeping training and pre-departure training. These are-
Bangladesh German TTC in Mirpur, Bangladesh Korea TTC in Mirpur, Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib
Mohila TTC in Dhaka. Before November 2016, biometric fingerprint for migrants only available in
DEMO Dhaka. But now it is decentralized and available in 42 DEMOS. Smart card is a mandatory
process for migration from Bangladesh. This smart card introduced in 2010 at DEMO Dhaka but now,
it will be available in 6 more DEMOs. DEMO Dhaka is responsible authority for all this district alone.
People need to travel in Dhaka for registration, finger tumbling and collection of smart cards in Dhaka
DEMO office, which is time consuming, expensive and sometimes create hassle for migrants especially
female migrants.
In Dhaka, internal migration, like Rural-Urban Migration, involves the movement of people from rural
areas or country sides to urban areas of the same country in search of new opportunities and
lifestyles. Dhaka is the top most populated district as enumerated in 2011. The population of Dhaka
division increased around one million per decade before 1961 census, but after 1961 census, Dhaka
division’s population increased at a rate around six million per decades. Around 7.62% of the total
population of Bangladesh is born in Barisal, out of which 3.24 percent migrated to other divisions
(largest 1.62% in Dhaka and out-migration of Dhaka division is 9.0% and 16.42% is in migration. In
Chittagong, Dhaka and Sylhet division in-migration is more than out-migration results rapid
population growth. (Source: Bangladesh population census and housing census 2011)
As expected, Dhaka division, being the capital city, seems to be the more favorite area and has
become migration destination area in the country. For instance, 34.13% of Rangpur and 26.71% of
Chittagong divisions migrated to Dhaka followed by Khulna 23.87%, Rajshahi 22.78% and Barisal
21.20%. Only Sylhet division seems to have a small proportion of their citizens residing in Dhaka
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division. The migration to Dhaka division is not a strange phenomenon because the concentration of
economic and political institutions in Dhaka attracted migrants from other regions. It is interesting to
note that people born in Sylhet division are less likely to migrate compared to others. Out migration
of Dhaka division is 7.30% and 22.17% is in migration (Source: Bangladesh population census and
housing census 2011.)
Migration is selective based on sex, age and other social and economic characteristics. This section
examines sex differentials in the migratory process of Bangladesh in 2011. In the past when males
dominated the livelihoods of the households, the male adult considered as head of the household
moved first; and then followed by the wife and children, and other ageing members of the family.
Most of the migrants live in Dhaka division, 52.8% in 2004 and 38.7% in 2011. In Dhaka division for
rural migrants 30.9% in 2004 and 41% in 2011 and for urban migrants 59% in 2004 and 36.4% in 2011.
Dhaka and Gazipur are the most popular districts for internal migration. This is not unusual. Being the
capital of the country, Dhaka has the topmost scope of education and business accompanying all other
urban facilities. More importantly, people usually want to, and sometimes must, live in Dhaka for job
searching and for their current employment as well. After Dhaka, people mostly prefer to migrate to
districts nearby Dhaka like Gazipur and then Narayanganj. This is possibly their inability of staying in
Dhaka but to keep close.
In 2011, most of the migration from rural to rural took place in Dhaka, Gazipur and Narayanganj
districts. Lifetime urban to rural maximum migration took place in Gazipur and Narayanganj districts.
Selectivity of migration varies according to education of the migrants, too. Migration may have both
negative and positive effect on education. For many families, migration was needed for higher and
better education, especially for their children. For many others, disruptions, including education
disruptions accompanying migration may have significant negative impacts on migrants and their
family members. Availability of job opportunities at the place of destination, whatsoever be the
quality, play a very important role regarding the process of migration decision. In 2011, only 13% of
the migrants are attending school of that 1.7% and 0.4% are graduates and master’s student,
respectively
In Dhaka, Ekushey Book Fair, which is arranged each year by Bangla Academy and takes place for the
whole month of February. This event is dedicated to the martyrs who died on 21 February 1952 in a
demonstration calling for the establishment of Bengali as one of the state languages of former East
Pakistan. Shakrain Festival (Bengali: সােরাইন) is an annual celebration observed with the flying
of kites. It usually observed in old part of the city at the end of Poush, the ninth month of the Bengali
calendar (14 January or 15 in Gregorian calendar).
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3. Potential MRC activities in the district (proposed activities should correspond to the actual
context and situation of the district)
a. Every month, one Migration Information fair can be organized in TTC for the students
who can be potential migrants.
b. One migration information session can be conducted in Union Parishad in every quarter.
c. Experience sharing session can be arranged in market place or open place where
returnee can share their experiences and potentials can learn from them.
d. Migration legal camp can be organized inside TTC or in DEMO or in Union Parishad once
in a month where people can get legal advices.
e. Through school meeting, information can be provided in community and also develop
paralegals who are school going students through their capacity building in migration.
f. Popular theatre in crowded place through awareness messages.
g. Information dissemination through projector show by developing animated video on
migration.
h. Develop migration complaint box in every union parishad.
i. Organize mega events like seminar, international conference on migration, workshops
to engage more people with MRC’s.
j. Can develop partnership with mobile company’s customer cares where migrants usually
visit and disseminate information through them.
k. MRC booth inside Airport along with Probashi Kallayan desk where migrants get basic
migration information.
l. Partnerships with national legal aid organization to promote MRC and referred court
cases to them.
m. Capacity building of chairman, members of Union parishad about alternative dispute
resolution in migration.
n. Capacity building of demo staffs, WEWB staffs and Kallayan desk staffs about migration
information and communication with migrants.
o. Capacity building of Government officials about gender responsive behaviour of
migrants.
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City Corporations
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Name Designation Address E-mail Mobile/phone
Member of Parliament
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Dhaka Salman Hon'able 01711522001 [email protected]
1 Fazlur Member of
Rahman Parliament
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Dhaka Md. Sadek Hon'able [email protected]
13 Khan Member of [email protected]
Parliament
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Nawabganj Mr.Khondakar abu Chaiman, Union 01711522475
asfak Parishad
Dhamrai Mr.Md.Tamij Uddin Chaiman, Union 01711568710
Parishad
[email protected]
03 Mr. Md. Ayeen Uddin MP, Rajshahi-3
Mob: 01716034721
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14 Mr. Iqbal Hossain Apu MP, Shariatpur
01711949444
18 Aroma Dutta
01711539943
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6/F 3rd floor,
Mr. Anisur Director,
IMA Research Rasulbagh ima.researchfound
Rahman Advisor, IMA 1738992122
Foundation Mohakhali, [email protected]
Khan Research
Shaka-1212
Sawdagar Garden
(4th Floor), 466
Nayapara, Dania
Mr. Shakirul [email protected]
OKUP Chairman Post Office Road, 01819224308
Islam om
Dania Post Office
Rd, Dhaka
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1 st floor, Dhaka
1212
b. Academia
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Prof. Ishrat Shamim President, Center for Women and 01753166718 [email protected]
Children Studies Centre for Women and
Children Studies (CWCS)
Dr. Sumaiya Khair Professor, Department of Law 01819248162 [email protected]
University of Dhaka
e. Media
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(A platform of reporters covering news related to Bangladeshi migrants and Ministry of
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment)
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16. Executive Member Raju GTV Mobile: 01938835876
Ahmed Email:
[email protected]
17. Executive Member Abdul Boishakhi TV Mobile: 01711364682
Mojid Email:
[email protected]
18. Executive Member Mohosinul Daily Observer Mobile: 0177228888
Karim Email: [email protected]
19. Executive Member Syed BSS Mobile: 01552318806
Shukur Ali Email:
Suvo [email protected]
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10. Executive Shofiul Al Daily bhorer Mobile: 01710227722
Member Imran kagoj Email : [email protected]
11. Executive Ghowtom Daily Sangbad Mobile: 01720278391
Member Ghosh Email : [email protected]
Functions of DEMO Dhaka need to decentralize by set up sub offices in each district.
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